Assessment & Taxation

Our office will be closed on Friday, December 13th from 11:30-1:30.

The Assessment and Taxation Office is responsible for assessing all properties in Linn County. This includes commercial, industrial, residential, farm, forest, manufactured structures and business personal property. We maintain records on approximately 60,000 property tax accounts with a real market value of over $27 billion and over $13 billion of assessed value.

Our office also manages special programs such as Veteran's exemptions, Senior deferrals, special assessments, and enterprise zone exemptions. We also maintain maps, information on property locations and property ownership.

Questions about Disabled Veteran or Surviving Spouse click here

Questions about Senior or Disabled Citizen Deferral click here

YELLOW STATEMENT - Means your mortgage lender requested your payment information and may be paying your property tax. If you have questions call your lender. Keep your statement for your records and do not pay if your lender pays your taxes.

GREEN STATEMENT – Means you likely have taxes to pay.

Tax Payment Options:

By mail: You may mail your payment to:

Linn County Tax Collector
PO Box 100
Albany OR 97321

In Person: Payments may be made in our office. We are located in Room 214 at the Linn County Courthouse. 

Dropbox: We have a payment drop box at the west end entrance of the courthouse, located off Ferry St.

Online Tax Payment:   Point & Pay charges a fee for using their services.

Visa Debit is $3.95 per transaction (must choose Visa Debit for Tax payment method)
All other Credit and Debit cards are 2.5% of the transaction amount ($2.00 minimum)
-or-
$1.50 is charged on e-check payments

Automated phone system:  844-399-6193 
Same fees apply as above