Automatic Tax Bill Payment Option – Bernalillo County

The Automatic Tax Bill Payment Option is the Bernalillo County Treasurer's authorization form, printed under the title "Authorization Form - Automatic Tax Bill Payment", by which a taxpayer allows the Treasurer's Office to instruct their financial institution to pay tax bills from a listed account.

By signing, you authorize the Bernalillo County Treasurer's Office to have your financial institution make your tax bill payments from the account you list. You also acknowledge that if you decide to stop the service you will notify the Treasurer's Office in writing. The form describes Automatic Tax Bill Payment as a free service provided by the Treasurer's Office and your financial institution.

The form has three blocks to complete: taxpayer information, banking information and parcel information. In the parcel block you list each property code number (18 to 20 digits) and circle FULL or HALF, meaning the bill is paid in full or in two equal installments. A small box marked "For Office Use Only", with a PAYER ID, is reserved for the Treasurer's Office.

The Treasurer's forms page lists this document together with the Property Tax Refund Request and the Monthly Property Tax Payment Agreement. It sets up payment of tax bills only; it is not a refund request and it is not a payment itself, since the form says not to enclose payments with it.

Taxpayers who receive a Bernalillo County tax bill and want it paid automatically from a checking or savings account use this form. You complete it for the account you want charged and for every property you want covered, up to the five parcel lines printed on the form.

Conditions the form attaches to the request:

• You need the property code (parcel) number for each property, 18 to 20 digits. It is in the upper right corner of your most current tax bill or Notice of Value, above the address.
• You must choose, for each property, whether the automatic payment is made in full or in two equal installments.
• You need a voided check or withdrawal slip for the account, because the authorization cannot be processed without one.
• You sign and date the authorization yourself; the form has a single signature line and no block for a representative.

If you would rather make payments some other way, or want a refund or a payment plan, the Treasurer lists separate documents, the Property Tax Refund Request and the Monthly Property Tax Payment Agreement.

Complete the form when you decide to have your Bernalillo County tax bills paid automatically; no deadline or filing window is printed on it. Have a recent tax bill or Notice of Value on hand, because the property code for each parcel is taken from it.

The authorization stays in place until you end it. The form says that if you decide to discontinue the service you must notify the Bernalillo County Treasurer's Office in writing. It sets no processing time and does not say when the first automatic payment is made, so confirm timing with the Treasurer's Office.

The form names no mailing address, portal or office; it gives only the instructions that apply to the package. The Bernalillo County Treasurer publishes it on its forms page at https://www.bernco.gov/forms/treasurer5/, and the Treasurer's Office is the party you authorize, so deliver the signed form to that office through the channel it gives you.

What the package must contain:

• The signed and dated authorization.
• A voided check or withdrawal slip stapled where the form says "Staple voided check here"; the form states it must be attached to process your authorization.

Do not enclose any payment with the authorization; the form says so in capital letters. Because the form does not state how to deliver it or whether a fee-free service takes effect on receipt, contact the Bernalillo County Treasurer's Office before sending. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the Treasurer's channels.