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TITLE 50 DEPARTMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT FINANCE

Final Rule
LSA Document #19-635(F)

DIGEST

Amends 50 IAC 26-2-24, 50 IAC 26-2-38, 50 IAC 26-3-2, 50 IAC 26-3-15, 50 IAC 26-6-9, 50 IAC 26-6-10, 50 IAC 26-6-11, 50 IAC 26-6-12, 50 IAC 26-6-13, 50 IAC 26-7-12, 50 IAC 26-8-5, 50 IAC 26-8-6, 50 IAC 26-10-2, 50 IAC 26-10-3, 50 IAC 26-13-5, 50 IAC 26-18-6, 50 IAC 26-20-2, 50 IAC 26-20-4, 50 IAC 26-20-5, 50 IAC 26-20-6, 50 IAC 26-20-7, 50 IAC 26-20-8, and 50 IAC 26-22-2 regarding computer standards for a uniform and common property tax management system to incorporate file specification changes for the revision of the Sales Disclosure Form and to make numerous technical changes. Effective 30 days after filing with the Publisher.



SECTION 1. 50 IAC 26-2-24 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-2-24 "IAAO Standard on Ratio Studies" defined

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 24. "IAAO Standard on Ratio Studies" means the document published by the International Association of Assessing Officers titled IAAO Standard on Ratio Studies (July 2007) (April 2013) that is incorporated by reference in 50 IAC 27-1-4.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-2-24; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 2. 50 IAC 26-2-38 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-2-38 "Real Property Assessment Manual" defined

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 38. "Real Property Assessment Manual" means the assessment manual published by the department which that is available on the department's website and is titled "2011 the Real Property Assessment Manual and which that is incorporated by reference in 50 IAC 2.4-1-2.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-2-38; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 3. 50 IAC 26-3-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-3-2 Software requirements

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 2. The following standards apply to all computer software:
(1) To be certified or recertified, all software in a property tax management system, including any software upon which it is dependent, must be a current version and release. For the purpose of this rule, "current version and release" means:
(A) a version and release that the software publisher continues to:
(i) publish or inventory;
(ii) provide complete maintenance; and
(iii) actively support as a fully maintainable and market viable product;
at the time it is to be acquired; and
(B) there is no reason to believe the publisher will discontinue support of the current version and release within the succeeding twenty-four (24) month period. If the installed version is not the current version and release, the department may require a version upgrade as a condition of certification or recertification.
(2) All computer software must meet the minimum requirements, for example, software version, as stated by the computer hardware manufacturers on which the software is installed.
(3) All computer software must be upgraded when it is not a current version and release fully supported by the software publisher or publishers.
(4) To maintain certification of the property tax management system, software vendors are required to notify the department and the legislative services agency in writing of any changes made to the certified software for all patch and version releases.
(5) The department and the legislative services agency reserve reserves the right to require recertification of the entire software, or portions of the software, if changes are deemed significant.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-3-2; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 4. 50 IAC 26-3-15 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-3-15 Documentation preparation

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 15. Each vendor shall prepare the following documentation for each system:
(1) User documentation.
(2) Technical documentation.
The documentation must be made available in digital and/or or hard copy, or both, forms to local government clients and the department. and the legislative services agency.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-3-15; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 5. 50 IAC 26-6-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-6-9 Maintenance of data from sales disclosures

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 9. (a) The assessment system shall maintain and make available for electronic retrieval sales disclosure information for all sales disclosure forms as described in the sales disclosure file format requirements of 50 IAC 26-20 for a minimum of three (3) years before the most recent March 1. assessment.

(b) Sales disclosure data relating to dates not specified in subsection (a) that is purged from the online system shall be stored offline in a flat ASCII file in machine-readable form. Field and file definitions must also be included with the data in machine-readable form.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-6-9; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 6. 50 IAC 26-6-10 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-6-10 Maintenance of assessment data for current and future years

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 10. The assessment system shall permit a county to maintain, enter, update, and retrieve the following:
(1) Real and personal property assessment records and sales disclosure records for the current assessment year, and the current tax year, as well as two (2) assessment years subsequent to the current assessment year.
(2) Annually assessed mobile home records for the current tax year as well as two (2) years subsequent to the current year.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-6-10; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 7. 50 IAC 26-6-11 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-6-11 Statistical calculations for equalization and annual adjustments

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 11. Assessment software must be able to calculate the following:
(1) An assessment ratio according to the Real Property Assessment Manual requirements established under 50 IAC 2.3. 50 IAC 2.4.
(2) An assessment-assessment ratio in accordance with the IAAO Standard on Ratio Studies and 50 IAC 27.
(3) Ratios to the .95 confidence level. Assessment software may support calculation of ratios to alternate confidence levels in addition to the .95 confidence level.
(4) (3) For a group or groups of parcels defined by the user, the following:
(A) A median assessment ratio.
(B) The coefficient of dispersion.
(C) The price related differential.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-6-11; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; errata filed Sep 17, 2012, 3:42 p.m.: 20121003-IR-050120546ACA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 8. 50 IAC 26-6-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-6-12 Equalization

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 12. (a) Assessment software must be able to calculate an assessment ratio for each of the classes of property specified in 50 IAC 27-4-6 within each township.

(b) Assessment software must have the capability to:
(1) Exclude parcels coded as distributable utility property according to property class specifications provided in this article when calculating assessment ratios.
(2) Provide a secondary means of property classification at the parcel level for locally assessed utility property, other than that required in Code List 1 -- Property Class Codes as provided in the Property Tax Management System Code List Manual. This secondary means of property classification at the parcel level should indicate the major improvement use/occupancy and may be used for the possible query and inclusion of locally assessed utility real property parcels in assessment ratio studies.
(3) Perform an assessment-assessment ratio study for agricultural land in accordance with the IAAO Standard on Ratio Studies.
(4) (3) Calculate assessment ratios based on at least the minimum number of verified sales as determined by the IAAO Standard on Ratio Studies. Assessment software must not produce an assessment ratio if the minimum requirement of verified sales cannot be met, except in the matter of agricultural land.
(5) (4) Provide a data field in which an equalization factor can be entered once and applied to parcels (or the land or improvement portion of parcels) within any class of property in a township.
(6) (5) Be able to produce the data required within 50 IAC 27-9-3 in the format prescribed by 50 IAC 26-8-3.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-6-12; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; errata filed Sep 17, 2012, 3:42 p.m.: 20121003-IR-050120546ACA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 9. 50 IAC 26-6-13 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-6-13 Annual adjustments

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 13. (a) Assessment software used in the assessment of real property must do the following:
(1) Support calculation standards for an annual adjustment of real property assessed valuations in accordance with the IAAO Standard on Ratio Studies and 50 IAC 21. 50 IAC 27.
(2) Meet the annual adjustment requirements for computer assisted mass appraisal systems specified in 50 IAC 21-9-2. 50 IAC 27-9-2.
(3) Support the following:
(A) Calculation of time adjusted sales prices in accordance with procedures outlined in the IAAO Standard on Ratio Studies and 50 IAC 21-3-3. 50 IAC 27-5-2.
(B) Manual entry of time adjusted sale prices when an alternative method of calculation is utilized by a local assessing official.
(C) Annual adjustment factors that can be applied to user-specified groups of properties.
(4) Be able to apply the factor resulting from revised ratio studies to a group of properties for valuation adjustment.
(5) Support the manual entry of annual adjustment factors when an alternative method of calculation is utilized by a local assessing official.

(b) Once a property value has been modified by an annual adjustment factor, assessment software must do the following:
(1) Notify the user that the parcel requires a notice of valuation to be sent to the taxpayer.
(2) Support marking the parcel as requiring notice in the event a group of notices are printed in batch following multiple property value adjustments.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-6-13; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 10. 50 IAC 26-7-12 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-7-12 County abstract

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 12. Tax and billing software must be able to calculate, maintain, and output all data required to prepare the abstract of:
(1) property;
(2) assessments;
(3) taxes;
(4) deductions; and
(5) exemptions;
under IC 6-1.1-22 and the abstract manual. The abstract data must be provided to the department and the legislative services agency in the format prescribed in 50 IAC 26-20.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-7-12; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 11. 50 IAC 26-8-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-8-5 Deadline for annual data submissions to the department and the legislative services agency

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 5. A county shall transmit the following:
(1) Property tax assessment, tax, and billing data, with the exception of sales disclosure data, to the department and the legislative services agency according to the requirements set forth in IC 6-1.1-4-25 and IC 36-2-9-20.
(2) Verified and validated sales disclosure data to the department and the legislative services agency according to the requirements set forth in 50 IAC 21-9-1. 50 IAC 27-9-1.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-8-5; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 12. 50 IAC 26-8-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-8-6 Annual data transmission file format requirements

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 6. A county shall transmit property tax assessment, tax, and billing data to the department and the legislative services agency in the format prescribed by the property tax file format requirements found in 50 IAC 26-20 and when applicable in the format prescribed by the department for upload to the Indiana gateway for government units portal.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-8-6; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 13. 50 IAC 26-10-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-10-2 Assessed value reports

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 2. The reporting system shall make available on demand management reports to county assessors or designees within the offices that provide the following information:
(1) The total assessed value under appeal by the following:
(A) Taxing district.
(B) Township.
(C) County.
(2) The total number of changes in assessment processed including resulting change in assessed value by type of change including:
(A) Corrections of error.
(B) Adjudicated appeals.
(C) Annual maintenance changes.
(D) Additional assessment.
(E) Other.
(3) Lists of the following:
(A) Adjustments made to the assessed value through exemption or deduction with ability to run by parcel or in summary showing grand totals by deduction or exemption type and totals by deduction or exemption type within the taxing district and township.
(B) User-specified data fields for adjacent parcels owned by the same taxpayer.
(4) List of taxpayers requesting electronic notification of their tax statements as indicated per the buyer on the sales disclosure form.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-10-2; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 14. 50 IAC 26-10-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-10-3 Assessment forms and reports

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 3. The assessment system shall maintain data necessary to generate the following reports:
(1) A notice of assessment required by IC 6-1.1-4-22.
(2) A notice of assessment required by IC 6-1.1-3-15 or IC 6-1.1-9-1.
(3) A notice of assessment for annually assessed mobile homes required by 50 IAC 3.2-4-3. IC 6-1.1-7.
(4) A notice of final determination of assessment as required by IC 6-1.1-15-4(f). IC 6-1.1-15-4.
(5) A notice of change of assessment for oil and gas assessments required by IC 6-1.1-3-18.
(6) A property record card required by the Real Property Assessment Guidelines for 2002 -- Version A (incorporated by reference at 50 IAC 2.3-1-2). established under 50 IAC 2.4-1-2.
(7) If photo or video imaging is provided, it must be possible for an operator to print any photographic images associated with the current record.
(8) (7) Any other form or report required by the department. Reasonable facsimiles of the above forms may be generated if they contain all information required on the department's forms and have been approved by the department.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-10-3; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 15. 50 IAC 26-13-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-13-5 Assessment system indicators

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 5. The assessment system shall indicate records that meet any of the following criteria:
(1) Property located in an allocation area as defined in IC 6-1.1-21.2-3.
(2) Parcels for which a standard deduction for homestead could be claimed under IC 6-1.1-12.
(3) Sales disclosure forms where the buyer has indicated the buyer's preference for electronic notification of the buyer's tax statement.
(4) (3) An individual associated with the property is requesting anonymity from public records disclosure pursuant to IC 36-1-8.5.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-13-5; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 16. 50 IAC 26-18-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-18-6 Changes in certified systems, rule, or test scenarios; recertification

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 6. (a) If initial certification of a property tax management system is within twenty-four (24) months before July 1, 2015, or within twenty-four (24) months before every fifth year after July 1, 2015, recertification of that system is not required.

