Tax Map Advisory Committee (Sep. 2009)

Purpose:The ad hoc Tax Map Advisory Committee provides assistance to update the tax map rules and guidelines which have not been revised since the early 1990’s. A main focus of the committee is to update the rules for “digital” tax maps and electronic parcel data. Committee members have a common interest in creating uniform guidelines for the maintenance, publishing, sales, exchange, and multi-jurisdictional viewing of surface tax maps in West Virginia.

Recommendations:In January 2007, the Tax Map Advisory Committee submitted revised tax map rules to the Property Valuation Training and Procedures Commission (PVC) for consideration. In May 2007, the commission approved the revised procedural rule titled the Statewide Procedures for the Maintenance and Publishing of Surface Tax Maps. This new tax mapping rule became effective 27 February 2009.

Tax Map Resources / Links / Source / Date
WV CODE OF STATE RULES
Procedural Rule 189CSR3 - Statewide Procedures for the Maintenance and Publishing of Surface Tax Maps (Effective 27 February 2009) / PDF
PDF (off site) / Code ofState Rules / 2009
Legislative Rule 189CSR5 -Tax Map Sales(Effective 15 April 1992) / WordDoc
Word Doc (offsite) / Code of State Rules / 1992
WV STATE CODE
W.Va. State Code
  1. §11-1C-3. Property valuation training and procedures commission generally; appointment; term of office; meetings; compensation.
  2. §11-1C-4. Commission powers and duties; rulemaking.
  3. §11-1C-7. Duties of county assessors; property to be appraised at fair market value; exceptions; initial equalization; valuation plan.
  4. §7-2-6. Establishment of county boundary lines; filing of maps; changes.
  5. §11-3-1a. Magisterial districts as tax districts; legislative findings; terms defined.
/ Word Doc / WV State Code / 2008
COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS
Revised Tax Map Rules - Committee Report / PDF / PVC / 2007
NATIONWIDE STANDARDS / GUIDELINES
Standard on Digital Cadastral Maps and Parcel Identifiers, International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO), 2003 / PDF / IAAO / 2003
Standard on Manual Cadastral Maps and Parcel Identifiers, International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO), 2004 / PDF / IAAO / 2004
Cadastral NSDI Reference Document, Federal Geographic Data Committee’s (FGDC) Cadastral Data Subcommittee, 2006 / Overview (PDF)
Full Report (PDF)
/ FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee / 2006
An Assessment of Best Practices of Seven Parcel Management Programs / PDF / FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee / 2006
Digital Parcel Mapping System – GIS Performance Measures / WordDoc / WVGISTC / 2004
Digital Tax Mapping. New Standard for the maintenance and publishing of surface tax maps. / Presentation PPT
PDF Handout / WVGISTC / 2009
PUBLIC ACCESS TO TAX MAPS
Final Circuit Court Order (Seneca versus State Tax Department) / PDF / Sep 2009
Dominion Post article “Company wins fight for public records” / PDF / Oct 2007
WV Kanawha County Circuit Court Ruling on public access / PDF / Sep 2007
Open Letter by Seneca Technologies / PDF / Seneca / Feb 2007
Legal Issues: Public Access versus Revenue Generation / Word Doc
/ WVGISTC / 2009
PARCEL DATA SURVEYS AND STATUS MAPS
An Assessment of Parcel Data in the US - 2005Survey Results / PDF / FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee / 2005
GIS Survey of WV Assessors - Table / Excel / WV DTR / 2009
Surface Tax Parcels Mapping - Status Graphic / PDF / Assessors / 2009
Mineral Parcels Mapping Program – Completed Districts / JPEG / WV DTR / 2006
Mineral Parcels Mapping Program – Status / JPEG / WV DTR / 2006
MAPPING SOFTWARE PROCEDURES AND PROGRAMS
Procedures for Digitizing WV Tax Maps with AutoCAD Map 5, using USGS Orthophotos as the GeoReferencing Layer / PDF (File size: 2.6 MB) / WV DTR / 2002

Compiled by Kurt Donaldson (March 2009)

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