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Property Assessor records in Tennessee are deemed by
state statute to be public records, and as such have been accessible for
many decades to anyone who requests that information. This includes
pictures, sketches and data used to determine the appraised value of
property. The Assessor is charged by law with the responsibility of
maintaining these records in an accurate and current manner and does not
have the discretion to remove any of the records from public access.
Much of the same information is available from other
government offices, in whole or in part, such as the Metropolitan Planning
Commission's property mapping site. Property records of other counties
in Tennessee may be obtained through the State Comptroller Office website.
In addition, many private businesses have acquired public records from
Assessor Offices to prepare reports on real estate sales and housing trends,
which are then sold to subscribers.
The decision to make these public records available on
the internet simply improves citizen access to records to which they are
entitled. The Assessor cannot remove the data from the files subject
to such access.
WebPro
is our software that offers access to basic information in our
computer files on the real property parcels classified, appraised and
assessed by the Davidson County Property Assessor office.
You can
search for information by owner, street name or parcel ID number. The
data on this site is updated on a semi-annual schedule, this process
generally occurs in May and September
of
each year.
A more complete explanation of appraisal is available on the
Appraisal
pages of this website. This includes information on the four-year
reappraisal cycle and how to estimate your taxes.
Please keep in mind that much of the information in our files is provided
by other official sources, such as the Planning Commission, Register of
Deeds and Department of Codes Administration.
Generally, there is a delay in receiving data from these entities on some
transactions, such as conveyance of ownership by sale or the subdivision of
a parcel, because they must process and verify that data first. We
endeavor to keep information as current as possible.
More detailed instructions and a help page are available on the
WebPro website. To visit it, click
the link below. To view a list of the
abbreviations used on the sketches on the WebPro site, go
here. (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to
view these files and can be obtained here.)
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