(b) Property tax management systems not subject to subsection (a) that have been initially certified must be recertified within the twenty-four (24) month period before July 1, 2015, and within the twenty-four (24) month period before every fifth year after July 1, 2015. If any major change is made to a certified system at any other time, the system shall be considered a new system subject to the same certification requirements of sections 2, 3, and 4 of this rule. As used in this section, "major change" has the meaning set forth in 50 IAC 26-17-1. In the event that the major change pertains exclusively to a county's conversion of its software system, the system will be subject to the same certification requirements of just section 4 of this rule.

(c) Property tax management system installations not subject to subsection (a) that have been initially certified must be locally recertified within the twenty-four (24) month period before July 1, 2015, and within the twenty-four (24) month period before every fifth year after July 1, 2015.

(d) If any other change is made to a certified system, the vendor must submit revised copies of documentation, revised source code, and other materials to the following:
(1) The escrow agent.
(2) The department.

(e) The department shall determine in writing whether a specific change constitutes a major change.

(f) The department may require full or incremental recertification by agreement between the department and the legislative services agency whenever a major change to the rule or test scenarios occurs.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-18-6; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Sep 18, 2012, 2:18 p.m.: 20121017-IR-050120290FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 17. 50 IAC 26-20-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-20-2 Instructions

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 2. (a) Data format instructions are as follows:
(1) Each file must have a header record and a trailer record in the exact specified format with designated "FILENAME" and the word "TRAILER" in uppercase.
(2) All fields are fixed length.
(3) Left justify all alphanumeric fields.
(4) All numeric fields must have leading zeros if field value does not utilize all available spaces.
(5) Assume no decimal precision for all numeric fields without format clarification.
(6) All decimal precision is implied. For example, for format 3.2, send 12345. It will be read as "123.45".
(7) Yes/No fields must have "Y" or "N".
(8) All date fields must be in mm/dd/yyyy format, and entries must contain a valid date.
(9) All fields that reference a code list should contain a value from the lists provided in the Property Tax Management System Code List Manual. This document is available on the department's website located at www.in.gov/dlgf/
(10) Place a negative sign "-" at the far left of the field for all negative numbers.
(11) Note all format requirements specified at the field level.
(12) When capturing data as designated by a code list, the item must adhere to the designated code list. If a county needs a code list to be modified, they it must notify the department and the legislative services agency for consideration.
(13) Phone number extensions may be replaced with spaces if no extension exists. Format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 317-555-5555 44444).
(14) Postal ZIP code format is expected to be xxxxx-xxxx. However, the space allocated should accommodate international postal ZIP codes. If no + 4 for the postal ZIP code is available, fill with 0000.

(b) Submission instructions are as follows:
(1) The submission must include data for the entire county. Each file must include all data for all townships.
(2) Data must be submitted on CD-ROM, by e-mail email, or other designated depository as specified by the department and the legislative services agency at a later date.
(3) Send CD-ROM to:
(A) Legislative Services Agency, Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis, 200 W. Washington St., Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Attention: Director, Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis; or
(B) Either:
(i) e-mail (A) email the dataset to lsa.data@iga.in.gov and data@dlgf.in.gov; or
(ii) (B) upload the dataset via the Indiana gateway for government units portal.
(4) The state will validate that your data submission meets the defined file structure format and may perform additional analysis to verify that the data meets the standards prescribed in this rule. In the event that your data submission does not meet the required standards, you will be notified of noncompliance issues and asked to resubmit your data.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-20-2; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 18. 50 IAC 26-20-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-20-4 Real property assessment data

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 4. (a) HEADER RECORD (the first record in each file):
(1) The HEADER RECORD must be placed as the first record in each real property assessment file including the PARCEL, LAND, IMPROVE, DWELLING, BUILDING, BLDDETL, APPEAL, SALEDISC, SDISCADDCI, SDISCADDAR, SALECONTAC, and SALEPARCEL files.
(2) The format of the HEADER RECORD must be consistent with the following data format:
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Filename  10  10  Name of data file (e.g., PARCEL or IMPROVE). 
County Number  11  12  State designated county ID (e.g., 23). See code list 59. 
County Description  13  32  20  State designated county name (e.g., LAKE). See code list 59. 
File Format ID  33  37  Constant value of 2017A 2020A. This communicates the version of the structure used to create the data. 
County Contact Name  38  77  40  Full name of the individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
County Contact Phone  78  95  18  Complete telephone number of individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract – format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 219-555-5555 44444). 
File Create Date  96  105  10  Date the file was created – format required is mm/dd/yyyy format (e.g., 10/01/2010). 
File Create Time  106  109  Time the file was created – format required is #### in military time (e.g., 1400). 
Assessment Year  110  113  The assessment year specific to the data submission – format required is yyyy (e.g., 2009). 
Pay Year  114  117  The tax payment year specific to the data submission – format required is yyyy (e.g., 2010). 
Software Vendor Name  118  177  60  Full name of the individual at the vendor who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
Software Vendor Company  178  237  60  Full name of the vendor company preparing the data extract. 
Software Package Name and Version  238  287  50  Complete name of the software package along with the version of the software used to build this data extract (e.g., ABC Assessor System Version 1.5). 
Software Vendor Phone Number  288  305  18  Complete telephone number of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract – format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 317-555-5555 44444). 
Software Vendor Email  306  353  48  E-mail Email of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Help@ABCVendor.com). 
Location Cost Multiplier  354  358  Format 1.4 (e.g., 12345; Implied: 1.2345). 
Transmission Description  359  458  100  Description of transmission. Comment field, free text. 

(b) REAL PROPERTY PARCEL DATA FILE (one (1) record per parcel) - Filename = PARCEL:
(1) The PARCEL file contains a record for each real property in the county. As required by IC 6-1.1-11-9, the county assessor is required to maintain an electronic data file of the information contained on the real property for each township in the county.
(2) The PARCEL file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated LAND, IMPROVE, DWELLING, BUILDING, BLDDETL, and APPEAL files.
(3) All records for real property required to be assessed under IC 6-1.1-11-9 must be included in the real property assessment data files submitted to the department and the legislative services agency and also must appear in the auditor's tax billing data submission.
(4) Primary Key for the PARCEL file:
(A) Parcel Number. The Parcel Number field must be unique within this file. In compliance with 50 IAC 26-8-1, no duplicate Parcel Numbers are allowed.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Parcel Number  25  25  Parcel number must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-1, and match the associated records in TAXDATA Data File(s). Parcel number must be unique within the county. 
Local Assessor Parcel Number  26  50  25  Unique number designated by the county assessor for each record in the computer assisted mass appraisal system. May be system generated. 
State-Assigned Township Number  51  54  The state-assigned township number as designated on the county budget order. See code list 61. 
Local Tax District Number  55  57  Locally-assigned tax district number. 
State-Assigned District Number  58  60  The state-assigned tax district number as designated on the county budget order. See code list 60. 
Section and Plat  61  68  A/N  County code that represents the specific mapped area of the district where the parcel is located. 
Routing Number  69  93  25  A N  Assigned number that matches the parcel's location on a specific map. 
Property Street Address  94  153  60  Complete street address for property. If no address has been assigned to a vacant lot, identify the full possible address range of the vacant lot. 
Property Address City  154  183  30  City for of property. 
Property Address ZIP Code  184  193  10  Postal ZIP code for of property. Format xxxxx-xxxx. 
Property Class Code  194  196  Valid property class code assigned to the property based on code list 1. 
Neighborhood Identifier  197  208  12  Identification of neighborhood to which this property has been assigned. The neighborhood identifier is assigned by local government. 
Neighborhood Factor  209  213  The neighborhood factor based on the neighborhood identifier. Format 3.2 (e.g., 08950; Implied: 089.50). 
Annual Adjustment Factor - Land  214  218  Annual adjustment factor applied to the land records of the property. Format 3.2 (e.g., 08950; Implied: 089.50). 
Annual Adjustment Factor - Improvements  219  223  Annual adjustment factor applied to the improvement records of the property. Format 3.2 (e.g., 08950; Implied: 089.50). 
Owner Name  224  303  80  Full name for owner of record. 
Owner Street Address or P.O. Box  304  363  60  Street address or P.O. box for of owner of record. 
Owner Address City  364  393  30  City for of owner of record. 
Owner Address State or Province or Territory  394  423  30  State, province, or territory for owner of record. If state, should be two character post office designation. 
Owner Address Postal ZIP Code  424  433  10  Postal ZIP code for of owner of record. Primary format xxxxx-xxxx. 
Owner Country  434  436  Country for of owner of record. See code list 62. 
Date Transferred to Current Owner  437  446  10  Date the property was transferred to the current owner, format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Level (Y/N)  447  447  Is the property level? 
High (Y/N)  448  448  Is the property on high ground? 
Low (Y/N)  449  449  Is the property on low ground? 
Rolling (Y/N)  450  450  Does the property have rolling hills? 
Swampy (Y/N)  451  451  Is the property swampy? 
Water (Y/N)  452  452  Is the property connected to municipal water? 
Sewer (Y/N)  453  453  Is the property connected to municipal sewer? 
Gas (Y/N)  454  454  Is the property connected to local gas service? 
Electricity (Y/N)  455  455  Is the property connected to local electric service? 
Street or Road Code  456  456  Identify the street or road code. Refer to code list 2. 
Sidewalk (Y/N)  457  457  Is there a municipal sidewalk on the property? 
Alley (Y/N)  458  458  Does the property abut an alley? 
Neighborhood Type  459  459  Identify the neighborhood type code. Refer to code list 3. 
Waterfront Property Type  460  462  Identify the waterfront property type. Refer to code list 66. 
Zoning  463  467  Identify the zoning code assigned to the property. The zoning code is assigned by local government. 
Flood Hazard (Y/N)  468  468  Is the property in a flood zone? 
AV - Total Land  469  480  12  Sum of the certified assessed value of the land records from the LAND file for a property, plus the Land AV Adjustment amount. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV - Total Improvements  481  492  12  Sum of the total certified assessed value of the improvements from the IMPROVE file for a property, plus the Improvements AV Adjustment amount. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV - Total Land and Improvements  493  504  12  Sum of total certified assessed value of the land and total current assessed value of improvements for a property. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
Land AV Adjustment  505  516  12  Amount of adjustment (+ or -) applied to land AV from the LAND file to arrive at AV – Total Land. 
Improvement AV Adjustment  517  528  12  Amount of adjustment (+ or -) applied to improvement AV from the IMPROVE file to arrive at AV – Total Improvements. 
Farmland AV Adjustment  529  540  12  Amount of adjustment (+ or -) applied to farmland AV from the LAND file to arrive at AV – Farmland. 
AV – Land Eligible for 1% Circuit Breaker Cap  541  552  12  Portion of AV – Total Land that is eligible for the 1% circuit breaker cap. AV of homestead eligible land value for all residential properties that would be eligible for the standard deduction, if applied for. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV – Improvements Eligible for 1% Circuit Breaker Cap  553  564  12  Portion of AV – Total Improvements that is eligible for the 1% circuit breaker cap. AV of homestead eligible improvement value for all residential properties that would be eligible for the standard deduction, if applied for. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV – Non-Homestead Residential Land Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  565  576  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to non-homestead residential land and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV - Non-Homestead Residential Improvements Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  577  588  12  Portion of AV - Total Improvements that is attributable to non-homestead residential improvements and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV – Commercial Apartment Land Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  589  600  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to apartment land and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV - Commercial Apartment Improvements Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  601  612  12  Portion of AV - Total Improvements that is attributable to apartment improvements and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV - Long Term Care Facility Land Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  613  624  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to Long Term Care Facility land and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV - Long Term Care Facility Improvements Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  625  636  12  Portion of AV - Total Improvements that is attributable to Long Term Care Facility improvements and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV - Farmland Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  637  648  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to farmland and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV - Mobile Home Land Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  649  660  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to mobile home land and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV – Land Subject to 3% Circuit Breaker Cap  661  672  12  Portion of AV – Total Land that is subject to the 3% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV – Improvements Subject to 3% Circuit Breaker Cap  673  684  12  Portion of AV – Total Improvements that is subject to the 3% circuit breaker cap. This value represents the value that was certified to the county auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
AV - Classified Land  685  696  12  Total AV of classified land records from the Land file, refer to code list 6 (Land Type 02). 
Legally Deeded Acreage  697  708  12  The sum of the legally deeded acreage from the Land file. Format 8.4 e.g., 000200001000; Implied: 00020000.1000. 
Appraisal Date  709  718  10  The date the appraisal was finished. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Reason for Change Code  719  720  Refer to code list 5. 
Prior AV - Total Land  721  732  12  This field should contain the assessed value at last tax lien date. The value prior to it being reassessed or trended. 
Prior AV - Total Improvements  733  744  12  This field should contain the assessed value at last tax lien date. The value prior to it being reassessed. 
Adjustment Factor Applied  745  749  A location cost multiplier. Not to be used as neighborhood adjustment factor. Format 3.2 e.g., 00125; Implied: 001.25 Field should contain a "bottom line" adjustment factor in the event of equalization if applicable. 
Legal Description  750  1249  500  Legal description of property. 
Anonymity from public records request? (Y/N)  1250  1250  Is there an individual associated with the record who is requesting anonymity from public records pursuant to IC 36-1-8.5? 
Current AV - Total Land  1251  1262  12  Sum of the current assessed value of the land records for a property, plus any applicable land AV adjustment amount. This value represents the most current value that is reflected in the CAMA system for the applicable assessment year and may be different potentially than the value that was certified to the auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
Current AV - Total Improvements  1263  1274  12  Sum of the total current assessed value of the improvements for a property, plus any applicable improvements AV adjustment amount. This value represents the most current value that is reflected in the CAMA system for the applicable assessment year and may be different potentially than the value that was certified to the auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 
Current AV - Total Land and Improvements  1275  1286  12  Sum of total current assessed value of the land and total current assessed value of improvements for a property. This value represents the most current value that is reflected in the CAMA system for the applicable assessment year and may be different potentially than the value that was certified to the auditor's office as part of the annual interface process. 

