If you own a home in Montgomery County, whether you’re in a town like Blacksburg or Christiansburg, or in the County itself, you very likely received one of these green forms in the mail recently. It looks like a bill, it smells like a bill … but is it a bill?

It depends.

Taxes in Montgomery County are paid semi-annually, so twice a year the County will send out these notices requesting half of your annual real estate taxes to be paid in the next month. In this case, the amount is due June 5, payable to the Montgomery County Treasurer. If your mortgage payment only consists of Principal and Interest and you’re responsible for paying your own Taxes and Insurance, then yes – you need to pay this tax, you can give it to your Tax accountant if you´re not sure how to do it yourself. If your mortgage payment every month includes esrows, then this tax should be paid by monies collected by your mortgage company.

Of course, if you want to be sure, you can contact gilbert tax, and have them talk it over with you, and explain the situation to you in detail.

So yes – this is a bill, but if you have escrows on your mortgage payment than you do not need to pay it. It would be a good idea – rather, an excellent idea – to contact your mortgage company and make sure that they received a copy of this bill, as well.