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From the Santa Fe County Treasurer’s Office

Santa Fe County Treasurer, Patrick “Pat” Varela

Chief Deputy Treasurer, Eric J. Lujan

Partial Property Tax Payments Now Accepted

Santa Fe, NM – June 13, 2013 – The Santa Fe County Treasurer Patrick “Pat” Varela would like to notify residents, delinquent tax notices were mailed to property owners on Monday, June 10, 2013. Currently there are 8,000 delinquent property tax cases.

A change in state policy that prevented delinquent taxpayers from making partial payments on their property taxes has been rescinded.

“The old state policy prevented the County Treasurers from helping individuals who were behind on their taxes. This will now allow delinquent tax payers the ability to catch up on their property tax bills,” said County Treasurer, Patrick “Pat” Varela.

Payments can be made in person at the Treasurer’s Office, located at 102 Grant Ave., between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday (a drop box is also available outside the building), payments can be mailed to Santa Fe County Treasurer’s Office P.O. Box T Santa Fe, NM 87504 or payment can be made online at www.santafecountynm.gov/treasurer.

Santa Fe County collects $190 million in property taxes annually on more than 81,000 parcels of property.

For more information please contact the Santa Fe County Treasurer’s Office at 505-986-6245.