Selecting the (X) Property Taxes search option from the Main Menu displays a Property Taxes input screen similar to the following:
Additional search options are available when using the Property Tax selection:
Use the Property Taxes Service to search by Assessors Parcel Number, Street Address, or Owner Name. Assessors Parcel Number, Street Address, or Owner Name can be searched in an Investigative search. An Assessor Parcel Number must be used to open an Order or perform an Investigative Search from the input screen.
Choose Profile/User Profile/Property Taxes from the Menu Bar to modify Property Tax search default options. This screen includes specifying qualifiers and types to the Order and the Tax Search. Not all qualifiers and no types are used with an Investigative Search.
Municipality or SWIS Code
The Municipality Menu allows the user to select the municipality locale if the SWIS Code is not available. The selection of the municipality will automatically place the corresponding six-digit SWIS Code in the SWIS Code box and disable the field.
A SWIS (State Wide Identification System) Code is a state wide system to identify taxing jurisdictions. The 6 digit SWIS Code is made up of three 2 digit components. The first two digits represent the county code, ex. 552401 (55 is Westchester) (24 is the Town, in this case, Eastchester) and (01 is the Village, in this case, Bronxville). When the locale in the SWIS Code dropdown menu has been selected, the "Select One" in the Municipality dropdown menu will be disabled to prevent multiple selections.
When the Full List checkbox is unchecked, the user will have only the local cities, towns, boroughs, etc. in the dropdown menu. The users login will determine the locales available which are usually in the same county they are logged into. If the user has changed county, only the locales in the current county will be available.
When the Full List checkbox is checked, the dropdown list will display all municipalities in the state. The user's access rights and/or the state which the user has logged into will determine exactly which municipalities are presented to the user. The Full List checkbox will remain enabled until the selections in the Application Window panels are submitted to be added to the Search List.
The user will be able to perform functions for the locale selected based on security settings. Therefore based on the user's security level, and their service and access settings, they may not have access to every county in the state or every service offered in DTS 2.0.
Assessor Parcel Number
The Westchester, NY, Assessors Parcel Number (APN) format is 5.5-5.5-10.7-5:
1st Two Fields - Select either Municipality or SWIS Code:
1st Field, Municipality - Select one Municipality from the dropdown list.
2nd Field, SWIS Code - Select one SWIS Code from the dropdown list.
3rd Field, Section and Sub-Section, separated by a period (.):
Section - Enter up to 5 alpha/numeric characters.
Sub-Section - Enter up to 5 alpha/numeric characters.
4th Field, Block and Sub-Block, separated by a period (.):
Block - Enter up to 5 alpha/numeric characters.
Sub-Block - Enter up to 5 alpha/numeric characters.
5th Field, Lot and Sub-Lot, separated by a period (.):
Lot - Enter up to 10 alpha/numeric characters.
Sub-Lot - Enter up to 7 alpha/numeric characters.
6th Field, Suffix - Enter up to 5 alpha/numeric characters.
Other panels associated with this screen are: Order Panel and the Search Parameters Panel. Detailed descriptions of all panels are discussed in the respective service listed under the Tax Services section of DTS 2.0 Services online help.