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When
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Can
I pay my taxes by credit card, and which cards are accepted? |
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How
much will my taxes be this time?
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| 4. |
Do
you think you could send me information on Hamilton County, Ohio? If you
could I would like the following: map, education, media, business and
industry. |
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| 5. |
I am
trying to find out whom I need to contact to get a certified copy of my
marriage license or divorce records? |
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What is involved in having a Judge
or Justice of the peace perform the marriage ceremony? |
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How
do I get a Homestead exemption to lower taxes for elderly, disabled,
etc. |
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| 8. |
Where do you post vendor license
information? |
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| 9. |
Please
tell me where I can find procedures to expunge my old records? |
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| 10. |
I am working to
start a nonprofit 501 (C) (3) organization that will have national
affiliations and be based in Cincinnati/Hamilton County. How do I
find financial and operations support for this type of venture? |
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I am looking for a contact for
genealogy in Hamilton County. What
resources are available? |
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Where do I call to find out about
getting copies of my birth certificate in Hamilton County?
What are the numbers? |
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| 13. |
Why am I paying last
year's real estate taxes? |
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Do I get a discount for paying my taxes early? |
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How can I get my real
estate taxes lowered? |
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Can I pay my taxes in installments? |
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How much is the penalty if I can't pay my
taxes on time? |
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If I have to pay a penalty, can I challenge
it? |
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| 19. |
I'm not getting the 2 ½% rollback. How
do I get it? |
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| 20. |
Why am
I getting two tax bills on the same property? |
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| 21. |
Where can I find a site where I
can view houses in Hamilton County? |
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| 22 |
Where can I find the Sex Offenders
list from the Sheriff's Office? |
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| 23 |
Can you define
what the different
levels of snow emergency are? |
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These are the
Answer to the FAQS |
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Real
estate taxes are paid twice a year, in June and in January.
The specific date will vary and will always be noted on the tax bill. |
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| 2. |
Yes.
All major credit cards are accepted. More details can be found at
http://www.hamilton-co.org/treasurer/ |
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| 3. |
Go
to the Treasurer’s front page at http://www.hamilton-co.org/treasurer/ then
click on Real Estate Tax Billing & Payment Records.
This will connect you to the Auditor’s records where you will
find not only tax billing and payment information, but other property
information such as transfer history, image of the property, copies of the
conveyance files, property dimensions etc.
If you want to know about your taxes, select the “Payments”
when you arrive at the Auditor’s records page.
Or you can go directly to the auditor’s Real Estate Records
section by using this address: http://www.hamiltoncountyauditor.org/realestate/ |
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| 4. |
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Events
and Festivals |
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see Fun Stuff button and within sites |
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A map |
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see Regional Planning or Engineers Office |
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Education |
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see the LINKS button on the Home Page
and then the Cincinnati College Consortium |
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Media |
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see Local News button on left hand menu |
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Business and Industry |
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are not part of our site, see Links
policy on the Home Page. |
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| 5. |
Start
in Probate Court under the Courts menu item or use this hyperlink.
http://www.probatect.org |
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Click
on the button on the left titled Marriage License. Keep in mind, marriage
licenses 'on-line' only goes back to 1984 at this time. |
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Or call Probate Court at 513-946-3600. |
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Divorce information can be found from the Clerk of Courts site; Mid-1994 to present. If you
need a certified copy go to 800 Broadway for 1994 to the present.
If your date was earlier, please go to Clerk's Office in the
Courthouse located on the third floor.
http://www.courtclerk.org |
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If you have questions, please call 513-852-8021
for Clerk of Courts Domestic Relations division. |
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When
you pick up your application for marriage at Probate Court
(513-946-3600), ask for a list of judges and mayors that perform
weddings. They can give you details. |
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That
is in the auditor’s office at 513-946-4000 or
http://www.hamiltoncountyauditor.org/tax_homestead.asp |
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The Auditor's Office issues Vendor's licenses.
Please go to their Website or call 513-946-4106.
http://www.hamiltoncountyauditor.org/vendors.asp |
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| 9. |
Please call the Clerk of Courts
Appeal/Expungement
section at 513-946-6021. |
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| 10. |
Contact the Hamilton County Development Company
513-631-8292. They run a small business incubator and provide a
variety of services to start-up businesses. A nonprofit could
benefit from their expertise as well. |
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| 11. |
Try the Cincinnati Museum Center Historical
Society 513-287-7000. Or go
to them at our Website link at http://www.cincymuseum.org |
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Also, the Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public
Library has a genealogy department where you could do research.
http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org |
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Or you may call 513-369-6905. |
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Birth information depends on where you were
born. In Cincinnati, call
Cincinnati Vital Statistics at 357-7200. |
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The
link for City Vital Statistics is
http://www.ci.cincinnati.oh.us/health/pages/-5138-/ |
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If you were born outside of Cincinnati, but
within Hamilton County call 513-326-4500 |
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http://www.hamilton-co.org/boh/vitals_set.htm |
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| 13. |
Property
owners always pay taxes for the prior tax year in the current
year. It's state law. |
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No. |
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The
amount of real estate taxes on your property is determined by two things: tax levies in your community and the market value of your
property. Since the tax levies are determined by voters, the
market value is the only one of these that can be challenged. For
details on filing a challenge, go to http://www.hamilton-co.org/treasurer/Boardof
Revision.asp |
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You
can pre-pay your taxes in installments. Details at
http://www.hamilton-co.org/treasurer/top.asp To make payments on a
delinquent tax bill, call 946-4799 to make arrangements. |
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For
the first 10 days the payment is late, the penalty is 5%. After 10
days, the penalty increases to 10%, set by state law. |
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Yes.
Call 946-4820 and request a penalty remission form. |
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Contact
the auditor's office at 946-4099, or e-mail the auditor at
auditor@fuse.net |
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| 20. |
If
you would note, one of the tax bills ends with a 00 while the other ends
with a 09. It is simply an accounting procedure designed to get
the tax dollars to the township faster. The two bills does not
mean you are paying more taxes. The sum of the two is the amount
of taxes if there were no 90 sub-parcel. |
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| 21. |
Go to the Auditor's site. They have the real estate information and pictures of homes.
http://www.hamiltoncountyauditor.org./ |
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The list can be found at the sheriff's web site |
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http://www.hcso.org/PublicServices/SexOffenders/offender.asp |
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| 23. |
Level 1) Roadways are hazardous
with blowing and drifting snow. |
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Roads are also icy. Drive very cautiously. |
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Level 2) Roadways are hazardous
with blowing and drifting snow. Only |
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those who feel it is necessary to drive should be out on the |
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roadways. Contact your employer to see if you should report to |
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work. |
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Level 3) All roadways are closed
to nonemergency personnel. No one |
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should be out during these conditions unless it is absolutely |
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necessary to travel. All employees should contact their |
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employer to see if they should report to work. Those traveling |
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on the roadways may subject themselves to prosecution. |
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