(c) LAND FILE (0, 1, or many records per parcel) - Filename = LAND:
(1) The LAND file contains land records related to real properties in the county.
(2) The LAND file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated PARCEL, IMPROVE, DWELLING, BUILDING, BLDDETL, and APPEAL files.
(3) Primary Key for the LAND file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the LAND file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the LAND table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Land Instance Number. The Land Instance Number must be unique to a Parcel Number within the LAND file. No duplicate Land Instance Numbers are allowed for a given Parcel Number.
(C) Land/Lot Type Code.
(4) Foreign Key to the PARCEL file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the LAND table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Parcel Number  25  25  Parcel number must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-1 and match the associated records in the PARCEL Data File(s). May be many to one relationship with the PARCEL file. 
Land Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple land records for the same real property. Note: the combination of Parcel Number and Land Instance Number identifies a unique record within the county's LAND file. 
Land/Lot Type Code  29  30  Identify the land/lot type code. Refer to code list 6. 
Actual Frontage  31  38  Actual frontage of land in feet. Format 7.1 e.g., 00070005; Implied: 0007000.5. 
Effective Frontage  39  46  Effective frontage of land in feet. Format 7.1 e.g., 00070005; Implied: 0007000.5. 
Effective Depth  47  54  Effective depth of land in feet. Format 7.1 e.g., 00070005; Implied: 007000.5. 
Depth Factor  55  57  Depth factor for consideration with this land record. Format 1.2 e.g., 100; Implied: 1.00. 
Base Rate  58  69  12  Base rate for land data and computations for a particular soil type. Format 10.2 (e.g., 000001050050; Implied 0000010500.50). 
Assessed Value with Influence Factor  70  81  12  Field should contain the final AV of the land record after influence factors have been applied. 
Acreage  82  93  12  Legally deeded acreage of record. Format 8.4 (e.g., 012300555543; Implied: 01230055.5543). 
Acreage Factor  94  96  Acreage factor for consideration with this land record. Format 1.2 e.g., 100; Implied: 1.00. 
Square Feet  97  106  10  Area of land record in square feet. 
Soil ID  107  111  Identification of soil ID as provided by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture & Purdue. Soil IDs will vary by county. 
Soil Productivity Factor  112  115  Identification of soil productivity factor as defined by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture & Purdue. Soil productivity factors will vary by county. Format 2.2 e.g., 0155; Implied: 01.55. 
Influence Factor Code 1  116  116  Identify the influence factor code. Refer to code list 7. 
Influence Factor 1  117  120  The influence factor as a percent of the total influence factor record. Format +/- (e.g., -050 or 0025). 
Influence Factor Code 2  121  121  Identify the influence factor code. Refer to code list 7. 
Influence Factor 2  122  125  The influence factor as a percent of the total influence factor record. Format +/- (e.g., -050 or 0025). 
Influence Factor Code 3  126  126  Identify the influence factor code. Refer to code list 7. 
Influence Factor 3  127  130  The influence factor as a percent of the total influence factor record. Format +/- (e.g., -050 or 0025). 
AV – Land Eligible for 1% Circuit Breaker Cap  131  142  12  Portion of assessed value with influence factor that is eligible for the 1% circuit breaker cap. AV of homestead eligible land value for all residential properties that would be eligible for the standard deduction, if applied for. This value should contain the final AV of the land record after influence factors have been applied. 
AV – Land Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  143  154  12  Portion of assessed value with influence factor that is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. This value should contain the final AV of the land record after influence factors have been applied. 
AV –Land Subject to 3% Circuit Breaker Cap  155  166  12  Portion of assessed value with influence factor that is subject to the 3% circuit breaker cap. This value should contain the final AV of the land record after influence factors have been applied. 

(d) IMPROVEMENT FILE (0, 1, or many records per parcel) - Filename = IMPROVE:
(1) The IMPROVE file contains a record for each real property improvement.
(2) The IMPROVE file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated PARCEL, LAND, DWELLING, BUILDING, BLDDETL, and APPEAL files.
(3) Primary Key for the IMPROVE file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the IMPROVE file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the IMPROVE table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Improvement Instance Number. The Improvement Instance Number must be unique to a Parcel Number in the IMPROVE file. No duplicate Improvement Instance Numbers are allowed for a given Parcel Number.
(4) Foreign Key to the PARCEL file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the IMPROVE table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Parcel Number  25  25  Parcel number must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-1 and match the associated records in the PARCEL File. May be many to one relationship with the PARCEL file. 
Improvement Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple improvement records for the same real property. Note: the combination of Parcel Number and Improvement Instance Number identify a unique record within the county's IMPROVE file. 
Dwelling or Building Number (if applicable)  29  44  16  The same values and formats as used in the Dwelling and/or Building files. 
Improvement Type Code  45  52  Refer to code list 21A for residential and 21B and 32 for commercial. 
Story Height or Height  53  57  Format 3.2 e.g., 00750; Implied: 007.50. 
Construction Type Code  58  60  Identify construction type code. See code list 18. 
Year Constructed  61  64  Year improvement construction was finished. Format YYYY. 
Year Remodeled  65  68  Year improvement remodel was finished. Format YYYY. 
Effective Construction Year  69  72  Effective construction year for a record. Format YYYY. 
Grade  73  77  Quality grade and design factor code. Refer to code list 17. 
Condition Code  78  79  Condition code for improvement. Refer to code list 22. 
Neighborhood Improvement Code  80  81  Neighborhood improvement code related to the "desirability rating". Refer to code list 23. 
Improvement Size  82  89  Total of all building, dwelling, or improvement size provided in square feet. The size is already indicated or able to be derived at the dwelling/building level. 
Replacement Cost  90  101  12  Identify the cost of replacing the improvement. 
Assessed Value  102  113  12  Field should contain the final AV of the improvement following all assessment valuation. 
Physical Depreciation %  114  116  The physical depreciation of the improvement, as a percent of total. Format (e.g., 100 or 055). 
Obsolescence Depreciation %  117  119  The obsolescence depreciation of the improvement, as a percent of total. Format (e.g., 100 or 055). 
Percent Complete  120  122  The percent complete of the improvement, as a percent of total. Format (e.g., 100 or 055). 
AV – Improvements Eligible for 1% Circuit Breaker Cap  123  134  12  Portion of assessed value that is eligible for the 1% circuit breaker cap. AV of homestead eligible improvement value for all residential properties that would be eligible for the standard deduction, if applied for. 
AV – Improvements Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  135  146  12  Portion of assessed value that is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV – Improvements Subject to 3% Circuit Breaker Cap  147  156  12  Portion of assessed value that is subject to the 3% circuit breaker cap. 

