Property transactions take place everyday throughout our county. Many properties are sold, purchased, or otherwise transferred daily in Mobile County through all manner of real estate transactions.
With over 200,000 parcels of real estate to appraise, assess, map, and tax no government office county or state has the staff or capability to monitor each of these transactions. Because of these constant changes in ownership, all property in Alabama is assessed according to ownership as of October 1 of each year.
This means that all property transferred after the deadline (October 1)remains in the previous or "owner of record's" name for the remainder of that particular tax year. The new owner's name will be transferred to the account the October 1 of the following year.
Please keep in mind that all records held by this office is for the sole purpose of assessing and collecting property taxes. The ownership of property is determined by a legal deed to the property.