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Tax
Records & Resources

• San Diego Genealogical Society
  
  • San Diego Leaves & Saplings
  
  
  • Taxpayers, San Diego County 1850-1852
  
  
  • Tax Assessment Rolls 1853-1865, San Diego County
  
  
• San Diego Historical Society
  The Research Library of the San Diego Historical Society holds the following tax records and resources:
  
  

  • Assessment Lists, 1846 - 1873
    Record group PR2.102; 8 boxes
    Lists show the name of property owner, a legal description of the property, nature and value of taxable personal property, and the date of filing. Arranged chronologically and indexed by the name of the property owner.
    
    
  • Assessment Rolls, 1850 - 1859, 1869 - 1876
    Record group PR2.20; 1 box, 9 volumes
    Rolls of real property and secured personal property show the owners name, residence, a legal description of the property, the monetary value of the property, the total taxes due and the date they were paid. Arranged chronologically by year and within each year alphabetically by name of tax payer.
    
    
  • Delinquent Tax List, 1861 - 1869, 1875 - 1876, 1913 -1929
    Record group PR2.75; 1 box, 1 volume
    
    
  • Delinquent Taxes Collected by District Attorney, 1867 - 1872
    Record group PR2.92; 1 file
    
    
  • Tax Sales (City), 1872
    Record group PR2.441; 1 volume
    
    
  • Redemption of Property Sold to the State for Delinquent Taxes, 1872 - 1949
    Record group PR2.27; 25 volumes
    
    
  • Redemption of Property Sold for Delinquent Taxes, 1873 - 1927
    Record group PR2.28; 6 volumes
    
    
  • State Tax Deeds, 1874 - 1879, 1901 - 1902
    Record group PR2.177; 3 volumes plus 1 file
    
    
  • Conveyance of Real Estate for Delinquent Taxes, 1875 - 1877
    Record group PR2.67; 2 boxes
    
    
  • Index to Tax Sales (Land), 1890
    Record group PR2.44; 1 volume
    
    
  • Index to Tax Sales (City Lots), 1890
    Record group PR2.440; 3 volumes
    
    
  • Lot Books, 1890 - 1930
    
    Record group PR1.21; 159 volumes
    Lot Books are the City Clerk's record of property values for tax assessment purposes. Records contain number of the lot, number of acres, name of property owner, a description of the property, the mortgage number and the dollar value of the property and improvements. Books are arranged in sub-series by chronological increments and within each sub-series by subdivision.
    
    
  • Tax Deeds (County), 1890 - 1947
    Record group PR2.445; 41 volumes
    
    
  • Assessments Books - Linda Vista Irrigation District, 1891 - 1896, 1911
    Record group PR2.59; 8 volumes
    
    
  • Tax Sales (County), 1892 - 1894, 1893 - 1926, 1903 - 1908
    Record group PR2.442; 3 volumes
    
    
  • Collateral Inheritance Tax Records, 1905 - 1909
    Record group PR2.121; 5 volumes
    
    
  • Index to Federal Tax Lien Notices, 1923 - 1969
    Record group PR2.495; 3 volumes
    
    
  • Certificates of Unpaid Assessments, 1926 - 1930
    Record group PR2.52; 1 volume
    
    
  • Index to Lot Books, 1927 - 1930
    Record group PR1.211; 1 volume
    Index to 1927 - 1930 sub-series of Lot Books. Index contains name of subdivision and the book and page number of the Lot Book. Arranged alphabetically by name of subdivision.