"Map Reference" on URAR

[Anonymous]

Good Morning All--
Nice Sat am here in NC PA. figure to inspect 2, take 10 comp pics, drive about 120 miles over back roads and change vehicles once
(high end home insp gets Mercedes, farm gets Suzuki).

Thanks for all the replies, and JoAnne, after talking to the CHIEF reviewer for this AMC, that's what they were getting at the FIPS
number--for Pa it's sort of logical, #42 for state, #08 for county and so on.

Oh, they wanted to settle yesterday, and without the map reference they couldn't. I told them baloney, that a map ref would not keep anything from settling, "you've got my appraisal number, what else do you need beside this nit-picky stuff..."

 

[Jo Ann Meyer Stratton]

By the way, FIPS stands for Federal Information Processing Standard. It is used by every government agency for all sorts of statistics. When a federal agency says an area has xx number of people or average sale price of home or so many college graduates or lenders are not making a enough loans (or too many), etc, etc, they are basing it on statistics developed for that FIPS/Census tract number or MSA/Census tract number for that area.

 

[Geoff Hatcher]

I have always referenced the county tax map numbers. Most appraiser's in my area do the same.

 

[Jo Ann Meyer Stratton]

Geoff:

The county's tax map numbers is entered in the Assessor's Parcel No. block. The map referance number block is to the left of Census Tract and that is why lenders in the past wanted the MSA number or FIPS number when there isn't a MSA.

 

[Anonymous]

I was taught that the map reference was to be used when the appraiser and the client worked from the same map. When a really stupid reviewer insists on a map number I make one up! No one has ever asked me to explain the made up number, they just want the blanks filled in.

 

[Geoff Hatcher]

Here, our parcel number and tax map reference numbers are completely different. Parcel number may be 010-12345678, with a map reference of N-321BBBB-054. When lender asked for MSA I typically reference it in my neighborhood description. Just relaying how I was trained and many appraiser's in my area use the map reference box. Never gave it much thought until now.

 

[Jo Ann Meyer Stratton]

Geoff:

As a former ad valorem appraiser, you now have me curious. Is the parcel number 010-12345678 the same every year for a specific legal description or is that the tax roll number for the tax bill for a specific year or is that an identification number for the tax payer? Does it change if the legal description changes? I am trying to comprehend the relationship to a geographical location as I am assuming the map reference N-321BBB-054 means a specific geographical area like a square mile or part of a township or city or something. But then you are in Ohio, east of the Mississippi River and Thomas Jefferson's invention of section, township and range for the Louisanna Purchase. So your legal descriptions are slightly different back east as compared to the western half of the country.

 

[Pamela Crowley (Florida)]

I use the county plat map panel number if it's easy to find. If not, I use the section, township, range.

 

[Damon Pedersen]

I always put in the plat map number on which the lot plat can be found in courthouse records. I have never been questioned on this and sometimes I put N/A if it is a new survey and there is no plat of record at the time of the appraisal.

Damon

 

[Damon Pedersen]

I always put in the plat map number on which the lot plat can be found in courthouse records. I have never been questioned on this and sometimes I put N/A if it is a new survey and there is no plat of record at the time of the appraisal.

Damon