There are many convenient ways to pay your tax bill including dividing your total bill into several smaller amounts and paying monthly, provided you make all of the payments before the bill becomes delinquent after January 5, 2025. Installment Payments form.
2023 Orange County property tax bills were mailed on August 1, 2023 and are due September 1, 2023. 2023 Property Taxes are delinquent after January 5, 2024 .
Interest in the amount of 2% will be added to the amount past due on January 6, 2024 and additional interest in the amount of 0.75% is added at the first of each month that the taxes remain unpaid per North Carolina General Statutes 105-360(a).
Please be advised that delinquent taxes are currently being pursued through garnishment of wages, attachment of bank deposits, levy on personal property, or foreclosure on real property. These remedies are available to the Tax Collector by the North Carolina General Statutes. The Orange County Tax Collector reserves the right to use any enforced collection action available and to charge the taxpayer all additional statutory collection fees. Please contact the tax office at 919-245-2100 or tax@orangecountync.gov to set up payment arrangements if necessary.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE SEVERAL WAYS:
In accordance with North Carolina General Statutes and an order by the Orange County Board of Commissioners, reportable tax liens for the year 2023 were advertised in the News & Observer and the News of Orange on March 27, 2024. If these taxes remain unpaid, the lien may be foreclosed and the property sold to satisfy the claim.
This listing reflects accounts unpaid as of the close of business on March 15, 2024 and includes all reportable uncollected 2023 municipal taxes for the following municipalities located in Orange County: Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Durham, Hillsborough, and Mebane. The amount advertised will continue to be increased by interest and cost, and the omission of interest and cost from the amount advertised will not constitute a waiver of the taxing unit's claim for those items.
For detailed information about each parcel, use the Online Property Taxes Search feature.
View the 2023 Tax Liens:
In preparation for our 2025 revaluation, the Orange County Tax office is asking property owners for assistance in reviewing the data that we have on your property for accuracy. To do this, we have mailed out Data Validation forms (PDF) with information about the property and we ask that if you see any errors that you return the form to us with the corrections. This can be done in person, through the mail, email or online.