Frequently Asked Questions

Please provide a separate check/payment to Dane County for delinquent taxes.

Three ways to pay Dane County:

1. Pay by mail with a check payable to...

  Dane County Treasurer
  PO Box 1299
  Madison, WI 53701-1299

2. Pay with cash, check, or money order at the City-County Building (office or drop box)

  210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Rm 114
  Madison, WI 53703
  Office Hours 8:00 - 4:00 (M-F), excluding holidays

3. Pay online with a credit card or e-Check. Please note,

1. There are additional charges if you pay electronically
2. Online payment system may be down immediately following due dates

Additional property information is available on Access Dane. For specific tax questions, please contact the Treasurer's Office at treasurer@danecounty.gov, and we will further assist you.

Mail your payment early to make sure the U.S. Postal Service postmark is timely. Please know that it can take up to fourteen days to identify and resolve an online payment error, a check mailed to the wrong address, or an insufficient funds payment.

Dane County is collecting real estate property tax for all years, except 2023 for City of Madison (see below).

Three ways to pay Dane County:

1. Pay by mail with a check payable to…

  Dane County Treasurer
  PO Box 1299
  Madison, WI 53701-1299

2. Pay with cash, check, or money order at the City County Building (office or drop box)

  210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Rm 114
  Madison, WI 53703
  Office Hours 8:00 - 4:00 (M-F), excluding holidays

3. Pay online with a credit card or e-Check. Please note,

1. There are additional charges if you pay electronically
2. Online payment system may be down immediately following due dates

Additional property information is available on Access Dane. For specific tax questions, please contact the Treasurer's Office at treasurer@danecounty.gov, and we will further assist you.

Mail your payment early to make sure the U.S. Postal Service postmark is timely. Please know that it can take up to fourteen days to identify and resolve an online payment error, a check mailed to the wrong address, or an insufficient funds payment.

If you owe 2023 taxes to City of Madison, please mail that payment directly to the City in a separate envelope with a separate check. For more information regarding the City of Madison due dates and current tax year amounts due, please contact the City of Madison Treasurer:

City of Madison Treasurer
City-County Building
210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Rm 107
Madison, WI 53703-3342

608-266-4771
treasury@cityofmadison.com
www.cityofmadison.com/treasurer

Three ways to pay Dane County:

1. Pay by mail with a check payable to...

  Dane County Treasurer
  PO Box 1299
  Madison, WI 53701-1299

2. Pay with cash, check, or money order at the City-County Building (office or drop box)

  210 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Rm 114
  Madison, WI 53703
  Office Hours 8:00 - 4:00 (M-F), excluding holidays

3. Pay online with a credit card or e-Check. Please note,

1. There are additional charges if you pay electronically
2. Online payment system may be down immediately following due dates

Additional property information is available on Access Dane. For specific tax questions, please contact the Treasurer's Office at treasurer@danecounty.gov, and we will further assist you.

Mail your payment early to make sure the U.S. Postal Service postmark is timely. Please know that it can take up to fourteen days to identify and resolve an online payment error, a check mailed to the wrong address, or an insufficient funds payment.

Property addresses and Billing addresses are handled through Dane County Property Listing. When a property is transferred (bought & sold), normal documents submitted to the Register of Deeds should automatically update the billing address.

If the billing address is incorrect, you have the following 2 options:
1. Contact Municipal Clerk or Treasurer
Your local Clerk can help with a billing address update. Contact the clerk where you live, they can submit an electronic update online for you. You can find their contact information here: The Official Dane County Directory

2. Direct Owner Requests
Requests made by the property owner to update a billing address will need to be made in writing to:
Dane County Planning & Development
Attention: Property Listing
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Room 116
Madison WI 53703

Please include:

• Your name and contact information (including phone number)
• The old billing address
• The new billing address
• The affected parcel numbers

Email requests with all the above information will also be accepted if addressed to property.listing@danecounty.gov

How Do I Find My Parcel Number?

