Post on 25-Feb-2016
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Web TutorialUsing the Assessor’s Site
May 27, 1999
Polk County AssessorHome Page
URL = www.assess.co.polk.ia.us
Bookmarking the Site
Moving Around
• Use the ‘Tab Key’ to move from field to field (shift tab to move to previous field).
OR• Use the mouse to click
from field to field.
Query Options for Property Search
• Homeowner Query• General Query• Legal Query• Commercial Query• Photo Search• Skip to next subject
Home Owner Query
• Query by – street address and/or – jurisdiction (optional)– owners last name and initial of first name (optional)
• Enter what you know. Partial information is acceptable. • This is an intelligent query capable of interpreting the
users request.• See Example• Back to index
General Query• Powerful query capable of identifying combinations and/or
ranges of data. • Query by
– Property Address• Use 2nd House # field to search for a range of addresses• Exclude direction (NW, S, SE, etc) and suffix (ST, AV, CT, etc.).
Query will NOT work with these qualifiers.– Ownership
• Enter exact or partial spelling of name– District (Requires 3 digits) / Parcel (do not need leading zeros)– GeoParcel
• Actual • Match
• Back to index
Legal Query
• Back to index
Commercial Query
• Back to index
Photo Search
• Back to index
Query to Vague
Report Options
Assessor Navigation Bar
Actual vs. Match
Home Owner Query
General Query
Township Range Link
The End
APPENDIX
Examples
Example - Home Owner Query
[ Index ] [ About Query ]
Example - General Query
[ Index ] [ About Query ]
Example - Legal Query
[ Index ] [ About Query ]
Example - Commercial Query
[ Index ] [ About Query ]
Example - Photo Query
[ Index ] [ About Query ]
Address Range from General Query
[ About Query ]