Paying Predial in Person

We went this morning about 10.

We were literally the only people there. Handed the nice man last years receipt and held my INAPAM card in my fingers, facing him, playing with it. He looked up a couple of things, took my card, and excused him self while he went to another office somewhere in the building. When he returned he said it would be 10 to 15 minutes. Great, thanks!!! After about 15 minutes he went back, came back printed out another page and left again with a smile. 10 minutes later he came back, returned my card and printed out more pages. He escorted us to the cashier while explaining their system was off line, but he took care of things. We thanked him and made small talk while he confirmed the total with the cashier. Paid with a US credit card, it's done!!!

When we go to pay the Predial we always take a copy of the trust, the INAPAM card, passport and residency card. In theory the trust is in their files, but things happen. I ended up needing my passport as the only acceptible ID for my credit card. Last year they only wanted my drivers license.

Done for the year!

I don't trust making payments to any government office that doesn't require you to deposit directly into a government bank account and bring them a copy of the receipt. We have severe transparency issues with our local and state governments.