Press release:

    The First installment of the County tax over collection payback, year 2020, has been mailed. Please watch for it and remove it from your mailbox immediately.  One card representing each parcel will be delivered. Many cards contain less than one dollar. 

[The formula for calculation is 1.2 million divided by 18,000+ divided by 4.] the general revenue tax levy was the only portion involved. The school’s portion was not affected.

It is important that you receive what you are owed.

When you receive a card, please use it. If you do not redeem your card, it does not go back to the County. 

The cards do have a fee, but is not applied to the balance until after a full year, at that point funds start coming off, but is returned to the individual through the unclaimed property of the state of Missouri if it goes unclaimed and unused

It is possible to transfer the cash value to your bank account, Venmo, PayPal, etc. Managing your card or consolidating cards is done directly through the Rapid Financial support staff.    877-287-2448.

Also, if you are having issues, please contact Rapid Financial support and speak with a live representitive to ensure everything is accurate and activated.

We at the Cedar County Courthouse do not have access to be able to help, as all funds were reliqueshed to Rapid Financial and their staff are trained to deal with the 2020 tax funds that are loaded on the cards. To clarify even though the pamplet states there will be fees, THERE ARE NO FEES INCURRED UNTIL AFTER A FULL YEAR!