Don't Forget! Property Taxes Deadline is this Weekend

If you want to avoid a late fee on your property tax bill this spring, you better have the envelope in the mail on Saturday.

The deadline for the semi-annual tax is April 10. However, this year that date falls on a Sunday, so any letters dropped off on that day will probably get an April 11 postmark.

The taxes are collected by the Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector's office.

Susie Woodstock, administrative services director for Newark, said the city expects to receive  $9,485,000 in property tax revenue for the 2010-2011 fiscal year.

"The projections that I am providing you are based on the partial payments we have received year to date and on projections from the county assessor’s office," Woodstock said in an email message to Newark Patch.  

To check how much you owe in property taxes, you can go to this website, acgov.org/propertytax/index.htm. You can find your current tax balance and even pay it immediately online.

A new makes it easier to decipher your bill. You can now look up detailed property tax rate information and debt service rates by levying district at acgov.org/auditor/tax/. The site also includes phone numbers for each taxing district or agency.

Dave Mills, Dixie Jordan and Kris-Vera-Phillips contributed to this article.