FAQs

This most commonly happens if you refinanced, or in any way changed the information on your tax bill. First, do not worry. Your tax agent knows they owe the taxes and will usually pay them anyway. To correct the mailing of the bill, ask your bank or lender to request in writing a change of mailing from the Treasurer's Office. This must be in writing to conform to the law.

Most of your taxes go to support the schools in your district. If you will refer to the Tax Rate Table (copies are available at the Treasurer's Office), you will see your taxes expressed in mills for your district and where they go.

Your taxes are late the day after the due date on the current bill. There are no individual extensions.

No, postal regulations state that the U.S. Postmark (not private postage meters) of the due date is to be considered current. But, if your check or money order is dated after the due date (sometimes called post-dating), it is late and a penalty will be added.

Ohio Revised Code 323.17 requires a penalty of ten (10%) percent to be added to the current taxes due. If the taxes become a full year delinquent, the penalty is compounded and interest is added for a full year delinquency if not paid by December of that year (usually about 5%).

YES! Failure to receive a tax bill does not excuse or delay the payment, nor does it excuse any penalty or interest. Taxes are mailed in January to be paid in February and again in June to be paid in July of each year. The due date is published in the Canton Repository about ten (10) days prior to the due date. If you do not receive a tax bill by the end of January or the end of June, you may download a copy from our website, come into the office to print a copy or request a copy to be emailed to you by calling our office at 330-451-7814 .

No, if your taxes are escrowed (ie. your taxes are being paid by your lending institution), your mortgage company will receive the tax bill twice a year and will inform you of the amount they paid.  You will receive a courtesy copy in January of each year.

If your taxes become certified delinquent more than a year, the Treasurer may

1. Include your parcel in a Tax Lien Certificate Sale. With a Tax Lien Certificate Sale, the ownership or title to your property DOES NOT TRANSFER.  You still own the real estate.  However, the sale of a Tax Lien Certificate may result in a possible foreclosure action by the Tax Lien Certificate purchaser if the lien is unpaid; or
2. File a Tax Foreclosure action with the County Prosecutor's Office. With a Tax Foreclosure, your property will be offered at a public Sheriff Sale, where the title WILL TRANSFER.

If you have delinquent property taxes totaling $1,000.00 or more, you may qualify to enter into a Delinquent Tax Contract available with The Stark County Treasurer. This Delinquent Tax Contract payment plan complies with Ohio Revised Code Section 323.31. The requirements to qualify for the Delinquent Tax Contract payment plan are:

1. Only the deeded owner of the Parcel(s) or their duly authorized agent can enter into a Delinquent Tax Contract.
2. The deeded owner can not have defaulted on a prior Delinquent Tax Contract.
3. A 20 percent down payment must be paid at the time the Contract is signed.
4. The Treasurer’s Contract Specialist will establish the amount of each delinquent installment.

Once the Delinquent Tax Contract is established, the taxpayer will receive coupons to make monthly installment payments. These monthly payments are a convenience to assist the taxpayer in paying down their Delinquent Property Taxes.
Please note: It is also required that the current amount due on the tax bill must be paid in full by the due date. No grace period for payment of current tax is allowed within the Ohio Revised Code. Failure to pay the tax bill by the due dates will result in the Contract being defaulted. Once a Delinquent Tax Contract is defaulted with Stark County, the taxpayer cannot re-establish a Contract with the Treasurer’s Office.
The entire property tax balance can be paid off at any time without penalty. As long as the Delinquent Tax Contract remains valid, no interest and penalty charges are applied to the original tax balance. If the Delinquent Tax Contract is defaulted, previously accrued interest and penalty charges will be applied to the original tax balance (when the Contract was signed). Defaulting a Delinquent Tax Contract may subject the property to a Tax Lien Certificate Sale or a Tax Foreclosure proceedings by the Stark County Prosecutor’s Office

We are at 110 Central Plaza S., Suite 250, in the County Administration Building. Our hours are Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

You can make your check or money order payable to: Stark County Treasurer.

Yes, taxpayers can pay their property taxes at the Stark County Treasurer's Office.  In addition Taxpayers can pay on-line or by phone.

For additional information, please reference the reverse side of your tax bill or "Ways to Pay" Resource section of our website.

You will be charged a convenience fee for this service. This convenience fee is not originated by the Treasurer's Office.

Partial payments are accepted. However, you must pay the amount due for each half by their due date.

We are always billing taxes one (1) year in arrears. The name of the owner of record as of January 1 from the previous year, will always appear on the tax bill. If you purchased your parcel this year, the owner's name on the bill will change in January of next year.

If, at the closing of the sale of the property, you paid the taxes to the new owner or to the closing agent, you may wish to call them or forward the bill.

If, at the closing of the sale of the property, you paid the taxes to the new owner or to the closing agent, you may wish to call them or forward the bill.

Yes! If you do not pay the amount due, you have broken the contract and foreclosure may begin! If you wish to make an extra contract payment, you can certainly do that.

Any overpayment in the first half is applied to the second half bill. If the second half bill is paid in full from the first half, you will not receive a tax bill. For any overpayment in the second half, see the section below regarding overpayments and refunds.

Payment made over what is due for current year. Example: Due for year $300.00 amount paid $400.00, overpayment due $100.00.

The entity who paid the taxes must submit written request along with payment verification within 30 days of the close of collection. Once the books are closed, you may contact the party who was responsible for the taxes and seek reimbursement directly from them.

If you refinanced during the first-half and we received a duplicate payment, the answer is no. Your taxes will have been paid in full during the first-half collection; therefore your mortgage company will not receive a bill for second-half. As a result, you should have an overage in your escrow account in May and should contact your mortgage company for an adjustment.

If you refinanced during the second half and there is a true surplus, the answer is yes.

Overpayments do not always belong to the owner of the property. Mortgage companies and other lending institutions can make incorrect payments. Also, payments made at time of closing sometimes cause overages that belong to a previous owner.

If the First Half Property Taxes are overpaid, the amount of the overpayment will be applied to the Second Half Property Taxes.  The Treasurer’s Office will NOT refund First Half Property Tax overpayments. If the overpayment exceeds the amount of the Second Half Property Taxes, the overpayment may at the Taxpayer's request be applied to the next year’s Property Taxes. The Treasurer's Office reserves the right to return overpayments if the payment exceeds the full year's taxes.

If you wish to request a refund, please contact our office at [email protected] to request a Refund Affidavit.  If you have any questions, please call the Stark County Treasurer’s Office at 330-451-7814.  These refunds must be requested no later than September 30th.

The refund affidavit may be requested by the homeowner, title company or mortgage company on behalf of the homeowner or it may be requested by the entity or individual who paid the excess or erroneous payment. However, the affidavit must be completed by whoever issued the excess or erroneous payment.

It can take four to six weeks to process once the completed affidavit is received.