Tax Collections

The Tax Collections Department is responsible for collecting all county real and personal property taxes assessed within the county. 

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How to Pay Your Taxes

Listed below are the ways to pay your Haywood County taxes:

1. Pay Online (Click Here) - You may pay online with a Credit Card, Debit Card, or Check. There is a 3% fee for all card payments, and a 2% fee for e-checks. The county does not receive any of these funds, they are fees charged by the processor.

2. Pay by Phone - You may pay by phone by dialing 1-877-729-8290. You must have your bill # and account # when calling. There is a 3% fee for using a card over the phone.

3. Pay by Mail - You may mail a check or money order to the address on your tax bill. 

4. Payment Dropbox - You may pay with a check or money order by placing it into the payment dropbox in front of the Historic Courthouse located at 215 North Main Street in Waynesville. NO CASH SHOULD BE LEFT IN DROPBOX.

5. Pay with Cash - You may make cash payments in the Tax Collections office.

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ATTENTION: Our lockbox address for payments has changed. If your payment was returned by the postal service, please resend to the Waynesville address with the original envelope and we will honor the original postmark. The Waynesville address is:

Haywood County Tax Collections

215 N Main St, Suite 224

Waynesville, NC 28786


The new lockbox address is below:

Haywood County Tax Collections

PO Box 96270

Charlotte, NC 28296



North Carolina General State Statute 105-348

All Interested Persons Charged With Notice of Taxes

All persons who have or who may acquire any interest in any real or personal property that may be or may become subject to a lien for taxes are hereby charged with notice that such property is or should be listed for taxation, that taxes are or may become a lien thereon, and that if taxes are not paid the proceedings allowed by law may be taken against such property.  This notice shall be conclusively presumed, whether or not such persons have actual notice.  (1939, c. 310, s. 1705; 1971, c. 806, s. 1.)

  1. Tax Rates & Fees
  2. Delinquent Tax Collections

Tax Rates & Fees

Haywood County collects taxes for 22 fire districts and 10 road maintenance districts and one sanitation district. 

Landfill Fee

All owners of improved property in Haywood County which include manufactured homes/campers pay a landfill /solid waste fee to help support the County’s landfill and recycling programs.

All businesses also receive a landfill fee. 

This fee does not duplicate fees municipalities and private waste haulers charge their residents/customers. The programs covered by the County's fee are in addition to the curbside/drop-off programs offered by municipalities and private waste haulers.

Motor Vehicle

Taxes can be paid at the NC Dot website located here.