Your parcel number is included on your property tax bill. Another way to find it is by doing a Parcel Search on the AccessDane website. Choose a search method, enter appropriate information and the search results page will show your parcel number.

If you would like the property tax records to reflect a change of name, you may need to record documentation with the Register of Deeds office. We encourage consultation with appropriate legal authorities.

Death of a Spouse
If you are requesting that a name be removed due to the death of a spouse, you must record either a "Final Judgement" or a "Termination of Decedent's Interest" form depending on how title was held. You can determine how title was held by looking at your deed.

If you held title as "joint tenancy" or "survivorship marital property", you need to record a "Termination of Decedent's Interest" form. You can obtain forms needed at the Register of Deeds Office along with instructions on how to fill them out. The phone number for the Register of Deeds is (608) 266-4141.

If you held title as "tenants in common", Termination of Decedent's Interest cannot be used. In this case you probably need to record the "Final Judgement". You may wish to consult your attorney first to see if this has already been done.

Marriage
If you wish to change the last name due to a marriage, we can add your new name to what is already on the record, but we cannot remove the name that is reflected on your deed without a new deed being recorded. It is possible to obtain a copy of a Quit Claim Deed from most business supply stores. After this is filled out, take it to the Register of Deeds office to be recorded. You will also need to fill out an electronic Wisconsin Real Estate Transfer Return (eRETR). 
For information on recording fees, contact the Register of Deeds at (608) 266-4141.

Divorce
If you wish to change a name, or remove a name, due to divorce, you must have a Quit Claim Deed or Final Judgement recorded in the register of Deeds Office. In cases where you are resuming use of a maiden name you need to make sure the Quit Claim Deed reflects this change. Quite often the deed is made out in the married name. In most cases one of these documents already exists. However, sometimes these documents are not recorded and no change can be completed until they are recorded at the Register of Deeds office.

If one of these documents has been recorded and Dane County has not changed the records, please let us know as soon as possible. Please include information about the documents such as the date recorded or the document number.

How to Submit Your Request

1. Email requests should be directed to property.listing@danecounty.gov with the information above.
2. Or mailed to:

Dane County Planning & Development
Attention: Property Listing
210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd Room 116
Madison, WI 53703

These requests are not taken by phone.

Payments take time to process. Access Dane is updated each night with payments that have been entered into the tax collection system.

1. Choose the preferred method of searching for the property (Owner, Address, or Parcel)
2. Type in the search criteria (First Name Last Name, Address Number Street Name, or Parcel Number)
3. Under the blue “Tax Information” bar (right side of page below the aerial photo/map)
   1. Click “E-Bill” (electronic version of a requested tax year bill, which lists the statutory due dates)
      1. Select the tax year (ex. 2022 with 2023 due dates)
      2. Click the green “E-Bill” button
   2. Click “E-Receipt” (payments on current tax year)
   3. Click “E-Statement” (amount due to Dane County this month by default or for future months if adjusted, including any accrued interest and penalty if applicable)
   4. Navigate with the directional arrows to the desired tax year (single arrow progresses annually; double arrows progress to the oldest and most current online records)
      1. Click “Tax Payment History” (big picture historic listing of payments & dates)
      2. Click “Tax Information Details” (breakdown of the tax bill and payments for the desired tax year)
         1. The top section details the tax bill information
         2. The bottom section details payments & allocation for the tax year

If your payment does not show online, please email  treasurer@danecounty.gov to see whether your payment was received.

"Personal Property" refers to business items such as machinery, furniture, and fixtures not included in the assessed real estate. It can also refer to buildings on leased land when the lessee owns the buildings.  These are collected by the local municipality (City, Town, or Village).  Their contact information is in the Dane County Directory.

Linked below are common Questions & Answers about tax deed auctions:

https://treasurer.danecounty.gov/documents/pdf/AuctionFAQ.pdf