Question: Does the City send a tax bill to my mortgage company?

Answer: The City of Somerville mails tax bills to the mailing address the property owner has on file with the Assessing Department. The City does not send tax bills to individual mortgage companies. If your mortgage company requires a paper bill, send them the one you received. They may also contact our office for a duplicate bill, the fee of which is $1.00. Instead of receiving paper bills, mortgage companies and tax servicing companies receive an electronic file containing all of the tax accounts in the City. They then choose the accounts upon which they wish to pay. They return the marked file to the City and mail their check(s) to Treasury. If the dollar amount of the electronic file matches the dollar amount of the check(s) received, the City posts the electronic file, updating the individual tax accounts with the payment amount.