UPDATE: Effective December 24, 2025, the USPS will treat the machine-applied postmark date as: “The date of the first automated processing operation at a USPS processing facility.”

The official “postmark date” under the new rule could be later than the actual mailing date. The new USPS rule outlines these methods to ensure a postmark is on the date of delivery:

IN ORDER TO AVOID LATE PROPERTY TAX PAYMENT PENALTIES:

  • Request a Manual Postmark: USPS customers may present a mail piece at a retail counter and request a “manual (local) postmark”. This postmark is applied at the time of acceptance, so the date aligns with the date the USPS took possession.
  • Postage Validation Imprint (PVI): When a customer pays for postage at a retail counter, the PVI label applied by the employee also indicates the date of acceptance
  • Certificates of Mailing: Customers may purchase a Certificate of Mailing, or use Registered or Certified Mail, to obtain a receipt that serves as evidence of the date the item was presented for mailing

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There are many convenient ways of making your tax payment! 

If you would like to make your payment online, please visit: Tax Collector Public Inquiry

To pay by phone, please call 1-855-563-9707

 

We accept checks, money orders, and cashier’s checks in the office. If your payment equals or exceeds an aggregate payment of $50,000, please email KC Tax for wiring information or use the Tax Collector Public Inquiry  for online payment.

 

If you use your bank’s Online Bill Pay service, a paper check will be printed and mailed to the Tax Collector.  Please ensure that you give your bank a minimum of 5 to 10 business days to process the check and get it to the Tax Collector by the payment due date.  Your payment is considered received on the date appearing on the check received from the Payment Processing Center.  Payments dated after the pay by date will be considered late and returned for penalties.  Partial payments are not accepted and will be returned. 

 

Please Mail Payments To:

Kings County Tax Collector

1400 W Lacey Blvd.

Hanford, CA 93230

 

 Accepted Payment Methods

Payment Types

 Various, merchant fee may apply.