(e) DWELLING FILE (0 or 1 record per improvement) - Filename = DWELLING:
(1) The DWELLING file contains a record for each residential dwelling real property improvement.
(2) The DWELLING file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated PARCEL, LAND, IMPROVE, BUILDING, BLDDETL, and APPEAL files.
(3) Primary Key for the DWELLING file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the DWELLING file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Improvement Instance Number. Each Improvement Instance Number value must match a valid corresponding Improvement Instance Number in the IMPROVE file.
(C) Dwelling Instance Number. The Dwelling Instance Number must be unique to a Parcel Number and Improvement Instance Number in the DWELLING file. No duplicate Dwelling Instance Numbers are allowed for a given Improvement Instance Number.
(4) Foreign Key to the IMPROVE file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Improvement Instance Number. Each Improvement Instance Number value must match a valid corresponding Improvement Instance Number in the IMPROVE file.
(5) Foreign Key to the PARCEL file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the DWELLING table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Parcel Number  25  25  Parcel number must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-1 and match the associated records in the PARCEL Data File. May be many to one relationship with the PARCEL file. 
Improvement Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple improvement records for the same parcel. 
Dwelling Instance Number  29  31  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple dwelling records for the same parcel. Note: the combination of Parcel Number, the Improvement Instance Number, and the Dwelling Instance Number identifies a unique record within the county's DWELLING file. 
Occupancy Code  32  32  The occupancy code. Refer to code list 8. 
Story Configuration Code  33  33  The story configuration code. Refer to code list 9. 
Story Height  34  36  The story height. Format 2.1 e.g., 075 (or 175); Implied: 07.5 (or 17.5). 
Predominant Roofing Material Code  37  37  The predominant roofing material code. Refer to code list 13. 
Heating System Code  38  38  The heating system code. Refer to code list 15. 
Central Air Conditioning (Y/N)  39  39  Does the dwelling have central air conditioning? 
Number of Finished Rooms  40  41  The number of finished rooms. 
Attic Code  42  42  Identify the attic code. Refer to code list 10. 
Attic Base Area  43  48  Area of the attic base area in square feet. 
Attic Finished Living Area  49  54  Area of the finished living area of the attic provided in square feet. 
Basement Code  55  55  The basement code. Refer to code list 11. 
Basement Base Area  56  61  Area of the basement base area provided in square feet. 
Basement Finished Living Area  62  67  Area of the finished living area of the basement provided in square feet. 
Crawl Space Code  68  68  The crawl space code. Refer to code list 12. 
Crawl Space Base Area  69  74  Area of the crawl space base area provided in square feet. 
Floor(s) Total Base Area  75  80  Area of the total base area provided in square feet. 
Floor(s) Total Finished Living Area  81  86  Area of the total finished living area provided in square feet. 
Total Base Value  87  98  12  The total base value of the improvement. 
Row Type Adjustment  99  103  The row type adjustment. 
Unfinished Interior Value Adjustment  104  109  The unfinished interior value adjustment. 
Extra Living Units Value Adjustment  110  119  10  The extra living units value adjustment. 
Rec Room Value Adjustment  120  129  10  The recreation room value adjustment. 
Loft Value Adjustment  130  139  10  The loft value adjustment. 
Fireplace Value adjustment  140  149  10  The fireplace value adjustment. 
No Heating Value Adjustment  150  155  The no heating value adjustment. 
Air Conditioning Value Adjustment  156  165  10  The air conditioning value adjustment. 
No Electrical Value Adjustment  166  175  10  The lack of electricity value adjustment. 
Plumbing Value Adjustment  176  185  10  The plumbing value adjustment. 
Garage Value Adjustment  186  195  10  The garage value adjustment. 
Exterior Features Value Adjustment  196  205  10  The exterior features value adjustment. 
Total Bedrooms  206  207  The total number of bedrooms. 
Number of Family Rooms  208  208  The total number of family rooms. 
Number of Dining Rooms  209  209  The total number of dining rooms. 
Number of Full Baths  210  211  The total number of full baths. 
Number of Half Baths  212  213  The total number of half baths. 
Total Plumbing Fixtures  214  215  The total number of plumbing fixtures. If no plumbing, indicate 00. 
Number of Masonry Fireplace Stacks  216  217  The total number of masonry fireplace stacks. 
Number of Masonry Fireplace Openings  218  219  The total number of masonry fireplace openings. 
Number of Steel Fireplace Stacks  220  221  The total number of steel fireplace stacks. 
Number of Steel Fireplace Openings  222  223  The total number of steel fireplace openings. 
Integral Garage (Y/N)  224  224  Does the dwelling have an integral garage? 
Attached Garage (Y/N)  225  225  Does the dwelling have an attached garage? 
Attached Carport (Y/N)  226  226  Does the dwelling have a carport? 
Basement Garage (Y/N)  227  227  Does the dwelling have a basement garage? 
Garage Capacity  228  229  The number of cars that can fit into the garage. 
Garage Square Feet  230  234  The area of the garage provided in square feet. 

(f) COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL BUILDING FILE (0 or 1 record per improvement) - Filename = BUILDING:
(1) The BUILDING file contains a record for each commercial/industrial building real property improvement.
(2) The BUILDING file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated PARCEL, LAND, IMPROVE, DWELLING, BLDDETL, and APPEAL files.
(3) Primary Key for the BUILDING file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the BUILDING file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the BUILDING table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Improvement Instance Number. Each Improvement Instance Number value must match a valid corresponding Improvement Instance Number in the IMPROVE file.
(C) Building Instance Number. The Building Instance Number must be unique to a Parcel Number and Improvement Instance Number in the BUILDING file. No duplicate Building Instance Numbers are allowed for a given Improvement Instance Number.
(4) Foreign Key to the IMPROVE file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the BUILDING table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Improvement Instance Number. Each Improvement Instance Number value must match a valid corresponding Improvement Instance Number in the IMPROVE file.
(5) Foreign Key to the PARCEL file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the BUILDING table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Parcel Number  25  25  Parcel number must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-1 and match the associated records in the PARCEL Data File. May be many to one relationship with the PARCEL file. 
Improvement Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple improvement records for the same real property. 
Building Instance Number  29  31  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple building records for the same real property. Note: the combination of Parcel Number, Improvement Instance Number, and the Building Instance Number identifies a unique record within the county's BUILDING file. 
Building Number  32  47  16  Same value and format as entered in the respective improvement record. 
Pricing Key Code  48  52  Predominant use code. Refer to code list 31 (e.g., GCM47). 
Number of Floors  53  54  The number of floors in the building. 
Total Square Foot Area  55  63  The total square area of the building provided in square feet. 
Total Base Value  64  75  12  The total base value of the building. 
Plumbing Fixtures Value  76  87  12  The plumbing fixtures value for the building. 
Special Features Value  88  99  12  The special features value for the building. 
Exterior Features Value  100  111  12  The exterior features value for the building. 

(g) BUILDING DETAIL FILE (1 or many records per building) - Filename = BLDDETL:
(1) The BLDDETL file contains a record for each commercial/industrial building detail real property improvement.
(2) The BLDDETL file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated PARCEL, LAND, IMPROVE, DWELLING, BUILDING, and APPEAL files.
(3) Primary Key for the BLDDETL file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the BLDDETL file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the BLDDETL table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Improvement Instance Number. Each Improvement Instance Number value in the BLDDETL table must match a valid corresponding Improvement Instance Number in the IMPROVE file.
(C) Building Instance Number. Each Building Instance Number value in the BLDDETL table must match a valid corresponding Building Instance Number in the BUILDING file.
(D) Building Detail Instance Number. The Building Detail Instance Number must be unique to a Parcel Number and Improvement Instance Number and Building Instance Number in the BLDDETL file. No duplicate Building Detail Instance Numbers are allowed for a given Building Instance Number.
(4) Foreign Key to the BUILDING file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the BUILDING table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Improvement Instance Number. Each Improvement Instance Number value in the BLDDETL table must match a valid corresponding Improvement Instance Number in the IMPROVE file.
(C) Building Instance Number. Each Building Instance Number value in the BLDDETL table must match a valid corresponding Building Instance Number in the BUILDING file.
(5) Foreign Key to the IMPROVE file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the BLDDETL table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Improvement Instance Number. Each Improvement Instance Number value in the BLDDETL table must match a valid corresponding Improvement Instance Number in the IMPROVE file.
(6) Foreign Key to the PARCEL file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the BLDDETL table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Parcel Number  25  25  Parcel number must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-1 and match the associated records in the PARCEL Data File. May be many to one relationship with the PARCEL file. 
Improvement Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple improvement records for the same real property. 
Building Instance Number  29  31  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple building records for the same real property. 
Building Detail Instance Number  32  34  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple building detail records for the same real property. Note: the combination of Parcel Number, Improvement Instance Number, Building Instance Number, and the Building Detail Instance Number identifies a unique record within the county's BLDDETL file. 
Building Number  35  50  16  Same value and format as entered in the respective improvement record. 
Floor Number  51  53  Floor number for the record. 
Section Letter or Number  54  56  Section number or letter for designated area for the record. 
Pricing Key Code  57  61  Predominant use code. Refer to code list 31 (e.g., GCM47). 
Commercial/Industrial Improvement Use Type Code  62  69  The commercial/industrial improvement use type code. Refer to code list 32. 
Square Foot Area  70  75  Area of the building detail record provided in square feet. 
Square Foot Rate  76  84  The square foot rate. Format 7.2 (e.g., 000002514; Implied 0000025.14). 
Framing Type Code  85  85  The framing type code. Refer to code list 30. 
Wall Type Code  86  86  The wall type code. Refer to code list 29. 
Wall Height  87  88  Height of the wall. 
Heating/AC Value Adjustment  89  92  Format 2.2 e.g., 1050; Implied: 10.50 Value adjustment per square feet. 
Sprinkler Value Adjustment  93  96  Format 2.2 e.g., 1050; Implied: 10.50 Value adjustment per square feet. 
Average Depth for Strip Retail  97  102  The average depth for a strip retail space provided in linear feet. 
Individually Owned (Y/N)  103  103  Identification if the apartment or condo is individually owned. 
Unit Size of Individually Owned Unit  104  109  If individually owned, the unit size in square feet. 
Hotel/Motel Configuration Code  110  111  The hotel/motel configuration code. Refer to code list 33. 
Number of Units  112  114  The number of units for apartments, condos, motels, or hotels. 
Average Unit Size  115  120  The average area in square feet for apartments, condos, motels, or hotels. 

(h) APPEALS TRACKING FILE (0, 1, or many records per parcel) - Filename = APPEAL:
(1) The APPEAL file contains one (1) record for each real property appeal. Each record must have a corresponding record in the PARCEL file, and the data contained in each APPEAL record contains data specific to the corresponding PARCEL record.
(2) The APPEAL file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated PARCEL, LAND, IMPROVE, DWELLING, BUILDING, and BLDDETL files.
(3) Primary Key for the APPEAL file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the APPEAL file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the APPEAL table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(B) Appeal Instance Number. The Appeal Detail Instance Number must be unique to a Parcel Number and Parcel Instance in the APPEAL file, No duplicate Appeal Instance Numbers are allowed for a given Parcel Number.
(4) Foreign Key to the PARCEL file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the APPEAL table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Parcel Number  25  25  Parcel number must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-1 and match the associated records in the PARCEL Data File(s). May be many to one relationship with the PARCEL file. 
Appeal Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple appeal records for the same parcel. Note: the combination of Parcel Number and the Appeal Instance Number identifies a unique record within the county's APPEAL file. 
Reason for Change (Appeal Form Number)  29  31  Identify the form number used to submit an appeal. 
Grounds for Appeal Code  32  32  Identify grounds for the appeal. Refer to code list 45. 
Original Value  33  44  12  The original value of the property. 
Revised Value  45  56  12  The revised value of the property. 
Date of Revision  57  66  10  Date the revised value was applicable. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Petitioner's Name  67  146  80  Complete name of appeal petitioner. 
Petitioner's Address or P.O. Box  147  206  60  Full street address or P.O. box for of petitioner. 
Petitioner's Address City  207  236  30  City for of petitioner. 
Petitioner's Address State or Province or Territory  237  266  30  State/province/territory for of petitioner. 
Petitioner's Postal ZIP Code  267  276  10  U.S. postal ZIP code or country code for of petitioner address. Primary format xxxxx-xxxx for U.S. 
Petitioner's Country  277  279  Country for of petitioner. See code list 62. 
Date Appeal was Filed  280  289  10  Date the appeal was filed. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Date the Board of Review Mailed the Determination to the Taxpayer  290  299  10  Date the PTABOA board mailed the final determination to the taxpayer. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Adjustment to Assessment File (Y/N)  300  300  Identify if an adjustment was made to the associated PARCEL file(s) submitted to the department at the same time. 
Appeal Done Before Bill (Y/N)  301  301  Identify if the appeal was processed before the bill was sent to the taxpayer. 

