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Why is this address not in the Parcel or Assessment layers?
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Overview
During evaluation your clients have been known to search for an address within the parcel or assessment layers and come up short. This does not mean we do not have this address, it means that the address is not physically populated in these files.
Why
Our parcel and assessment layers start with data from the tax assessor and/or county GIS department. The tax assessor assigns a situs address to their tax record along with a lot of property attributes. Situs address being the key here. LightBox methodology is to maintain the assessor situs address on the assessment records. In packages where we have combined the assessor data with the parcel data we also maintain the single assessor situs address.
Where are they?
We also maintain an address universe layer. This address universe layer contains both situs and secondary addresses each address also contains LightBox IDs that link back to the parcel, assessment and structure data. If you do not find the address in the parcel or assessment data you should search the address table.
How do I link the address back to the parcel?
SmartFabric packages, Core and Professional, provides a set of relationship tables to make this connection.
These tables will allow you to match the ADDRESS_LID on the found address to one of the layer. See the below table for the relation table reference.
Table Name | Description | Join Fields |
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AddressAssessmentRelation | Joins Addresses to Assessments (many to one) | ADDRESS_LID -> ASSESSMENT_LID |
AddressParcelRelation | Joins Addresses to Parcels (many to one) | ADDRESS_LID -> PARCEL_LID |
AddressBuildingRelation | Joins Addresses to Buildings (many to one) | ADDRESS_LID -> BUILDING_LID |
More Information
The word tax assessment is used in different ways but often refers to a tax liability owed by a taxpayer. The tax assessor refers to the county department that sets these tax's and collects the tax revenue
the situs address is the place to which, for purposes of legal jurisdiction or taxation, a property belongs.
The LightBox Identifier is a permanent and universal identifier for our data that creates powerful connections to LightBox’s information model.