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| Record Creator: | Thurston County Government, Assessor |
| Description: | Real property assessment cards were created by the Thurston County Assessor’s Office to determine the value of all taxable real and personal property for the purpose of establishing the tax liabilities of property owners. The cards capture some or all of the following: legal description, number of acres, sales price, property transfer deed volume and page, name of owner(s), property values, address, photo number, tax parcel number, and details of the structure(s).
Photographs were taken for assessment records from 1936-1971. These photographs were numbered by the Assessor in the order in which they were taken. A parcel does not always include a photograph, and in some cases the photograph is missing. These instances are recorded in the Notes field. Only a small portion of the collection is currently available online. More records will be posted as they are indexed. |
| Related Records: | Thurston County Assessor real property records are held at the Southwest Region Branch of the Washington State Archives in Olympia, WA. Please contact the reference desk at (360) 753-1684 or email swbrancharchives@sos.wa.gov to inquire about property record cards not yet available online and additional related records. |
| Access Restriction Notes: | These records are open for research. |
| Sources of Transfer | Southwest Regional Archives |
| Notes | The best way to access the cards is by parcel number. Addresses are also searchable, but many cards did not include the address information, and so such a search is less reliable. Researchers are encouraged to refer to the Thurston County Assessor’s web site to convert address information into parcel numbers. Minimal legal description was captured in indexing these records, which may include plats or subdivisions, metes and bounds, or donation land claims.
Indexing and photograph digitization completed by the Washington State Archives. Assessment card digitization completed by the Thurston County Assessor. |
| Agency History: | Thurston County was created January 12, 1852 by the Oregon Territorial Government. The county seat is Olympia. The Thurston County Assessor is responsible for identifying, locating, and fairly valuing all real or personal property within the county for tax purposes. |
| Preferred Citation: | Preferred Citation: [Identification of item], Thurston County Government, Assessor, Real Property Assessment Cards and Photographs, 1936-1997, Washington State Archives, Digital Archives, http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov, [date accessed]. |
| Record Count: | 29,499 |