(i) SALES DISCLOSURE SUBMISSION FILE (1 record per sales disclosure) - Filename = SALEDISC:
(1) The SALEDISC file contains one (1) record for each real property sales disclosure submitted to the county for processing. All sales records must be verified and validated for ratio study consideration prior to submission to the department. Each record combination of the SALEDISC, SDISCADDCI, SDISCADDAR, SALECONTAC and SALEPARCEL files must have a corresponding record in the PARCEL file.
(2) If a county utilizes the State Online Sales Disclosure Application to handle its sales disclosures, it does not need to submit the SALEDISC, SDISCADDCI, SDISCADDAR, SALECONTAC, or SALEPARCEL files as all this data is online and available to the department and legislative services agency. If a county utilizes another vendor to handle its sales disclosure data, it must submit the SALEDISC, SDISCADDCI, SDISCADDAR, SALECONTAC, and SALEPARCEL files together on a weekly basis to the department. The department will then integrate these data files into a central database and make the data available to the legislative services agency.
(3) In weekly data submissions, only those records that are new or have changed since the previous transmission are to be included.
(4) Primary Key for the SALEDISC file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the SALEDISC file:
(A) SDF_ID. The SDF_ID field must be unique within this file.
(5) Foreign Key for the SDISCADDCI file:
(A) SDF_ID. The SDF_ID must match to a corresponding SDF_ID field in the SALEDISC file submitted as part of the same sales disclosure dataset.
(6) Foreign Key for the SDISCADDAR file:
(A) SDF_ID. The SDF_ID must match to a corresponding SDF_ID field in the SALEDISC file submitted as part of the same sales disclosure dataset.
(5) (7) Foreign Key to the SALEPARCEL file:
(A) SDF_ID. Each SDF_ID value in the SALEDISC table must match a minimum of one (1) record in the SALEPARCEL file for the calendar year.
(6) (8) Foreign Key to the SALECONTAC file:
(A) SDF_ID. Each SDF_ID value in the SALEDISC table must match a minimum of three (3) records (one (1) Seller, one (1) Buyer, and one (1) Preparer) in the SALECONTAC file for the calendar year.
(9) Information entered for D3_Planned_Use is considered confidential as authorized under IC 5-14-3-4(a).
(10) Information entered for F3_Planned_Use is considered confidential as authorized under IC 5-14-3-4(a).
(11) Information entered for the following fields is confidential under IC 6-1.1-35-9:
(A) G2_Existing_Business.
(B) G3_Liquor_License.
(C) G4_Portfolio_Sale.
(D) G5_Leased.
(E) G6_Abatement.
(F) G7_Appraisal.
(G) G7_Appraial_Value.
(H) G8_TIF_District.
(I) G9_Financing_Cash.
(J) G9_Financing_Seller_Finan.
(K) G9_Financing_Construction.
(L) G9_Financing_Mortgage.
(M) G9_Financing_Leaseback.
(N) G9_Financing_Small_Busi.
(O) G10_Marketed_Word.
(P) G10_Marketed_Broker.
(Q) G10_Marketed_Sign.
(R) G10_Marketed_Buyer.
(S) G11_Special_Relationship.
(T) G11_Special_Foreclosure.
(U) G11_Special_Auction.
(V) G11_Special_Trade.
(W) G11_Special_Partial.
(X) G12_PersProp.
(Y) G13_IntangiblePersProp.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
SDF_ID  16  16  Unique number for all SDF files logged into the system. Format = "C" + County Number + Sales Year + Unique SDF record ID (e.g., "C02-2008-0000001"). Foreign key to SALECONTACT SALECONTAC and SALEPARCEL files. 
County_ID  17  18  State county ID number. Left pad with zero as necessary. 
County_Name  19  43  25  State designated county name. 
B1_Valuable_Consider  44  44  Buyer is purchasing the property for valuable consideration A transfer of real property interest for valuable consideration (Y/N). 
B2_Buyer_Adjacent  45  45  Buyer is an adjacent property owner (Y/N). 
B3_Vacant_Land  46  46  Vacant land (No structures on land) (Y/N). 
B4_Trade  47  47  Exchange for other real property ("Trade") (Y/N). 
B4_Trade_Assessor  48  48  1  A  Exchange for other real property ("Trade") as corrected by county assessor (Y/N). 
B4_Trade_Parcel  48  65  18  N  The state 18-digit parcel number of traded property. Only populate if B4_Trade = Y. 
B5_Seller_Points  49  49  1  A  Seller paid points (Y/N). 
B6_Primary_Change  50  50  1  A  Change planned in the primary use of the property (Y/N). 
B7_Relationship  51  51  1  A  Existence of family or business relationship between buyer and seller (Y/N). 
B8 B5_Land_Contract  52 66  52 66  Land contract (Y/N). 
B8 B5_Land_Contract_Term  53 67  56 75  4 9  N A  Contract term (in years). Format yyyy – yyyy. Only populate if B8 B5_Land_Contract = Y. 
B8 B5_Land_Contract_Date  57 76  66 85  10  Contract date. Format mm/dd/yyyy. Only populate if B8 B5_Land_Contract = Y. 
B9_PersProp  67  67  1  A  Personal property included in transfer (Y/N). 
B10_Physical_Change  68  68  1  A  Physical changes to property between March 1 and date of sale (Y/N). 
B11 B6_Partial_Interest  69 86  69 86  Partial interest (Y/N). 
B6_Partial_Description  87  136  50  A  Describe partial interest. Only populate if B6_Partial_Interest = Y. 
B12 B7_Easement  70 137  70 137  Easements or right-of-way grants (Y/N). (Please note that: (i) public utility/governmental easements; or (ii) rights-of-way that do not transfer fee simple; do not require a sales disclosure form. See the instructions for more information.) 
B13 B8_Court_Order  71 138  71 138  Document for compulsory transactions as a result of foreclosure or express threat of foreclosure, divorce, court order, judgment, condemnation, eminent domain, or probate (Y/N). 
B14 B9_Partition  72 139  72 139  Documents involving the partition of land between tenants in common, joint tenants, or tenants by the entirety (Y/N). 
B15 B10_Charity  73 140  73 140  Transfer to a charity, not-for-profit organization, or government governmental entity or agency (Y/N). 
C1_Sheriff_Sale  141  141  1  A  Sheriff Sale or Tax Sale (Y/N). 
C2_Short_Sale  142  142  1  A  Short Sale (Y/N). 
C3_Quitclaim  143  143  1  A  Quitclaim Deed (Y/N). 
C4_Auction  144  144  1  A  Auction (Y/N). 
C5_Other  145  354  210  A  Describe any other condition that applies to the transaction. 
C6_Multiple_Forms  355  355  1  A  Transaction includes multiple Sales Disclosure Forms (Y/N). 
C6_Form_Total  356  363  8  N  Total number of Sales Disclosure Forms for transaction. Format (SDF Form xx of xx). For example, SDF Form 1 of 5 would be populated as 00010005. Only populate if C6_Multiple_Forms = Y. 
C1 C7_Conveyance_Date  74 364  83 373  10  Conveyance date. Date conveyance document signed. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
C8_Market_Days  374  378  5  N  Number of days the property was on the market. 
C2 C9_Num_Parcels  84 379  87 382  Total number of parcels on this disclosure. (If there is more than one (1) parcel, See Page 5.) 
C10_Residential_Property  383  383  1  A  Type of property included in transaction is Residential (Y/N). (Complete Page 2, Sec. D-E) 
C10_Agricultural_Property  384  384  1  A  Type of property included in transaction is Agricultural (Y/N). (Complete Page 2, Sec. D-E) 
C10_Commercial_Property  385  385  1  A  Type of property included in transaction is Commercial (Y/N). (Complete Page 2, Sec. F-G) 
C10_Industrial_Property  386  386  1  A  Type of property included in transaction is Industrial (Y/N). (Complete Page 2, Sec. F-G) 
C3_Special_Comment  88  342  255  A  Describe any unusual or special circumstances related to this sale, including the specification of any less-than-complete ownership interest and terms of seller financing. 
C4_Relationship  343  343  1  A  Family or business relationship existing between buyer and seller (Y/N). 
C4_Discount  344  357  14  N  Amount of discount. Format 12.2 
C5_Value_PersProp  358  371  14  N  Estimated value of personal property. Format 12.2 
C6_Sales_Price  372  385  14  N  Sales price. Format 12.2 
C7_Seller_Financed  386  386  1  A  Is the seller financing sale? (Y/N). 
C8_Buyer_Loan  387  387  1  A  Is buyer/borrower personally liable for loan (Y/N). Only populate if C7_Seller_Financed = Y. 
C9_Mortgage_Loan  388  388  1  A  Is this a mortgage loan (Y/N) Only populate if C7_Seller_Financed = Y. 
C10_Amount_Loan  389  402  14  N  Amount of loan. Format 12.2 Only populate if C7_Seller_Financed = Y. 
C11_Interest_Rate  403  408  6  N  Interest rate as a percent. Format 2.4 Only populate if C7_Seller_Financed = Y. 
C12_Points  409  422  14  N  Amount in points, principal amount deducted. Format 12.2 Only populate if C7_Seller_Financed= Y. 
C13_Amortization_Period  423  425  3  N  Amortization period preferred in years. Format 3.0 Only populate if C7_Seller_Financed = Y. 
D_Confidential_Use  387  387  1  A  Information contained in question 3 is confidential and nondisclosable under IC 5-14-3-4 (Y/N). 
D1_Physical_Change  388  388  1  A  Physical changes to the property between January 1 and date of sale (Y/N). 
D1_Physical_Change_Desc  389  436  48  A  Describe physical changes to the property between January 1 and date of sale. Only populate if D1_Physical_Change = Y. 
D2_Res_Rental  437  437  1  A  Property is a residential rental property (Y/N). 
D3_Planned_Use  438  597  160  A  Describe the planned use of the property. 
E1_Sales_Price  598  611  14  N  Sales price. Format 12.2. 
E2_PersProp  612  625  14  N  Personal property included in the transfer. Format 12.2. 
E3_Seller_Points  626  639  14  N  Seller paid points/closing costs. Format 12.2. 
E4_Relationship_Discount  640  653  14  N  Amount of discount (if any) based on existence of family or business relationship between the buyer and the seller. Format 12.2. 
E5_Ownership_Interest  654  701  48  A  Describe any less-than-complete ownership interest and terms of seller financing. 
E6_Seller_Financed  702  702  1  A  Is the seller financing the sale? (Y/N). (If yes, answer questions 7-8). 
E7_Buyer_Loan  703  703  1  A  Is the buyer/borrower personally liable for the loan? (Y/N). Only populate if E6_Seller_Financed = Y. 
E8_Mortgage_Loan  704  704  1  A  Is this a mortgage loan? (Y/N). Only populate if E6_Seller_Financed = Y. 
E9_Appraisal_Value  705  705  1  A  Was an appraisal done? (Y/N). 
F_Confidential_Use  706  706  1  A  Information contained in question 3 is confidential and nondisclosable under IC 5-14-3-4 (Y/N). 
F1_Physical_Change  707  707  1  A  Physical changes to the property between January 1 and date of sale (Y/N). 
F1_Physical_Change_Desc  708  755  48  A  Describe physical changes to the property between January 1 and date of sale. Only populate if F1_Physical_Change = Y. 
F2_Res_Rental  756  756  1  A  Property is a residential rental property (Y/N). 
F3_Planned_Use  757  916  160  A  Describe the planned use of the property. 
G_Confidential_Finance  917  917  1  A  Information contained in questions 2-13 is confidential and nondisclosable under IC 5-14-3-4 and IC 6-1.1-35-9 (Y/N). 
G1_Sales_Price  918  931  14  N  Sales price. Format 12.2. 
G2_Existing_Business  932  932  1  A  Sale price included an existing business? (Y/N). 
G3_Liquor_License  933  933  1  A  Sale price included a liquor license? (Y/N). 
G4_Portfolio_Sale  934  934  1  A  Transaction was part of a portfolio sale? (Y/N). 
G5_Leased  935  935  1  A  Any part of the property was leased at the time of sale? (Y/N). 
G6_Abatement  936  936  1  A  Sale included property receiving an abatement? (Y/N). 
G7_Appraisal  937  937  1  A  Appraisal was completed for the sale? (Y/N). 
G7_Appraisal_Value  938  951  14  N  Appraisal value. Format 12.2. Only populate if G7_Appraisal = Y. 
G8_TIF_District  952  952  1  A  Sale included property in a TIF District? (Y/N). 
G9_Financing_Cash  953  953  1  A  How was the sale financed? All cash? (Y/N). 
G9_Financing_Seller_Finan  954  954  1  A  How was the sale financed? Seller financing? (Y/N). 
G9_Financing_Construction  955  955  1  A  How was the sale financed? Construction loan? (Y/N). 
G9_Financing_Mortgage  956  956  1  A  How was the sale financed? Mortgage loan? (Y/N). 
G9_Financing_Leaseback  957  957  1  A  How was the sale financed? Sale leaseback? (Y/N). 
G9_Financing_Small_Busi  958  958  1  A  How was the sale financed? Small business loan? (Y/N). 
G10_Marketed_Word  959  959  1  A  How was the property marketed? Word of mouth? (Y/N). 
G10_Marketed_Broker  960  960  1  A  How was the property marketed? Listed with broker? (Y/N). 
G10_Marketed_Sign  961  961  1  A  How was the property marketed? For sale sign? (Y/N). 
G10_Marketed_Buyer  962  962  1  A  How was the property marketed? Buyer approached? (Y/N). 
G11_Special_Relationship  963  963  1  A  Sale was between same business entity? (Y/N). 
G11_Special_Foreclosure  964  964  1  A  Sale was in lieu of foreclosure? (Y/N). 
G11_Special_Auction  965  965  1  A  Sold at auction? (Y/N). 
G11_Special_Trade  966  966  1  A  Sale included a trade of equipment or services? (Y/N). 
G11_Special_Partial  967  967  1  A  Sale of partial interest? (Y/N). 
G12_PersProp  968  981  14  N  Value of personal property included. Format 12.2. 
G13_IntangiblePersProp  982  995  14  N  Value of intangible personal property included. Format 12.2. 
F1 J1_Primary_Residence  426 996  426 996  Will this property be the buyer's primary residence? If no, provide complete address of primary residence, including county (Y/N). 
F1_CountyNumber  427  428  2  A  State designated county ID for county of primary residence. Left pad with zero as necessary. 
F1_Street1  429  488  60  A  Primary residence street address 1. 
F1_City  489  518  30  A  Primary residence address city. 
F1_State  519  520  2  A  Primary residence address state. 
F1_PostalCode  521  530  10  A  Primary residence address zip code. 
F1_County  531  555  25  A  Primary residence address county. 
F2 J2_Vacated_Homestead  556 997  556 997  Does the buyer have a homestead to be vacated for this residence? If yes, provide complete address of residence vacating, including county (Y/N). 
F2 J2_CountyNumber  557 998  558 999  State designated county ID for county of vacated residence. Left pad with zero as necessary. 
F2 J2_Street1  559 1000  618 1059  60  Vacated street address 1. 
F2 J2_City  619 1060  648 1089  30  Vacated address city. 
F2 J2_State  649 1090  650 1091  Vacated address state. 
F2_PostalCode J2_ZIPCode  651 1092  660 1101  10  Vacated address ZIP code. 
F2 J2_County  661 1102  685 1126  25  Vacated address county name. 
F3 J3_Homestead  686 1127  686 1127  Application for homestead deduction (Y/N). 
F4 J4_Solar  687 1128  687 1128  Application for solar energy heating or cooling system deduction (Y/N). 
F5 J5_Wind  688 1129  688 1129  Application for wind power device deduction (Y/N). 
F6 J6_Hydroelectric  689 1130  689 1130  Application for hydroelectric device deduction (Y/N). 
F7 J7_Geothermal  690 1131  690 1131  Application for geothermal heating or cooling device deduction (Y/N). 
F8_Res_Rental  691  691  1  A  Is this property a residential rental property? (Y/N). 
P2_10_Physical_Changes  692 1132  1191 1381  500

