U.S. City Open Data Census
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Data about assessed property values including location, assessed value, taxes owed, and owner. Many US cities raise a substantial percentage of annual revenue via property tax assessment. Transparent public access to property assessment data helps keep city tax assessors accountable, allowing property owners to see how their property has been assessed relative to other parcels and providing explanatory context for property taxes owed and/or helping to justify appeals to assessments perceived to be unfair. Property assessment data also helps the public keep property owners accountable. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | No idea. |
| Available in bulk | No | I finagled out the API endpoints for their JSON API. |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | JSON | |
| findable | 1 | |
| findable_steps | Searched the site for "assessor's office". The search for address is wonky. I looked at Network traffic to find URL endpoints. | |
| licence_url | Available on public website. | Available on public website. It _seems_ to be available under the VA FOIA |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 1 | |
| collector_name | Virginia Beach Real Estate Assessor's Office | |
| characteristics | Location (may be an address or parcel number), Assessed value, Taxes owed | |
| location | href="https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/real-estate-assessor/Pages/tax-assessment-data.aspx" https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/real-estat">rel="nofollow">https://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/real-estat - City of Virginia Beach Real Estate Assessor's Office Site, href="https://www.vbgov.com/_assets/apps/property-search/api/connect.ashx?Request=GetStreets&&term={Address" https://www.vbgov.com/_assets/apps/property-search/api/">rel="nofollow">https://www.vbgov.com/_assets/apps/property-search/api/ String} - JSON API - Find Street Address, href="https://www.vbgov.com/_assets/apps/property-search/api/connect.ashx?Request=GetPropertyResult&Streets={Street" https://www.vbgov.com/_assets/apps/property-search/api/">rel="nofollow">https://www.vbgov.com/_assets/apps/property-search/api/ Address} - JSON API - Get Property Results, href="https://www.vbgov.com/_assets/apps/property-search/api/connect.ashx?Request=GetPropertyDetail&gpin={GPIN}" https://www.vbgov.com/_assets/apps/property-search/api/">rel="nofollow">https://www.vbgov.com/_assets/apps/property-search/api/ - JSON API - Get Property Assessment History by GPIN |