Second Installment of Property Taxes Due

The second installment of property and mobile home taxes in Linn County is due March 1, 2026, per Iowa code. Property owners may pay their taxes without late fees through March 31. Late fees of 1.5% will begin April 1, 2026. Property tax statements were mailed to property owners in August 2025. Property owners will not receive a second mailing.

"This is the busiest time of year for the Treasurer's Office, so we encourage residents to pay their property taxes online, by mail, or use our depository box so they can avoid waiting in line," Linn County Treasurer Brent Oleson said.

PAYMENT OPTIONS

Pay Online
Pay property taxes online at www.iowataxandtags.org. Payment options include VISA, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express credit cards or eCheck. Property owners paying online are strongly encouraged to pay by eCheck because the fee is only 30 cents. Credit card payments add a non-refundable service delivery fee to the tax amount for the service of paying taxes online with a credit card. Property owners will have the opportunity to exit the payment process without completing the transaction and pay by a different method if they choose. The Linn County Treasurer's Office does not set the online fees and does not receive any portion of the transaction fee.

Drop Box Payment
Property tax payments can be dropped off in the secure depository box located at the entrance to the Jean Oxley Linn County Public Service Center, 935 2^nd St. SW in Cedar Rapids. To ensure proper credit, the stub portion of the tax statement must be submitted with payment. Residents who would like a receipt must include a self-addressed stamped envelope with their payment.

Pay by Mail
Mail property tax payments to the Linn County Treasurer, 935 2^nd St. SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404. Payments postmarked by March 31, 2026, will be considered paid on time and no interest will be charged. The U.S. Postal Service postmark is the only date recognized for date of mailing. The date written on a check or a business metered date cannot be accepted as proof of the mailing date. To ensure proper credit, the stub portion of the tax statement must be submitted with the payment. Residents who would like a receipt must include a self-addressed stamped envelope with their payment.

Please be aware the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) has adjusted its operations and that as of December 24, 2025, a postmark now reflects the date an item is processed by USPS, rather than the date it is dropped off. This means mail may not be processed or postmarked on the same day it is placed in a mailbox. To avoid late payments or missed deadlines, the USPS recommends bringing time-sensitive mail to a staffed retail location and requesting a free manual postmark. If mailing from a collection box, residents are encouraged to mail time-sensitive documents well in advance of the due date.

Pay in Person
Property taxes can be paid in person at the Linn County Treasurer's Office at the Jean Oxley Linn County Public Service Center, 935 2^nd St. SW in Cedar Rapids, Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. (Due to staff development training, hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month.)

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Email/Text Message Reminders
Property owners can receive email or text reminders about property tax payments by visiting Linn County's website at LinnCountyIowa.gov/NotifyMe and signing up for the "Property Tax Payment Reminder." Property tax statements will still be mailed each fall. The email or text message will serve as a reminder that the payment is due.

Distribution of Taxes
County Treasurers collect property taxes on behalf of all jurisdictions in the county and then distribute the taxes collected to the other jurisdictions, including the property owner's city of residence, school district, and other taxing bodies in the county.

Approximately 16% of property taxes paid by Linn County property owners in incorporated areas are used to fund Linn County government operations and services. The remaining 84% of property taxes goes to the property taxpayer's city of residence, school district, and other taxing bodies in the county. Linn County taxes represent slightly more than one-third of property taxes for rural residents.

View Property Taxes Online
Linn County provides an interactive online tool to help taxpayers understand how their property taxes are collected and distributed. The website provides transparency in the property tax process with interactive maps, a dashboard, and charts showing countywide tax statistics, the tax bill cycle, property tax levy rates for all taxing jurisdictions, and a breakdown of where property tax dollars go.

Property owners can look up their property and compare their current tax bill to the last three years. The tool also allows users to see how their property taxes are distributed among different taxing jurisdictions, such as their city of residence, school district, and the County. By entering an address in the mapping tool, taxpayers can view a pie chart showing the exact dollar amount and percentage allocated to each jurisdiction.

The property tax statements mailed in August 2025 also included this detailed breakdown, displaying both the percentage and actual dollar amount of how individual property taxes are distributed.

To explore the interactive property tax lookup tool, visit https://treasurer-linncounty-gis.hub.arcgis.com/.

Visit the Linn County Treasurer's Office website for more information LinnCountyIowa.gov/Treasurer.