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.

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 and Dixie Jordan contributed to this article.