Tax Collector

The mission of the Shasta County Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator's Office is to provide quality service in performing the duties of this office, which include: To receive and safeguard the monies belonging to the County and other agencies in the treasury; to collect all secured, unsecured and supplemental taxes; and to administer the estates of decedents when necessary.

The Tax Collector Section is responsible for the collection of Secured Property Taxes, Supplemental Property Taxes and Unsecured Property Taxes. Each division of the tax section performs essentially similar activities such as billing, receipt and deposit of funds, record management, and receipt reconciliation. Approximately 89,000 secured tax bills, 12,000 supplemental tax bills and 16,000 unsecured tax bills are processed each year. The Tax Collection staff provides processing expertise; information and assistance to individual taxpayers and mortgage professionals; and oversees tax defaulted or delinquent tax payments, selling delinquent property under the approval of the Board of Supervisors.

Lori J. Scott is also the County Treasurer and the Public Administrator.

Lori J. Scott

Treasurer - Tax Collector - Public Administrator

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PAYMENT PORTAL WILL BE CLOSED - NO CARD OR ONLINE PAYMENTS JUNE 30TH FROM 11:59 PM - JULY 21, 2026 AT 5:00 PM

PUBLIC BUSINESS AND PHONE HOURS:

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

DELINQUENT DATE BUSINESS HOURS:

8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Important – USPS Postmark Update

Effective December 24, 2025, the U.S. Postal Service updated its postmarking procedures. Postmarks now reflect the date mail reaches a reginal processing facility, rather than the date it is deposited at a local post office. As a result, postmark dates may be later than the date of mailing.

This change does not affect the tax collector’s requirement that payments must be received, or USPS postmarked by the delinquency date to avoid late penalties.

To ensure timely postmarks on your payments, our office recommends requesting a manual postmark at the USPS counter.