General Tax Information
Public Information
Tax Maps
Valuation information listed by Map & Lot number, location and owner
Property Record Cards
Deeds
Transfer Tax - sales information
These records may be viewed during regular office hours. Information available by telephone is limited to basic assessment data. If you require more than Map/Lot, Location, Owner, Assessment, Book & Page and Acreage, please visit our Tax Office during regular business hours.
Tax Information
Taxes are committed once a year to property owners of record as of April 1. Any property changes made after April 1 would not reflect in the tax record until the following fiscal year. It is the obligation of the current owner to forward the tax bill to the new owner. The Assessor is not responsible for the pro-ration of taxes between the buyer and seller.
The Town of Buxton’s fiscal year is July 1 – June 30. Tax bills are sent out once a year in September. Payments are due October 31 and April 30. The October payment covers July 1-December 31and the April payment covers January 1-June 30. All tax payments will be applied to the oldest outstanding tax.
Municipal real estate tax liens are recorded in August for unpaid taxes. Partial payments do not waive a tax lien. If the tax lien is not paid18 months from the lien date, automatic foreclosure occurs.
The current tax rate is $9.90 per thousand assessed at 100% of market value.
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