Iowa State County Treasurers Association

Tax Sale Investor Registration Manage Subscriptions Online Auction

Experience The Convenience - Pay Online!

For Internet transactions we accept: Discover, MasterCard, Visa and eCheck. If you opt to use eCheck to pay your property taxes, you will be asked to enter a receipt number as your PIN. Your receipt number is the last 5 digits in the example. This can be found in the upper right corner of your tax stub. Example: Tax Receipt # 00000

2013 Tax Sale
The 2013 Tax Sale will be held on Monday, June 17th, 2013, at 9:00am in the Hardin County Courthouse basement. You must be register to bid and the registration deadline is 4:30pm on June 11th. Upon receipt of the registration form and payment of the $25 registration fee, a tax sale list will be mailed or e-mailed to the registered bidder as soon as available. All delinquent parcels will be published in the Ackley World Journal on June 5, 2013. Click the link below to download the Tax Sale Information Packet, Tax Sale Registration Form, and the Tax Sale W-9 documents. Any questions should be directed to Machel Eichmeier, Treasurer, at 641-939-8232.

2013 Tax Sale Publication

2013 Tax Sale Information Packet

2013 Tax Sale Registration Forms

2013 Tax Sale W-9 Form

Click Here to Pay Your Property Taxes

Current and delinquent tax are payable online. (Please call our office if flagged "Tax Sale".)

E-check returned for insufficient funds will be charged a minimum $20.00 NSF fee.

2012/2013 Tax information is available.

Hardin County 2012/2013 tax statements are being mailed August 10th

Visit our county website www.hardincountyia.gov for detailed parcel information

Click Here to Pay Your Vehicle Tags

Note: You are not eligible to renew online unless you received a renewal notice through the US Postal Service that contains a PIN (personal identification number) for online renewals.

Office Hours

Office Hours to the public:

Accepted payment method in the office - Cash, Check, Debit, and Credit Card, additional fees charged for Debit and Credit.

Now accepted as payment for Driver's License!

* Cash or Check

* Master Card Debit and Credit Card - Master Card Debit cards with Shazam on the back will need to be used as credit card.

* Discover Credit Card

* Visa Debit Only (no visa credit card)- Visa Debit is accepted as long as they don't use Interlink or Shazam (Usually found on the back of the Visa card) $1.50 Convenience Fee per transaction when Debit or Credit are used.

**See the dates below for when our office will be closed.**

Property Tax - Dollar amount of tax due
             8:00 - 4:30 / Monday - Friday
Motor Vehicle - Transfer of titles and registration renewal
             8:00 - 4:30 / Monday - Friday
Driver’s License - Renew 30 days before and up to 60 days after birth date.
             8:00 - 4:15 / Monday/ (CLOSED Tuesday)/ Wednesday/Thursday/ Friday
             Written Test - 8:00- 3:30 Mon/Wed/Thurs/Friday
             Drive Test - 8:30-3:00 / Thursday (only) by appointment
             Motorcycle Skills and CDL Skills are not available

Our office will be closed on the following days in 2013:

Presidents Day ............February 18
Memorial Day................May 27
Independence Day.......July 04
Labor Day.....................September 02
Veteran’s Day...............November 11
Thanksgiving................November 28 & 29
Christmas Days............December 24 & 25
New Years Day.............January 01, 2014

Contact Information and Office Staff

Treasurer - Machel Eichmeier

Phone: 641-939-8232
E-mail: meichmeier@hardincountyia.gov Please email comments (good or bad)
Office Fax: 641-939-8245

Property Tax
              Deputy - Mindy McLeland

                          Phone: 641-939-8230
                          E-mail: mmcleland@hardincountyia.gov

Motor Vehicle
              Deputy - Deanna Vaux
                          Phone: 641-939-8226
                          E-mail: motorvehicle@hardincountyia.gov
              Clerk - Donna Steinfeldt
              Clerk - Ann Clemons

Driver’s License
             Deputy - Drive Examiner - Tifani Eisentrager
                         Phone: 641-939-8238
                         Email:dlicense@hardincountyia.gov

Our Location

Hardin County Treasurers’ Office:
1215 Edgington Ave
P.O. Box 391
Eldora, IA 50627

Located in the county courthouse on the first floor on the southwest side. Handicap parking is available on the east side of the courthouse. Please use the east entrance for use of the elevator.

Machel Eichmeier

Treasurer as of 04/26/2010

Population - Ranking 17,791 - 48th

Welcome to the Hardin County home page! Our goal is to provide our customers with the most FRIENDLY, COURTEOUS, PROFESSIONAL AND ECONOMICALLY REASONABLE SERVICE POSSIBLE while complying with the code of Iowa.

Our duties include:

Property tax collection

Tax apportionment to all taxing bodies

Motor vehicle titling and registration, and collection of first time registration tax

Driver license testing, issuance of driver licenses and ID cards, and issuance of handicap parking devices

Investing of Hardin County funds

Financial record- keeping for the County

Please note: there is an outside drop box located at the top of the stairs on the south side of the courthouse for payments to the Treasurer’s office.

Thank you for visiting our web site. It is part of our continuing effort to provide top-notch service to you!