The Office ensures the implementation of laws and policies governing appraised and assessment of real properties for taxation purposes.

It recommends ways and means to enhance practices in the valuation of real properties.

• PROCESSING TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY

THE SERVICE:

An updated owner’s copy of tax declaration is issued upon transfer of ownership of subject property from the previous to the new owner or as a result of subdivision or consolidation of real property.

---

• ISSUANCE OF RECLASSIFIED TAX DECLARATION OF A REAL PROPERTY

THE SERVICE:

This service is requested by a taxpayer for purposes of declaring the predominant use of his property.

---

• ISSUANCE OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF TAX DECLARATION & OTHER CERTIFICATIONS

THE SERVICE:

This document is often requested by the taxpayer or his authorized representative who wants to secure a certified true copy of Tax Declaration (TD), and other certifications (e.g. landholdings, non-improvement, latest tax declaration, etc.) for personal records or for legal purposes.

---

• ANNOTATION AND/OR CANCELLATION OF ENCUMBRANCES/MORTGAGED PROPERTIES

THE SERVICE:

This service is often requested by a mortgagor or any concerned taxpayer to annotate or cancel annotations of bail bond, encumbrances/mortgaged property in the books of real properties at the Municipal Assessor’s Office.

---

• APPRAISAL AND ASSESSMENT OF NEW BUILDING OR MACHINERY

THE SERVICE:

This service is requested by a taxpayer who wants to declare his newly constructed building or newly installed machinery and be issued an owner’s copy of tax declaration.

---

• CORRECTION OR REASSESSMENT OF PROPERTY VALUATION

THE SERVICE:

Reassessment of property valuation or correction of assessment is done when there is a change in physical attributes of a property (e.g. partial destruction, dilapidated structures, etc.)

---

• VERIFYING PROPERTY LOCATION AND VICINITY

THE SERVICE:

This service enables a taxpayer to identify ownership and location of a property in the tax map.

---