Joan Howell, County Treasurer
Address: 1130 3rd Ave. N., Rm 103
Payette, ID 83661
Phone: (208) 642-6004
Fax: (208) 642-6040
Office Hours:
Weekdays 8 am to 5 pm
Duties of County Treasurer
The County Treasurer is elected by the voters for a term of four years.
It is the duty of the Treasurer to receive all moneys belonging to the county and to safely keep them. Disburse all county money paid upon warrants directed by the county commissioners. To invest idle funds belonging to the county as prescribed by Idaho Code.
In addition the Treasurer acts as the ex-officio tax collector with duties relating to the collection of the revenue as prescribed in title 63 of the Idaho Code.
The County Treasurer is also the ex-officio public administrator and shall be responsible to administer the estates of decedents who reside in the county at the time of death as prescribed in the Idaho Code.
