Lucas County Real Estate
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Combination forms may be obtained from, and filed with the Lucas County Auditor's Office.
Signed, original documents are required for our records. Parcels involved in the combination
must be contiguous and the owner of record, for all parcels involved, must be exactly the
same. The combination of parcels is for tax purposes and do not require that a separate deed be filed in the Recorder’s Office.
Changes in the land valuation may occur when parcels are combined.
Property owners should be aware that adjustments will be applied to the following tax
duplicate, and billed the following year. These adjustments will be made to our permanent
records, and any subsequent split of the parcel may require Planning Commission approval.
This may make it difficult to sell or mortgage a portion of the new parcel.
To split portions of land or create new plats or condominiums, parcels must meet conveyancing
standards and Plan Commission Regulations. Splits under five acres must be approved by the
appropriate Planning Authority. Subsequently, a deed containing the new legal description is
submitted to the Deed Transfer Department. During this process, the deed will be forwarded
to the Tax Map Department for approval of necessary standards. Upon their approval the
property may then be conveyed and recorded. The changes are entered on the Auditor’s
Geographic Information System (GIS) and reflected on the Auditors Real Estate Information
System (AREIS).
The Tax Accounting Department is responsible for all quality control checks, creation and
deletion of parcels and assessor numbers, updates to legal descriptions, changes in valuation
as a result of appraisal field inspections and new values generated by our Computer Assisted
Mass Appraisal (CAMA).
Land changes that have similar requirements and processing are street and alley vacations,
annexations, and right of way takes. The Tax Accounting Department processes all valuation
changes that are a result of Exemptions, Tax Abatements, Land Banking Programs, Forfeited
Land Sales, Auditors Adjustments, Informal Reviews, Board of Revision Complaints, and New
Construction and/or Razes.
Yearly changes in property valuations are compiled, submitted to and approved by the State of
Ohio, Department of Taxation. Upon the state’s approval the tax duplicate is set and tax
bills are generated.
For more real estate tax information, please visit the Auditor’s Real Estate Information
System (AREIS) online at www.co.lucas.oh.us, or contact our office at (419) 213-4420.
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Lucas County Auditor's Office
Tax Accounting Department
One Government Center
Suite 770
Toledo, Ohio 43604-2256
(419) 213-4442
Lucas County Engineer's Office
Tax Map Department
One Government Center
Suite 770
Toledo, Ohio 43604-2256
(419) 213-4448
Toledo/Lucas County Plan Commission
One Government Center
Suite 1620
Toledo, Ohio 43604-2256
(419) 245-1200
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