250 
Identify physical changes to property between March 1 the assessment date and the date of sale. 
P2_11_Form_Complete  1192 1382  1192 1382  Is form completed? (Y/N). 
P2_12_Fee_Required  1193 1383  1193 1383  Sales State sales disclosure fee required (Y/N). 
P2_13_Date_Sale  1194 1384  1203 1393  10  Date of sale. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
P2_14_Date_Received  1204 1394  1213 1403  10  Date form received. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
P2_15_Special_Circum  1214 1404  1713 1903  500  If applicable, identify any additional special circumstances relating to validation of sale. 
P2_16_Valid_Trending  1714 1904  1714 1904  Sale valid for trending (Y/N). 
P2_17_Validation_Complete  1715 1905  1715 1905  Validation of sale complete (Y/N). 
P2_18_Validated_By  1716 1906  1740 1930  25  Validated by. 
P2_Assessor_Stamp  1741 1931  1741 1931  Verification of county assessor stamp is placed on form (Y/N). 
P3_1_Disclosure_Fee  1742 1932  1745 1945  4 14  Disclosure fee amount collected. State sales disclosure fee amount collected. Format 2.2 12.2. Only populate if P2_12_Fee_Required = Y. 
P3_2_Local_Fee  1746 1946  1749 1959  4 14  Other Local Fee. Format 2.2 12.2. 
P3_3_Total_Fee  1750 1960  1753 1973  4 14  Total Fee Collected. Format 2.2 12.2. 
P3_4_Receipt_Num  1754 1974  1778 1998  25  A/N  Auditor receipt book number. 
P3_5_Transfer_Date  1779 1999  1788 2008  10  Date of transfer. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
P3_6_Form_Complete  1789 2009  1789 2009  Is form completed? (Y/N). 
P3_7_Fee_Collected  1790 2010  1790 2010  Is state sales disclosure fee collected? (Y/N). 
P3_8_Attach_Complete  1791 2011  1791 2011  Attachments complete (Y/N). 
P3_Auditor_Stamp  1792 2012  1792 2012  Verification of county auditor stamp is placed on form (Y/N). 
Unique Sales ID  2013  2028  16  A  Unique number for all sales logged into the system. Format = "C" + County Number + Sales Year + Unique Sales ID (e.g., "C02-2008-0000001"). The Unique Sales ID will be system generated at the time of data entering a sales disclosure form in the system. If a sales transaction has multiple sales disclosure forms associated with it, the transaction will involve multiple SDF_IDs but will only involve one Unique Sales ID. 

(j) SALES DISCLOSURE CONTACT FILE (at least three (3) records per sales disclosure) - Filename = SALECONTAC:
(1) The SALECONTAC file contains a minimum of three (3) records (one (1) Seller, one (1) Buyer, and one (1) Preparer) for each real property sales disclosure submitted to the county for processing as reported in the SALEDISC file.
(2) If a county utilizes the State Online Sales Disclosure Application to handle its sales disclosures, it does not need to submit the SALEDISC, SDISCADDCI, SDISCADDAR, SALECONTAC, or SALEPARCEL files as all this data is online and available to the department and legislative services agency. If a county utilizes another vendor to handle its sales disclosure data, it must submit the SALEDISC, SDISCADDCI, SDISCADDAR, SALECONTAC, and SALEPARCEL files together on a weekly basis to the department. The department will then integrate these data files into a central database and make the data available to the legislative services agency.
(3) In weekly data submissions, only those records that are new or have changed since the previous transmission are to be included.
(4) Primary Key for the SALECONTAC file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the SALECONTAC file:
(A) SDF_ID. Unique number for all SDF files logged into system.
(B) Contact_Instance_No. Iterative instance of contact information entered for SDF file logged into system.
(5) Foreign Key to the SALEDISC file:
(A) SDF_ID. Unique number for all SDF files logged into system.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
SDF_ID  16  16  Unique number for all SDF files logged into the system. Format = "C" + County Number + Sales Year + Unique SDF record ID (e.g., "C02-2008-0000001"). Foreign Key to SALEDISC file. 
Contact_Instance_No  17  19  Iterative instance of contact. 
Contact_Type  20  20  Type of contact. Refer to code list 71. 
FirstName  21  50 100  30 80  First Full name for the individual. 
MiddleName  51  65  15  A  Middle name. 
LastName  66  95  30  A  Last name. 
Suffix  96 101  105 110  10  Suffix. 
Title  106 111  145 150  40  Contact title. 
Company  146 151  205 210  60  Company. 
Street1  206 211  265 270  60  Street address 1. 
Street2  266 271  325 330  60  Street address 2. 
City  326 331  355 360  30  Address city. 
State  356 361  357 362  Address state. 
PostalCode ZIPCode  358 363  367 372  10  Address ZIP code. 
Country  373  432  60  A  Address country. 
Phone  368 433  387 452  20  Phone number. 
Extension  388 453  397 462  10  Phone extension. 
EmailAddress  398 463  469 534  72  E-mail Email address. 
Sign_Verified  470 535  470 535  Signature verified as present on form by the assessor (Y/N). 
Email Tax Statement  471  471  1  A  Has the contact indicated they would like to receive tax bills by e-mail (Y/N)? Only required for "Contact_Type" of B, and if this field is "Y", the field "EmailAddress" must not be null. 

