Pitt County Government Planning Department

Training Manual 1. How to use the OPIS Online Parcel

Information system to locate properties.

2. How to use the Pitt County Government Registry of Deeds

Developed by Abrar Khan khana06@students.ecu.edu ECU , BSBE Information TechnologiesSpring 2011

How to use the OPIS (Online Parcel Information System) to locate properties.

• OPIS is an online graphical user interface to locate properties in Pitt County

• This is a powerful web application that can search properties by – Name of Owner – Address – Parcel Number

How to Access the OPIS System ?

• Open your web browser – Internet Explorer or– Mozilla Firefox

• Click on the Address Bar • Type in the following website address– http://gis2.pittcountync.gov/opis/

Search Criteria of OPIS

• As you can see you can search the OPIS Database using different criteria

• You can search properties by – Owner – Address– Parcel Number

What information we can access using this web application?

This is a powerful web application that can access the following information about any property in Pitt County:

1.Parcel Number of the property 2.Physical Address of the property 3.NC Pin Number 4.Current Owner Document Deed Number5.Deed Document Sale Price of property6.Deed Document Date 7.Year the Property was built 8.Land Value 9.Building Value 10.Total Market Value

This is public records

• Before using this web application you must understand – This is public records – You must not use this web application for any

unethical purpose. – Please respect the laws and regulations

You must accept the terms before using this web application

Lets Look at an Example

• We will do a Property Search by – Name – Address– Parcel Number

• Since this presentation will be graded by the Professor, I will use her information as an example, for the sake of privacy.

How to search the database by Name

• Type in the name • Of the Property Owner• Click Search • Let’s do a search by • The last name

After you click the “Search” button you will see • A list of names having the

same last name • “Tucker”• Record Number “89”• is our target information • Let’s click on the record

and find out the details about this property

We get the exact location of the property : “the blue square”

We can get lots of information about the property • In this example • We got – The Parcel number of the

property : 64670– The physical address of the

property: 410 Edenton Ct– The name of the owner– The NC PIN number

We also have the following information• The Deed Document date• The Deed document Sales

Price• Building type • Year the building was built • The value of the building • Land Value • Total Current Market Value

Now lets do a search by Parcel Number : 64670

We get the same information

Let’s do a search by Address: 410 Edenton

We get the same information

What you have learned ?

• You have learned that :• You can search ANY property in Pitt County – By “Last Name” and/or “First Name”– By the Street Address – By using the Parcel Number of the property

Now let’s get more information on the deeds of the property

• We need this information to access the deeds of the property

• To verify the records submitted are correct • You need to type in the following web address in

your web browser address bar:– http://regdeeds.pittcountync.gov/resolution/indexing

/idx_simple_name_search.asp– The following slide shows the screen of the web form– Type in the first name and last name of the property

owner

Click Search and you will see the list of names

Select the name and Click on the “Display” button to get more details

Why you need this information?

• You need this information to locate a property • Verify the data in the database and the

Excel spreadsheet is correct and updated• Verify the ownership information of the

property • Verify the property values and other related

information in the other forms and related databases.

Question/Answer Session