Treasurer
Property Taxes
Treasurer Information
Woodbury County Courthouse
Tax Department
620 Douglas St.
Sioux City, IA 51101
taxdept@sioux-city.org
Phone: 712-279-6495
Fax: 712-279-6497
Motor Vehicle
motorvehicle@sioux-city.org
Phone: 712-279-6500
Fax: 712-279-6493
Anthon Office
Phone: 712-373-5238
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday
8:00am - 4:30pm
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Welcome to the World of the Woodbury County Treasurer, his deputies and staff. You will find here a knowledgeable, ready to serve group of individuals that staff three departments, all here for the convenience of the residents and taxpayers of Woodbury County. The Property tax division collects taxes for real estate property, mobile homes, utilities, industrial equipment, machinery, grain, buildings on leased land, and city and county special assessments. The Motor Vehicle Division of the Treasurer's Office issues vehicle titles and licenses, registers, collects all vehicle fees for the residents of Woodbury County. The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) issues hunting and fishing licenses, and also processes titles and registrations for boats, ATVs, and snowmobiles. The Treasurer Department is also responsible for tax sale duties such as, processing tax sale redemptions, issuing tax sale deeds, processing tax suspensions, and processing plat and mobile home tax clearances. Here are some other services you may or may not be aware of, some already in place, and some in the future. A joint venture has been formulated with the Iowa D.O.T. to make drivers license and vehicle registration renewals more convenient. We now have two drivers license staff stationed in our Motor Vehicle Department in the Trosper/Hoyt building. We also staff two Motor Vehicle specialists in the Drivers License Station at the Market Place Mall. This makes it possible for you to renew both licenses with one stop. The Woodbury County Treasurer's offices in Sioux City (Motor Vehicle-Trosper/Hoyt Building) and Anthon are the only treasurer's offices in the state to offer DNR services. Motor vehicle license renewal via the Internet will be available by early spring, 2001. The Iowa D.O.T. is currently completing their website to enable this service. The Woodbury County Treasurer has a unique "economic development" plan. The county's funds are kept in all Woodbury County banks, because they all pay property taxes, and because these funds can then be available to loan back out to Woodbury County residents. The interest earned on the funds return nearly $1,200,000 per year, which reduce the property tax askings by by that much. Woodbury County's tax askings for the past 10 years have increased by 16%. This averages out to 1.6% per year, far below the rate of inflation. |