Politics & Government

Contra Costa County Now Uses E-Check Validation For Online Payments

If your payment is rejected because of invalid information, you may incur late fees. You are encouraged to pay ahead of deadlines.

WALNUT CREEK, CA — Beginning in April 2022, E-check payments will now be subject to bank account and routing number validation using a third-party service database, EarlyWarning.

If your account information is rejected as invalid, you may contact your bank.

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Please note, you will not be able to retry payment with the same account and routing information until 24 hours after the initial declined payment.

In order to avoid late penalties, please consider using another means of payment or allowing enough time to account for the 24 hour retry period when making your payment. Penalties will not be waived due to an invalid account and routing information.

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This press release was produced by the Contra Costa County Government. The views expressed here are the author’s own.

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