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Treasurer explains Equipay escrow option for taxpayers who don’t have mortgage escrow
Summary
Treasurer Kathy Elliott explained a third-party Equipay option to let taxpayers pay property taxes monthly and clarified it is not a county-managed 12-payment plan; she gave example fees and directed residents to escrowtaxes.com.
Kathy Elliott, Fremont County public trustee and treasurer, described Equipay — a third-party escrow agent option for residents who do not have taxes escrowed through a mortgage servicer. Elliott said Equipay is an estimate-based service that can break property tax payments into monthly transactions and is run by an external escrow agent; she emphasized it is not the same as pending legislation that would have made counties the escrow agent.
Elliott provided example costs: an ACH withdrawal could cost about $11 while a credit-card payment could total about $41.80 (approximately $3.80 per transaction extra by card). She advised residents to visit escrowtaxes.com to check eligibility and sign up; commissioners clarified the program targets taxpayers who currently must pay large lump sums rather than those with mortgage escrow.
