Wednesday is the last day for Pike County citizens to pay their 2014 ad valorem or property taxes at the Pike County Courthouse without incurring a penalty. However, Pike County Revenue Commissioner Curtis Blair said long lines are not expected for those who have waited until the last days to pay their taxes.

“Actually, we might be a little ahead with payments this year,” Blair said. “A lot of people are taking advantage of the opportunity to mail in their payments or to pay online and that number increases each year.

“We might have a line at times today and Wednesday but it won’t be anything like it used to be on those last few day before taxes were due.”

Property taxes also may be paid at the Brundidge Annex Building on South Main Street in Brundidge from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. today.

The Pike County Courthouse will close at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Delinquent taxes will be assessed at 12 percent annually or 1 percent a month.

Blair said the county collects around $9 million each year in ad valorem taxes.

“The Revenue Commissioner’s office collects for the county’s general fund and its road and bridge funds,” Blair said. “We collect for the schools, countywide, and the Troy City Schools and for the municipalities of Troy, Brundidge, Goshen and Banks and the State of Alabama.”

Blair said Pike County is among the counties with the lowest property taxes in the state.

“We are not the lowest in the state but we are down there,” Blair said. “And, Alabama has the second lowest property taxes in the nation.”