Effective Friday, March 20, 2020, as a precautionary measure to prevent and mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and in the interest of the health and well-being of our employees and the residents of the Town of Barnstable, most town buildings are closed to the public.  It is our hope that we will re-open to the public on Monday, April 6th.  We are making adjustments to our business operations to ensure resources are focused where the need is greatest.  Please understand the fluid nature of this situation and that we are reassessing and adapting our response as needed to this developing situation.  Public access to 200 Main Street and the Town Hall Offices is now by appointment only.  Information on how you can work remotely with Town Offices is available on the Town of Barnstable’s website HERE and Barnstable Board of Health HERE http://www.BarnstableHealth.com.  Thank you for your cooperation and understanding throughout this serious situation.

A listing of Town owned buildings that have closed is listed HERE.

Treasurer’s Office

Payments

Effective immediately, the Treasurer’s Office will be accepting payments either through mail or payments may be placed in the drop box located outside Town Hall next to the walkway leading to Town Hall. No cash is to be mailed or left in the drop box.

Tax Title Accounts

Account information will be available by calling the Treasurer’s office at 508-862-4661 or 508-862-4656. Taxpayers will be advised to:

• mail in checks to Town of Barnstable, Treasurer’s Office, 230 South Street, Hyannis, MA 02601
• leave check payments in the outside drop box located next to the walkway leading to Town Hall

Tax Collector’s Office

Payments

Effective immediately, the Tax Collector’s Office will be accepting payments either through mail or payments may be placed in the drop box located outside Town Hall next to the walkway leading to Town Hall. No cash is to be mailed or left in the drop box.

Account information will be available by calling the Collector’s office at 508-862-4055, 508-862-4053 or 508-862-4060.

Payments for Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes and Sewer bills may be paid by the following methods:

• online thru the Town of Barnstable website under Quicklinks/Pay bills online
• mailing checks using the envelope provided with the bills
• mailing checks to the Town of Barnstable, PO Box 40, Hyannis, MA 02601
• leave check payments in the outside drop box located next to the walkway leading to Town Hall

The 4^th Quarter Real Estate and Personal Property taxes that are due on May 1, 2020 will be available to be paid online via the Town’s website effective April 1, 2020 or via the methods detailed above.

Past due and Demand bills cannot be paid online. Payments should be mailed to Town of Barnstable, PO Box 40, Hyannis, MA 02601

Boat Excise tax payments can be made by:

• Mailing checks to the Town of Barnstable, PO Box 40, Hyannis, MA 02601
• Leave check payments in the outside drop box located next to the walkway leading to Town Hall

Assessor’s Office

Abatement Applications

Abatement forms are available on the town’s website at https://www.townofbarnstable.us/Departments/Assessing/

Completed forms can be mailed to Town of Barnstable Assessor, 367 Main. St. Hyannis, MA 02601.

Property Information

Inquiries regarding property values can be requested by email to assessor@town.barnstable.ma.us or you can call 508.862.4022 or 508.862.4020.

Forms

All other forms are available at https://www.townofbarnstable.us/Departments/Assessing/

Permit applications will continue to be accepted and processed according to local and state requirements.  Applications and associated materials should be submitted electronically to the extent legally possible.

Town Clerk’s Office

A drop off location for paper applications has been established in the front vestibule at 367 Main Street.

If your request does not need immediate attention, please use the drop off location for nomination papers, birth, death, and marriage certificates established in the front vestibule at 367 Main Street.  Please submit your request in the lock box and call us on 508-862-4044.

Instructions for Making an Appointment with Staff

If you would like to make an appointment with a staff member, please call 508-862-4044.

Appointments will not be made with any person experiencing cough, fever, or shortness of breath; anyone tested positive for COVID-19; anyone who has been exposed to a tested positive COVID-19 case; or anyone directed to self-quarantine.

Staff will ask you to confirm you do not meet any of these criteria upon making the appointment and upon arrival at the appointment.

200 Main Street

Instructions for Dropping Off Permit Applications

• Include a contact name, and telephone number and/or e-mail address.
• Do not submit payment with the application. It will be collected at a later time.
• There will be a minimum 48 hour delay between the time an application is dropped off and when it is officially received.
• A staff member will contact you to confirm receipt of the application and with comments and/or instructions and to arrange payment of fees.

Instructions for Making an Appointment with Staff

If you would like to make an appointment with a staff member, please call or e-mail the contact listed.

Appointments will not be made with any person experiencing cough, fever, or shortness of breath; anyone tested positive for COVID-19; anyone who has been exposed to a tested positive COVID-19 case; or anyone directed to self-quarantine.

Staff will ask you to confirm you do not meet any of these criteria upon making the appointment and upon arrival at the appointment.