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Ohio Tax Indexing

Tax Indexing Project Help

The most common question about the tax indexing project is how to tell the different tax types apart. The types are:

  • County land
  • City land
  • Personal property
  • Occupations

County Land

County land is the most common type. If there are headings on the columns, they will read "Range, Township, Section" or "R, T, S." If there are no column headings, like in the above example, you can identify county land by the three columns followed by a geographic designation. For example, the first line (Jacob Ritter) has land in Range 4, Township 16, Section 33, Southwest quarter.


City Land

Unlike county land, city land has no range, township and section. You will see only the name of the town or subdivision and a lot number.


Personal Property

Personal property is the tax on horses, cattle, sheep and the like. You will often see headings describing what is being taxed. If there are no column headings, you can differentiate personal property by the multiple columns and no geographic designation. In the above example, David James (line 1) has 1 horse valued at $40 and 1 head of cattle valued at $8. William Kimble (line 3) has 1 horse valued at $40 and 3 heads of cattle valued at $24.



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