Pay Vehicle Renewal

Pay Property Taxes

Accepted Payment Types:  eCheck (electronic funds transfer), Discover Card, Master Card, and Visa.

A non-refundable Service Delivery Fee will be applied to your total.

Mailed payments: Credit cards are not accepted for payments mailed to our office.

Current Online Payment Services:

• Property Taxes (excluding tax sales) - requires a tax receipt number located on the coupon portion of your tax statement
• Vehicle registration renewal - requires a PIN number located in the upper portion of your renewal notice statement

Vehicle Renewals:  You are eligible to renew online if you received a renewal notice through the US Postal Service that contains a PIN number.  Online service is not available if the vehicle registration fees are past due, proof of SR22 insurance is required or any state debts are owed.

Property Taxes:  What if I'm missing the Tax Receipt Number (TRN) or PIN number?  Proceed with the online payment process.  When the system requests the TRN or PIN, click the "need assistance" tab to request that we email the TRN or PIN to you.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Property Tax Division

• Phone:  515-286-3060
• Fax:      515-323-5202
• Email:   propertytax@co.polk.ia.us
• Office Staff:
• Deputy Treasurer - Jodi Gjersvik
• Adminstrative Supervisor - Karen Kutsch
• Administrative Supervisor - Mary Mahnke
• For more information
  http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/treasurer/

Vehicle Division

• Phone:  515-286-3030
• Fax:      515-323-5202
• Email:   vehicle@co.polk.ia.us
• Office Staff: 
• Deputy Treasurer - Irene Cameron
• Administrative Supervisor - Melisa Forbes
• Administrative Supervisor - Glenda Horn Cogley
• Administrative Supervisor - Pam Blankenfeld
• Administrative Supervisor - Rachael Hagedorn
• For more information
  http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/treasurer/

Cash Management Division

• Phone:  515-286-3035
• Fax:      515-286-3375
• Email:   cashmanagement@co.polk.ia.us
• Office Staff:
• Deputy Treasurer, Ben Lacey
• Accountant - Sarah Wright
• For more information
  http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/treasurer/

Administrative Division

• Phone:  515-286-3041
• Fax:      515-286-2225
• Email:   treasurer@co.polk.ia.us
• Office Staff:
• Treasurer - Mary Maloney
• Director - Lee Duin
• Deputy Treasurer - Kellie Phelps
• For more information
  http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/treasurer/

Email Comments to:  treasurer@co.polk.ia.us

OFFICE HOURS

Title Transfers

• 7:00 - 4:00 Monday - Friday

Dealer Transactions

• 7:00 - 4:00 Monday - Friday

All Other Transactions

• 7:00 - 4:30 Monday - Friday

HOLIDAYS

The office is closed on the following dates for holidays observed by Polk County:

• Martin Luther King Day . . . . . . Monday, January 19, 2009
• President's Day . . . . . . . . . . . .Monday, February 16, 2009
• Memorial Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monday, May 25, 2009
• Independence Day . . . . . . . . .Friday, July 3, 2009

We recommend renewing your vehicle registrations and paying your property taxes online, it’s easy, fast and safe. Online payment options include Discover Card, MasterCard, Visa and eCheck – an electronic transfer of funds from your bank account to the County bank account.

http://www.IowaTaxAndTags.gov/  Online registration renewals are processed and mailed within 24 business hours of your online payment.

Online tax payments are processed on the first business day following your online payment.

OUR LOCATION

Polk County Treasurers' Office       
111 Court Avenue (Room 154)
Des Moines, IA 50309-2298

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Street Map of Polk County Administration Building

For more information: http://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/treasurer/

For your convenience a payment drop box is located at the North end of the parking lot. Cash payments are not accepted in the drop box.