Government and community in Santa Barbara, CA

Santa Barbara County Assessor s responsibilities include discovering, identifying, valuing and assessing taxable real and personal property in order to produce the secured and unsecured assessment rolls. The office also applies exemptions and exclusions and helps to defend valuations and assessments before the Assessment Appeals Board. It produces and delivers an assessment roll by the month of July of every year. Santa Barbara County Assessor audits entities doing business in the county. The office additionally establishes and maintains a set of more than 4,900 maps for assessment purposes, delineating every parcel of land in the county. It provides public information services to assist taxpayers with questions about property ownership and assessment.

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