Payment channels

Pay City of Iowa City Revenue Division and Water Division

Use the provider’s verified online, telephone, mail, or counter instructions. Check the final confirmation screen for the amount, processing date, and any transaction fee before submitting.

Primary online route

Use the official payment portal

The direct portal is the fastest route when it is available. The provider identifies its payment gateway as City of Iowa City online utility payment/SurePay system; the reviewed page does not name the processor. Never enter account credentials into a lookalike site reached through an unsolicited message.

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Telephone payment

Phone IVR

(319) 356-5066, Revenue Division payment and account line; the reviewed page does not identify a separate automated IVR number

Have your account number and payment instrument ready. Follow the provider’s recorded prompts and retain the confirmation number.

Alternative channels

Mail, text, and in-person payment instructions

Pay by text

The reviewed Iowa City utility pages do not publish a text-to-pay keyword, short code or SMS enrollment. Customers can use online payment, SurePay direct debit, the Revenue Division phone line, mail or in-person payment.

Mail-in address

Payment Processing Center, P.O. Box 3246, Cedar Rapids, IA 52406-3246. Include the remittance section of the billing statement.

Counters, drop boxes, and office hours

City Hall cashier/Revenue Division, 410 E. Washington Street, Iowa City, IA 52240, Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. A drive-up drop box is in the City Hall east parking-lot exit along Van Buren Street. Additional payment locations are Drug Town, 310 N. 1st Avenue; Hy-Vee, 812 S. 1st Avenue; and Hy-Vee, 1720 Waterfront Drive. The City page lists Mastercard, Visa and Discover by phone and cash, money order, cashier's check or those cards for restoration after discontinuance.

Accepted digital instruments

What you can use online

Online payment and SurePay automatic direct payment are available. The Revenue Division accepts Mastercard, Visa and Discover by telephone; the reviewed official utility page does not identify ACH checkout, Apple Pay or Google Pay.

2026 transaction pricing

Convenience fees

A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The reviewed Iowa City billing page does not state a current online card-processing fee. SurePay is described as automatic direct payment; the 10% delinquency charge is a collection fee, not a payment-processor surcharge.

Fees can vary by payment type, channel, account class, and processor terms. The checkout screen is the final fee disclosure.

Payment guidance

Choose the payment channel that fits your deadline

The safest payment path is the one published by City of Iowa City Revenue Division and Water Division and matched to the account information on your bill. Online portals are convenient, but telephone, mail, counter, and drop-box options may follow different posting schedules and may use different fees.

For a routine payment, save the final confirmation page or IVR number and check when the transaction will post. For a same-day shut-off notice, do not assume that submitting a card payment automatically stops a field order; ask the provider what amount and confirmation are required.

Never send your account number, password, card details, or bank information to Water Ledger. Those details belong only on the provider’s verified payment channel or at an authorized counter.

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