(k) SALES DISCLOSURE PARCEL FILE (at least one (1) record per sales disclosure) - Filename = SALEPARCEL:
(1) The SALEPARCEL file contains a minimum of one (1) record for each real property sales disclosure submitted to the county for processing as reported in the SALEDISC file. Each record must have a corresponding record in the PARCEL file, and the data contained in each SALEPARCEL record contains data specific to the corresponding PARCEL record.
(2) If a county utilizes the State Online Sales Disclosure Application to handle its sales disclosures, it does not need to submit the SALEDISC, SDISCADDCI, SDISCADDAR, SALECONTAC, or SALEPARCEL files as all this data is online and available to the department and legislative services agency. If a county utilizes another vendor to handle its sales disclosure data, it must submit the SALEDISC, SDISCADDCI, SDISCADDAR, SALECONTAC, and SALEPARCEL files together on a weekly basis to the department. The department will then integrate these data files into a central database and make the data available to the legislative services agency.
(3) In weekly data submissions, only those records that are new or have changed since the previous transmission are to be included.
(4) Primary Key for the SALEPARCEL file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the SALEPARCEL file:
(A) SDF_ID. Unique number for all SDF files logged into system.
(B) Parcel_Instance_No. Iterative instance of contact information entered for SDF file logged into system.
(5) Foreign Key to the SALEDISC file:
(A) SDF_ID. Unique number for all SDF files logged into system.
(6) Foreign Key to the PARCEL file:
(A) A1_Parcel_Number. Each A1_Parcel_Number must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file for the assessment year.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
SDF_ID  16  16  Unique number for all SDF files logged into the system. Format = "C" + County Number + Sales Year + Unique SDF record ID (e.g., "C02-2008-0000001"). Foreign Key to SALEDISC file. 
Parcel_Instance_No  17  19  Iterative instance of parcel. 
A1_Parcel_Number  20  37  18  State designated 18 digit parcel ID (no dots and dashes). 
A1_Subdiv_Name  38  87  50  Subdivision name. 
A1_Subdiv_Lot_Num  88  92  Subdivision lot number. 
A2_Split  93  93  Parcel is a split (Y/N). 
A3_Land  94  94  Parcel is land only (Y/N). 
A4_Improvement  95  95  Parcel has at least one improvement (Y/N). 
A5_Street1  96  155  60  Property street address 1. 
A5_City  156  185  30  Property address city. 
A5_State  186  187  Property address state. 
A5_PostalCode A5_ZIPCode  188  197  10  Property address ZIP code. 
A6_Street1  198  257  60  Mailing street address 1. 
A6_City  258  287  30  Mailing address city. 
A6_State  288  289  Mailing address state. 
A6_PostalCode A6_ZIPCode  290  299  10  Mailing address ZIP code. 
A7_Legal_Description  300  799  500  Legal description of parcel. 
P2_1_Parcel_Num_Verified  800  817  18  Verified state designated 18 digit parcel ID (no dots and dashes) by assessor. 
P2_2_AV_Land  818  829  12  Assessed value of the land for this parcel. Format 12.0. 
P2_3_AV_Improvement  830  841  12  Assessed value of the improvements for this parcel. Format 12.0. 
P2_4_AV_PersProp  842  853  12  Assessed value of depreciable personal property for this parcel. Format 12.0. 
P2_5_Total_AV  854  865  12  Total assessed value of P2_2_AV_Land + P2_3_AV_Improvements + personal property P2_4_AV_PersProp for this parcel. Format 12.0. 
P2_6_Prop_Class_Code  866  868  Property class code for this parcel as defined in code list 1. 
P2_7_Neighborhood_Code  869  878  10  Neighborhood code for this parcel. 
P2_8_Tax_District  879  881  State assigned tax district for this parcel. Left pad with zeros as necessary. 
P2_9_Acreage  882  893  12  Acreage for this parcel. Format 8.4. 
F3 J3_Homestead_Verified  894  894  Auditor verified homestead deduction (Y/N). 
F4 J4_Solar_Verified  895  895  Auditor verified solar energy heating or cooling system deduction (Y/N). 
F5 J5_Wind_Verified  896  896  Auditor verified wind power device deduction (Y/N). 
F6 J6_Hydroelectric_Verified  897  897  Auditor verified hydroelectric power device deduction (Y/N). 
F7 J7_Geothermal_Verified  898  898  Auditor verified geothermal heating or cooling device deduction (Y/N). 
F8_Res_Rental_Verified  899  899  1  A  Auditor verified residential rental property (Y/N). 

(l) COMMERCIAL/INDUSTRIAL SALES DISCLOSURE ADDENDUM (1 record per sales disclosure addendum) - Filename = SDISCADDCI:
(1) The SDISCADDCI file contains one (1) record for each commercial or industrial property sales disclosure addendum completed by the county.
(2) If a county utilizes the SDISCADDCI file, the record must connect to the original corresponding SALEDISC file.
(3) In weekly data submissions, only those records that are new or have changed since the previous transmission are to be included.
(4) Information entered for D3_Planned_Use is considered confidential as authorized under IC 5-14-3-4(a).
(5) Information entered for the following fields is confidential under IC 6-1.1-35-9:
(A) E2_Existing_Business.
(B) E3_Liquor_License.
(C) E4_Portfolio_Sale.
(D) E5_Leased.
(E) E6_Abatement.
(F) E7_Appraisal.
(G) E7_Appraial_Value.
(H) E8_TIF_District.
(I) E9_Financing_Cash.
(J) E9_Financing_Seller_Finan.
(K) E9_Financing_Construction.
(L) E9_Financing_Mortgage.
(M) E9_Financing_Leaseback.
(N) E9_Financing_Small_Busi.
(O) E10_Marketed_Word.
(P) E10_Marketed_Broker.
(Q) E10_Marketed_Sign.
(R) E10_Marketed_Buyer.
(S) E11_Special_Relationship.
(T) E11_Special_Foreclosure.
(U) E11_Special_Auction.
(V) E11_Special_Trade.
(W) E11_Special_Partial.
(X) E12_PersProp.
(Y) E13_IntangiblePersProp.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
SDF_ID  1  16  16  A  Unique number for all SDF files logged into the system. Format = "C" + County Number + Sales Year + Unique SDF record ID (e.g., "C02-2008-0000001"). Foreign key to SALECONTAC and SALEPARCEL files. Must match to a corresponding SDF_ID in the SALEDISC file submitted as part of the same sales disclosure dataset. 
County_ID  17  18  2  A  State county ID number. Left pad with zero as necessary. 
County_Name  19  43  25  A  State designated county name. 
B1_Valuable_Consider  44  44  1  A  A transfer of real property interest for valuable consideration (Y/N). 
B2_Buyer_Adjacent  45  45  1  A  Buyer is an adjacent property owner (Y/N). 
B3_Vacant_Land  46  46  1  A  Vacant land (No structures on land) (Y/N). 
B4_Trade  47  47  1  A  Exchange for other real property ("Trade") (Y/N). 
B4_Trade_Parcel  48  65  18  N  The state 18-digit parcel number of traded property. Only populate if B4_Trade = Y. 
B5_Land_Contract  66  66  1  A  Land contract (Y/N). 
B5_Land_Contract_Term  67  75  9  A  Contract term. Format yyyy – yyyy. Only populate if B5_Land_Contract = Y. 
B5_Land_Contract_Date  76  85  10  D  Contract date. Format mm/dd/yyyy. Only populate if B5_Land_Contract = Y. 
B6_Partial_Interest  86  86  1  A  Partial interest (Y/N). 
B6_Partial_Description  87  136  50  A  Describe partial interest. Only populate if B6_Partial_Interest = Y. 
B7_Easement  137  137  1  A  Easements or right-of-way grants (Y/N). (Please note that: (i) public utility/governmental easements; or (ii)

rights-of-way that do not transfer fee simple; do not require a sales disclosure form. See the instructions for more information.) 
B8_Court_Order  138  138  1  A  Document for compulsory transactions as a result of foreclosure or express threat of foreclosure, divorce, court order, judgment, condemnation, eminent domain, or probate (Y/N). 
B9_Partition  139  139  1  A  Documents involving the partition of land between tenants in common, joint tenants, or tenants by the entirety (Y/N). 
B10_Charity  140  140  1  A  Transfer to a charity, not-for-profit organization, or governmental entity or agency (Y/N). 
C1_Sheriff_Sale  141  141  1  A  Sheriff Sale or Tax Sale (Y/N). 
C2_Short_Sale  142  142  1  A  Short Sale (Y/N). 
C3_Quitclaim  143  143  1  A  Quitclaim Deed (Y/N). 
C4_Auction  144  144  1  A  Auction (Y/N). 
C5_Other  145  354  210  A  Describe any other condition that applies to the transaction. 
C6_Multiple_Forms  355  355  1  A  Transaction includes multiple Sales Disclosure Forms (Y/N). 
C6_Form_Total  356  363  8  N  Total number of Sales Disclosure Forms for transaction. Format (SDF Form xx of xx). For example, SDF Form 1 of 5 would be populated as 00010005. Only populate if C6_Multiple_Forms = Y. 
C7_Conveyance_Date  364  373  10  D  Conveyance date. Date conveyance document signed. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
C8_Market_Days  374  378  5  N  Days the property was on the market. 
C9_Num_Parcels  379  382  4  N  Total number of parcels on this disclosure. (If there is more than one (1) parcel, See Page 5.) 
C10_Commercial_Property  383  383  1  A  Type of property included in transaction is Commercial (Y/N). 
C10_Industrial_Property  384  384  1  A  Type of property included in transaction is Industrial (Y/N). 
D_Confidential_Use  385  385  1  A  Information contained in question 3 is confidential and nondisclosable under IC 5-14-3-4 (Y/N). 
D1_Physical_Change  386  386  1  A  Physical changes to the property between January 1 and date of sale (Y/N). 
D1_Physical_Change_Desc  387  434  48  A  Describe physical changes to the property between January 1 and date of sale. Only populate if D1_Physical_Change = Y. 
D2_Res_Rental  435  435  1  A  Property is a residential rental property (Y/N). 
D3_Planned_Use  436  595  160  A  Describe the planned use of the property. 
E_Confidential_Finance  596  596  1  A  Information contained in questions 2-13 is confidential and nondisclosable under IC 5-14-3-4 and IC 6-1.1-35-9 (Y/N). 
E1_Sales_Price  597  610  14  N  Sales price. Format 12.2. 
E2_Existing_Business  611  611  1  A  Sale price included an existing business? (Y/N). 
E3_Liquor_License  612  612  1  A  Sale price included a liquor license? (Y/N). 
E4_Portfolio_Sale  613  613  1  A  Transaction was part of a portfolio sale? (Y/N). 
E5_Leased  614  614  1  A  Any part of the property was leased at the time of sale? (Y/N). 
E6_Abatement  615  615  1  A  Sale included property receiving an abatement? (Y/N). 
E7_Appraisal  616  616  1  A  Was an appraisal done? (Y/N). 
E7_Appraisal_Value  617  630  14  N  Appraisal value. Format 12.2. Only populate if E7_Appraisal = Y. 
E8_TIF_District  631  631  1  A  Sale included property in a TIF District? (Y/N). 
E9_Financing_Cash  632  632  1  A  How was the sale financed? All cash? (Y/N). 
E9_Financing_Seller_Finan  633  633  1  A  How was the sale financed? Seller financing? (Y/N). 
E9_Financing_Construction  634  634  1  A  How was the sale financed? Construction loan? (Y/N). 
E9_Financing_Mortgage  635  635  1  A  How was the sale financed? Mortgage loan? (Y/N). 
E9_Financing_Leaseback  636  636  1  A  How was the sale financed? Sale leaseback? (Y/N). 
E9_Financing_Small_Busi  637  637  1  A  How was the sale financed? Small business loan? (Y/N). 
E10_Marketed_Word  638  638  1  A  How was the property marketed? Word of mouth? (Y/N). 
E10_Marketed_Broker  639  639  1  A  How was the property marketed? Listed with broker? (Y/N). 
E10_Marketed_Sign  640  640  1  A  How was the property marketed? For sale sign? (Y/N). 
E10_Marketed_Buyer  641  641  1  A  How was the property marketed? Buyer approached? (Y/N). 
E11_Special_Relationship  642  642  1  A  Sale was between same business entity? (Y/N) 
E11_Special_Foreclosure  643  643  1  A  Sale was in lieu of foreclosure? (Y/N). 
E11_Special_Auction  644  644  1  A  Sold at auction? (Y/N). 
E11_Special_Trade  645  645  1  A  Sale included a trade of equipment or services? (Y/N). 
E11_Special_Partial  646  646  1  A  Sale of partial interest? (Y/N). 
E12_PersProp  647  660  14  N  Value of personal property included. Format 12.2. 
E13_IntangiblePersProp  661  674  14  N  Value of intangible personal property included. Format 12.2. 
F1_Physical_Changes  675  924  250  A  Identify physical changes to property between the assessment date and the date of sale. 
F2_Special_Circum  925  1624  700  A  If applicable, identify any additional special circumstances relating to validation of sale. 
F_Assessor_Stamp  1625  1625  1  A  Verification of county assessor stamp is placed on form (Y/N). 

