Stafford County Online Payments

Business Case

In 2011, there were over 130,000 individuals who reside in Stafford County, Virginia. Stafford County is considered one of the fastest growing localities in Virginia with a growth rate of over 5 percent between 2010 and 2011.

Solution

Stafford County’s Treasurer’s Office has implemented Virginia Interactive’s secure, online credit card payment system which allows their citizens the convenient option of making online payments in only a few minutes time as well as significantly reducing the time it takes its staff to complete the one million plus transactions they process each year. Step-by-step instructions, graphics showing the different types of bills, and simple directions guide the user through the payment process. VI has worked closely with the Treasurer’s Office to integrate with the County’s applications and backend environments as well as providing them with robust reporting tools.

Stafford County provides the ability for their citizens to pay online:

Utility payments
Real estate taxes
Personal property taxes
Dog licenses

Tools

Perl 5.61
Informix 7.25.UC7
PCI DSS Compliant
Uses 128 bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Certificate
Uses PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) FTP (File Transfer Protocol) for the exchange of transaction data for ACH batches
Meets National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) Standards
Compliant with Sarbanes Oxley, SAS 70 and CyberTrust Audits

Results

Launched in 2003 with 230 total transactions inthe first year
Today, over 75,000 transactions processed, totaling over $5 million