SERVICES OFFERED

• Issuance of Tax Declaration of Real Property under new owner (Transfer of ownership)
• Issuance of Updated Tax Declaration based on the result of segregation/ consolidation/
• Reclassification of real properties
• Issuance of Tax Declaration on newly discovered real property- Land (untitled property)
• Issuance of Tax Declaration on newly discovered real property Land (Titled Property)
• Issuance of Tax Declaration on newly discovered real property building & machinery
• Issuance of Tax Declaration with annotations of notice of levy, mortgages, encumbrances, etc.
• Issuance of certified true copy/ies of tax declaration, certifications, cancelled series of TDs &
• Traceback of TDs.

SERVICE SPECIFICATIONS

Vision: To account all classes of real properties within the city in accordance with the provisions stated in the local Government Code of 1991

Mission: To provide reliable source of information/data pertaining to real property valuation of classes within the city as mandated by laws and ordinances being provide by authorities.

City Assessor's Qualifications, Powers and Duties

No person shall be
appointed assessor unless he is a citizen of the Philippines, a resident of
the local government unit concerned, of good moral character, a holder of
a college degree preferably in civil or mechanical engineering, commerce,
or any other related course from a recognized college or university, and a
first grade civil service eligible or its equivalent. He must have acquired
experience in real property assessment work or in any related field for at
least five (5) years in the case of the city or provincial assessor, and three
(3) years in the case of the municipal assessor.

The appointment of an assessor shall be mandatory for provincial,
city and municipal governments.

(b) The assessor shall take charge of the assessor's office, perform the
duties provided for under Book II of this Code, and shall:

(1) Ensure that all laws and policies governing the appraisal and
assessment of real properties for taxation purposes are
properly executed;

(2) Initiate, review, and recommend changes in policies and
objectives, plans and programs, techniques, procedures and
practices in the valuation and assessment of real properties
for taxation purposes;

(3) Establish a systematic method of real property assessment;

(4) Install and maintain a real property identification and
accounting system,

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(5) Prepare, install and maintain a system of tax mapping,
showing graphically all property subject to assessment and
gather all data concerning the same;

(6) Conduct frequent physical surveys to verify and determine
whether all real properties within the province are properly
listed in the assessment rolls;

(7) Exercise the functions of appraisal and assessment primarily
for taxation purposes of all real properties in the local
government unit concerned;

(8) Prepare a schedule of the fair market value for the different
classes of real properties, in accordance with Title Two
under Book II of this Code;

(9) Issue, upon request of any interested party, certified copies
of assessment records of real property and all other records
relative to its assessment, upon payment of a service charge
or fee to the treasurer;

(10) Submit every semester a report of all assessments, as well
as cancellations and modifications of assessments to the
local chief executive and the sanggunian concerned;

(11) In the case of the assessor of a component city or
municipality attend, personally or through an authorized
representative, all sessions of the local board of assessment
appeals whenever his assessment is the subject of the
appeal, and present or submit any information or record in
his possession as may be required by the board; and,

(12) In the case of the provincial assessor, exercise technical
supervision and visitorial functions over all component city
and municipal assessors, coordinate with component city or
municipal assessors in the conduct of tax mapping
operations and all other assessment activities, and provide
all forms of assistance therefor: Provided, however, That,
upon full provision by the component city or municipality
concerned to its assessor's office of the minimum personnel
, equipment, and funding requirements as may be prescribed
by the Secretary of Finance, such functions shall be
delegated to the said city or municipal assessor; and

(c) Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and
functions as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.