Frequently Asked Questions
Combination
of Parcels
Q: Taxpayer Jones owns three contiguous parcels
of property in Brunswick County. Taxpayer Jones’
ownership is reflected in three separate deeds recorded
in the register of deeds’ office in Brunswick
County. Taxpayer Jones contacts the tax assessor for
Brunswick County and requests that the three parcels
be combined into one so that he will only receive
one tax bill. Should the tax assessor instruct his
mapping department to honor Jones’ request?
A: No. Parcels should never be merged or combined
based solely on the owner’s request. Instead,
a deed or plat combining the parcels must be recorded
with the register of deeds. This is so because property
mappers operate a “document driven”
system, which requires that any change in a parcel
description result from recorded document rather
than a mere request by the owner.
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