Alternate Payment & Document Processing Options

Please utilize these alternatives to pay Howard County invoices online, by phone or through the mail.

Please use these alternatives to pay Howard County invoices online, by phone or through the mail.

PO Box 37213, Baltimore, MD 21297-3213

Real Property Tax Bills

PO Box 37237, Baltimore, MD 21297-3237

Personal Property Tax Bills

PO Box 37237, Baltimore, MD 21297-3237

PO Box 37236, Baltimore, MD 21297-3236

PO Box 17022, Baltimore, MD 21297-1022

General Link to Online Payments

Water & Sewer General Customer Service

Water and Sewer general customer service – To help our customers, the County has suspended all water disconnections. If you have questions, please call 410-313-2058 (410-313-2929 after-hours).

Property Tax Credits

If you have received a notification of a refund that requires a W9 form, please click here to complete the form. Once complete, email the attached form with a signature to customerservice@howardcountymd.gov. For questions, please contact 410-313-2062.

If you are applying for tax credits, application materials are available online at this page. You may also call 410-313-4076 or email for service over the phone or to request documents to be mailed to you. Please mail completed applications to:

Howard County Department of Finance
Attention: Tax Credits
3430 Court House Drive
Ellicott City, MD 21043


Please do not email sensitive personal information such as W-2s or tax information.

W9 Request Form

If you have received a notification of a refund that requires a W9 form, please click here to complete the form. Once complete, email the attached form with a signature to customerservice@howardcountymd.gov. For questions, please contact 410-313-2062.

Recordings & Lien Certificates

  1. For recordation services, we recommend enrolling with Simplifile which will allow us to receive and process your documents electronically. This also allows your documents to be received at Howard County Circuit Court. Please enroll at: https://simplifile.com/get-connected/.
  2. The lien certificate application may be found at https://www.velocitypayment.com/client/howardcounty/liencertification/index.htm.Disclaimer: Govolution charges a convenience fee of $1.50 for e-check transactions, $3.95 for VISA Consumer Debit transactions, 2.45% for all other debit and credit card transactions. These are automatically added during your transaction. Payment by credit card does not give Howard County Government access to your credit card number. That information is retained strictly by Govolution. Govolution takes full advantage of internet security in the handling of your credit card information.

More information is available on the Tax Recordation website page.

Contact Recordation Tax Office by phone at

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