My property tax would have incurred an $80 service charge if I had paid it any way but by check.
I run into 3 or 4 other reasons to pay by check each year still.
Where I can with no penalty bills are paid electronically.
The government isn’t exactly known to be modern or intelligent. It’s funny really, since of all the ways for them to take in money checks are the ones that require the most work for them and have the highest chance of fraud, and is therefore the most expensive for them. Another example of government efficiency.