Durham County residents who received a delinquent motor vehicle tax bill on Monday, August 10 alerted the Durham County Tax Office that the Orange County Tax Office address mistakenly appears on the envelope.  The error occurred when the printing vendor, who prints for both counties, failed to use Durham County envelopes for the mailing. 

Approximately 3,400 delinquent notices were affected. Officials note that the tax bill itself is correct and the return envelope inside for mailing payments is correctly addressed. This error will affect only the mail that the US Postal Service is unable to deliver due to categories of undeliverable mail due to incorrect address, forwarding order expired, and attempted but not known.

Durham County Tax Administrator, Kimberly Simpson notes that the printing company is very apologetic for the error and will assume all expenses incurred due to mix-up.   

Citizens may obtain a copy of their tax bill by visiting the tax website at www.taxdurhamcountync.gov and click on the link for Real and Property Tax Bill Search, or they may contact the Durham County Tax Office at 919-560-0300.