How do you get tax records for a property?

[arcadian]

Both online and in person.

[treestar]

1. Office of the Recorder of Deeds

For the county in question.

[RB TexLa]

2. google the parish or county name it is in and "appraisal district"

Should lead you to them.

[flvegan]

3. Depends on the county/district.

A great number are online. Lookup the Tax Collector for the municipality that assess the taxes (for example, here in Florida, it's done by the county). You may be able to search by address, folio/tax id/parcel id number or owner's name.

If you're looking for back taxes, like a tax history, you'll probably need to make an in person request at the tax collector's office.

[arcadian]

7. How about this?

Do you know where I can get a record for any building permits issued for a certain property? Would that also be in the tax assessment information?

[flvegan]

9. Also depends.

Most of those aren't publicly available without visiting the permitting authority. Some municipalities may record them, making them more available as a public record, but I don't know of a lot that do. They are public record though, so you should be able to view them once you find out who issues them.

[LiberalHeart]

4. Where I live you go to the county's website and there's a real estate link....

... which takes you to a search engine to find the property, and then that leads to the data on that property.

[earthlover]

5. look up county tax assessments on the county web page

or assessor's office, or some such....

in most cases, it is public knowledge. Often, depending on the county, they will include some basic information about the house (sq ft, beds, baths, etc) and may also include sale prices and dates.

But beware! If you actually think a tax assessment is the real worth of a property your ability to confuse fact with fiction is tremendous! In most cases, the assessment is lower than the real market value of the property. In all cases, there is an inconsistency in assessing values that no real estate expert would give much serious thought to the assessed valuation as having any value whatsoever in determining the property's worth. A real appraisal would do that. Second best would be a market analysis prepared by a good realtor. But basing it on a tax assessment? Do you believe in the tooth fairy?

[arcadian]

6. Sweet. Thanks to all who have replied.

I've got a good start on it now.

[SmileyRose]

8. My county is the Tax Commissioner's office at the courthouse.

and not available online.

[BlueManDude]

10. Registry of deeds will have all recorded liens - call the tax collector/treasurer

and ask them what's owed - they'll tell you.