Second Installment Tax Payments for Multiple Parcels

JUNEAU — For taxpayers with multiple parcels, those individuals should include their tax bill “coupons” or parcel numbers when making second installment payments due on July 31.

“When we receive one payment for multiple parcels, sometimes titled differently, without details, it can be challenging processing those payments," said Dodge County Treasurer Kris Keith. 

The Treasurer’s Office is not responsible for missed payments. Taxpayers are reminded that they can always call with questions – or to verify totals for multiple parcels. If a taxpayer misses a parcel’s second installment, short-pays a parcel or has a not-sufficient-funds check, they risk having delinquent tax.

Those consequences include:

• Interest and penalty charged back to Feb. 1 on the unpaid tax, at 1.5% per month, which is 10.5%.
• On Sept. 1, the county treasurer issues a tax certificate (tax lien) per WI §74.57(1) on parcels with delinquent 2025 tax and mails a Notice of Issuance of Tax Certificate for those unpaid parcels.
• If a parcel has delinquent 2025 taxes three years later, that parcel is at risk for tax foreclosure (In rem) which may result  in Dodge County taking those unpaid parcels via court action.

Dodge County offers three payment options via mail, in person and online. Visit the Treasurer webpage for details.

For more information, call the Treasurer’s office at 920-386-3782 or email treasurer@co.dodge.wi.us.