Owner Name: Here you can enter a whole or partial owner name.  Upper and lower case differences are ignored.  Both of the owner names (if more than one is listed for a parcel) are checked for a match.  You can also leave the Onwer Name blank and search using other property information.

Most property information holds the owner name in Last Name, First Name order, with no comma between the two.  So to find Joseph Smith, you could enter any of the following:

    "Smith"            You get a long list of names
    "Smith J"          All Smith's whose first name starts with "J"
    "Smith Joseph"  Just the Joe Smith's

Match to any part of Owner Name: Normally you should leave this box unchecked.

If you check this box, then your search will look for a match anywhere inside the owner name(s) on the property.  In this case, entering "Smith" would find "Goldsmith".   This option can be useful if names in the data appear in a first name, last name order.  It can also be used for searching for just a first name as part of your search criteria.

If left unchecked, then searches will match from left to right in the Owner Name(s) as they are recorded in the property information.

Street Number: You can optionally enter the street number that the property is located on.

This can be useful in narrowing a search when the street name can not be located becasue of a spelling error.

Property Location: You can optionally enter a whole or partial street name here.  Do not enter a street number in this box - instead enter it in the Street Number box above this one.

Since some counties use abbreviations like "St", and some use none, it is generally best to enter just a partial street name.

For instance, enter just "Maple" if your are searching for "Maple Street".  Upper and lower case differences are ignored.

Tax Map Number: You may enter a whole or partial tax map number here.

If a partial number is entered, all properties that begin with the numbers (including dots and dashes) wil be retrieved.