Tax Assessor / Collector

"We are committed to serve"

Services:

Collecting Department:

• Collecting and administering property taxes, fees, commissions, and other payments for Jones County and its educational
• entities, the municipality of Laurel and its educational entity, and the municipalities of Ellisville and Sandersville.
• Motor vehicle titling and registration
• Mobile home titling and registration
• Issuing county privilege licenses
• Tax sales, bankruptcy claims, civil suits, judgments

Homestead Department:

• Receiving, processing, and verifying homestead exemption applications
• Appraisal/Mapping Department:
• Platting deeds, classifying land and updating changes in property ownership
• Setting value on new structures and land
• Maintaining value on existing properties
• Data entry of all property changes, additions and deletions
• Preparing compliance studies and appraisal update requirements
• Listing and processing new and existing business and industrial personal properties
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