Riverside County Property Tax Assessments Due

Riverside County residents were reminded today to pay the first half of their annual property tax assessments in the next seven days to avoid penalties.

In October, the Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office sent out 904,000
secured property tax bills. The first installments are due on Dec. 12.
``We would encourage people to make payments before the deadline,'' said
county Treasurer-Tax Collector Don Kent. ``We don't want people to have to
incur a penalty.''

Delinquent taxpayers will be required to pay a 10 percent late fee.

Tax payments can be made anytime online at www.riversidetaxinfo.com.
Residents can also make payments in person at the tax collector's offices: 4080
Lemon St. in Riverside; 997 E Tahquitz Canyon Way in Palm Springs; and 40935
County Center Drive, Suite C in Temecula.

Payments can be mailed to P.O. Box 12005 Riverside, CA 92502-2205.
Credit card payments can only be made via the Internet and include a 2
percent ``convenience fee.''

The second installment of residents' 2011 property tax bills must be
paid by April 12. Kent said the invoices will go out in early February.

(from City News Service)