Ever been unable to pay somewhere because you left your checkbook at home and credit/debit cards were not accepted? Very inconvenient. Payette County eliminated this hassle by offering electronic payment options in their clerk’s office. Those who prefer to pay for a marriage license, notary fees, recording fees and other services with a credit or debit card, can now do so and take care of business quickly and efficiently.

“Our customers have been requesting the ability to pay by credit and debit card for quite a while,” Payette County Clerk Betty Dressen said. “Most people don’t carry checkbooks or much cash anymore. Our new service eliminates the inconvenience of having to leave and come back.”

The county now accepts any credit or debit card displaying a Visa, MasterCard, Discover, or American Express logo.

Payette County partnered with Access Idaho to provide the payment processing service, PayPort. The partnership operates under a self-funded model in which no tax dollars or county funds were used to develop and none are necessary to maintain the service.

The clerk’s office is the 121^st county department in the state to use Access Idaho’s PayPort payment service. In addition to PayPort, Access Idaho manages the state’s official Web portal, idaho.gov, and specializes in electronic government applications.

For more information, call the Payette County Clerk’s office at 208-642-6000.

About Access Idaho

Access Idaho is the administrator of Idaho’s official Web portal (idaho.gov) and provider of electronic government solutions for the state. The network manager for the portal is Idaho Information Consortium, a subsidiary of eGovernment firm NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV).

About NIC

NIC Inc. (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation’s leading provider of official government websites, online services, and secure payment processing solutions. The company’s innovative eGovernment services help reduce costs and increase efficiencies for government agencies, citizens, and businesses across the country. Our popular self-funded solution allows government to put in-demand services online without using taxpayer funds. The NIC family of companies currently provides cost-effective eGovernment solutions for more than 3,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the United States. Additional information is available at www.egov.com.