Payments

​How to Make Payments

Credit or debit card payments can be made online or in person. Payments may also be made by check in person or by mail, made payable to Sacramento Air Quality Management District or SMAQMD. Effective October 16, 2017, the District will no longer accept cash as a form of payment. See Payment Acceptance Policy for additional information.

Address for payments in person or by mail:

Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
777 12th Street, Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95814

​Online Payments

Sac Metro Air District accepts payments made with a major credit card, debit or pre-paid debit card for fees and penalties using GovPayNet. Accepted credit cards include: 

Before making an online payment using GovPayNet

• Know the type of payment to be made and select from the links below.
• Some payments require an invoice or reference number. Enter the invoice number without hyphens.  Example: For Invoice # 1011-2-12345 enter 1011212345.
• Pay the exact amount shown on the invoice, the mutual settlement letter, or the appropriate fee schedule.
• A service charge is applied to each transaction.  See below for more information.

Fee Based Services

About GovPayNet

• GovPayNet is a private debit and credit card processing company and will be the Merchant of Record for all payments made to Sac Metro Air District through GovPayNet.
• A service charge applied by GovPayNet is added to each transaction. The amount of this charge will be provided to the cardholder for acknowledgment and acceptance prior to completion of a transaction. This processing fee is tiered, with a minimum charge of $1.75. Each tier roughly averages 4.3% of the transaction amount, but percentages within the tier will vary from this average.