(m) AGRICULTURAL/RESIDENTIAL SALES DISCLOSURE ADDENDUM (1 record per sales disclosure addendum) - Filename = SDISCADDAR:
(1) The SDISCADDAR file contains one (1) record for each agricultural or residential property sales disclosure addendum completed by the county.
(2) If a county utilizes the SDISCADDAR file, the record must connect to the original corresponding SALEDISC file.
(3) In weekly data submissions, only those records that are new or have changed since the previous transmission are to be included.
(4) Information entered for D3_Planned_Use is considered confidential as authorized under IC 5-14-3-4(a).
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
SDF_ID  1  16  16  A  Unique number for all SDF files logged into the system. Format = "C" + County Number + Sales Year + Unique SDF record ID (e.g., "C02-2008-0000001"). Foreign key to SALECONTAC and SALEPARCEL files. Must match to a corresponding SDF_ID in the SALEDISC file submitted as part of the same sales disclosure dataset. 
County_ID  17  18  2  A  State county ID number. Left pad with zero as necessary. 
County_Name  19  43  25  A  State designated county name. 
B1_Valuable_Consider  44  44  1  A  A transfer of real property interest for valuable consideration (Y/N). 
B2_Buyer_Adjacent  45  45  1  A  Buyer is an adjacent property owner (Y/N). 
B3_Vacant_Land  46  46  1  A  Vacant land (No structures on land) (Y/N). 
B4_Trade  47  47  1  A  Exchange for other real property ("Trade") (Y/N). 
B4_Trade_Parcel  48  65  18  N  The state 18-digit parcel number of traded property. Only populate if B4_Trade = Y. 
B5_Land_Contract  66  66  1  A  Land contract (Y/N). 
B5_Land_Contract_Term  67  75  9  A  Contract term. Format yyyy – yyyy. Only populate if B5_Land_Contract = Y. 
B5_Land_Contract_Date  76  85  10  D  Contract date. Format mm/dd/yyyy. Only populate if B5_Land_Contract = Y. 
B6_Partial_Interest  86  86  1  A  Partial interest (Y/N). 
B6_Partial_Description  87  136  50  A  Describe partial interest. Only populate if B6_Partial_Interest = Y. 
B7_Easement  137  137  1  A  Easements or right-of-way grants (Y/N). (Please note that: (i) public utility/governmental easements; or (ii) rights-of-way that do not transfer fee simple; do not require a sales disclosure form. See the instructions for more information.) 
B8_Court_Order  138  138  1  A  Document for compulsory transactions as a result of foreclosure or express threat of foreclosure, divorce, court order, judgment, condemnation, eminent domain, or probate (Y/N). 
B9_Partition  139  139  1  A  Documents involving the partition of land between tenants in common, joint tenants, or tenants by the entirety (Y/N). 
B10_Charity  140  140  1  A  Transfer to a charity, not-for-profit organization, or governmental entity or agency (Y/N). 
C1_Sheriff_Sale  141  141  1  A  Sheriff Sale or Tax Sale (Y/N). 
C2_Short_Sale  142  142  1  A  Short Sale (Y/N). 
C3_Quitclaim  143  143  1  A  Quitclaim Deed (Y/N). 
C4_Auction  144  144  1  A  Auction (Y/N). 
C5_Other  145  354  210  A  Describe any other condition that applies to the transaction. 
C6_Multiple_Forms  355  355  1  A  Transaction includes multiple Sales Disclosure Forms (Y/N). 
C6_Form_Total  356  363  8  N  Total number of Sales Disclosure Forms for transaction. Format (SDF Form xx of xx). For example, SDF Form 1 of 5 would be populated as 00010005. Only populate if C6_Multiple_Forms = Y. 
C7_Conveyance_Date  364  373  10  D  Conveyance date. Date conveyance document signed. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
C8_Market_Days  374  378  5  N  Days the property was on the market. 
C9_Num_Parcels  379  382  4  N  Total number of parcels on this disclosure. (If there is more than one (1) parcel, See Page 5.) 
C10_Agricultural_Property  383  383  1  A  Type of property included in transaction is Agricultural (Y/N). 
C10_Residential_Property  384  384  1  A  Type of property included in transaction is Residential (Y/N). 
D_Confidential_Use  385  385  1  A  Information contained in question 3 is confidential and nondisclosable under IC 5-14-3-4 (Y/N). 
D1_Physical_Change  386  386  1  A  Physical changes to the property between January 1 and date of sale (Y/N). 
D1_Physical_Change_Desc  387  434  48  A  Describe physical changes to the property between January 1 and date of sale. Only populate if D1_Physical_Change = Y. 
D2_Res_Rental  435  435  1  A  Property is a residential rental property (Y/N). 
D3_Planned_Use  436  595  160  A  Describe the planned use of the property. 
E1_Sales_Price  596  609  14  N  Sales price. Format 12.2. 
E2_PersProp  610  623  14  N  Personal property included in the transaction. Format 12.2. 
E3_Seller_Points  624  637  14  N  Seller paid points/closing costs. Format 12.2. 
E4_Relationship_Discount  638  651  14  N  Amount of discount based on existence of family or business relationship between the buyer and the seller. Format 12.2. 
E5_Ownership_Interest  652  699  48  A  Describe any less-than-complete ownership interest and terms of seller financing. 
E6_Seller_Financed  700  700  1  A  Is the seller financing the sale? (Y/N). (If yes, answer questions 7-8). 
E7_Buyer_Loan  701  701  1  A  Is the buyer/borrower personally liable for the loan? (Y/N). Only populate if E6_Seller_Financed = Y. 
E8_Mortgage_Loan  702  702  1  A  Is this a mortgage loan? (Y/N). Only populate if E6_Seller_Financed = Y. 
E9_Appraisal_Value  703  703  1  A  Was an appraisal done? (Y/N). 
F1_Physical_Changes  704  953  250  A  Identify physical changes to property between the assessment date and the date of sale. 
F2_Special_Circum  954  1653  700  A  If applicable, identify any additional special circumstances relating to validation of sale. 
F_Assessor_Stamp  1654  1654  1  A  Verification of county assessor stamp is placed on form (Y/N). 

(l) (n) TRAILER RECORD (the last record in each file):
(1) The TRAILER RECORD must be placed as the last record in each real property assessment file including the PARCEL, LAND, IMPROVE, DWELLING, BUILDING, BLDDETL, APPEAL, SALEDISC, SDISCADDCI, SDISCADDAR, SALECONTAC and SALEPARCEL files.
(2) The format of the TRAILER RECORD must be consistent with the following data format:
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Record ID  10  10  Constant value of TRAILER. 
Total Record Count  11  30  20  Total number of records in the file the excluding header and trailer records. 
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-20-4; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 19. 50 IAC 26-20-5 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-20-5 Personal property data

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 5. (a) HEADER RECORD (appears once per file):
(1) The HEADER RECORD must be placed as the first record in each personal property assessment file including the PERSPROP, POOLDATA, and APPEALPP files.
(2) The format of the HEADER RECORD must be consistent with the following data format:
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Filename  10  10  Name of data file (e.g., PERSPROP or POOLDATA). 
County Number  11  12  State designated county ID (e.g., 23). See code list 59. 
County Description  13  32  20  State designated county name (e.g., LAKE). See code list 59. 
File Format ID  33  37  Constant value of 2017A. This communicates the version of the structure used to create the data. 
County Contact Name  38  77  40  Full name of the individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
County Contact Phone  78  95  18  Complete telephone number of individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract - format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 219-555-5555 44444). 
File Create Date  96  105  10  Date the file was created - format required is mm/dd/yyyy format (e.g., 10/01/2010). 
File Create Time  106  109  Time the file was created - format required is #### in military time (e.g., 1400). 
Assessment Year  110  113  The assessment year specific to the data submission - format required is yyyy (e.g., 2009). 
Pay Year  114  117  The tax payment year specific to the data submission - format required is yyyy (e.g., 2010). 
Software Vendor Company  118  177  60  Full name of the vendor company preparing the data extract. 
Software Package Name and Version  178  237  60  Complete name of the software package along with the version of the software used to build this data extract (e.g., ABC Assessor System Version 1.5). 
Software Vendor Contact Name  238  287  50  Full name of the individual at the vendor who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
Software Vendor Phone Number  288  305  18  Complete telephone number of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract - format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 317-555-5555 44444). 
Software Vendor Contact E-mail Email  306  353  48  E-mail Email of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Help@ABCVendor.com). 
Transmission Description  354  453  100  Description of transmission. Comment field, free text. 

(b) PERSONAL PROPERTY FILE - (appears once per personal property return) - Filename = PERSPROP:
(1) The PERSPROP file contains a record for each personal property return. As required by IC 6-1.1-4-25, the county assessor is required to maintain an electronic data file of the information contained on the personal property returns for each township in the county.
(2) The PERSPROP file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated POOLDATA and APPEALPP files.
(3) Primary Key for the PERSPROP file:
(A) Property Number. The Property Number field must be unique within this file. In compliance with 50 IAC 26-8-2, no duplicate Property Numbers are allowed.
(4) Foreign Key to the TAXDATA file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value must match a valid Property Number in the TAXDATA file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Property Number  25  25  Personal properties must be unique within the county, must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-2, and match the associated TAXDATA Data File(s). Social Security numbers or federal ID numbers may not be used as a Property Number. 
Federal Tax Number  26  37  12  Counties should enter the federal ID number. No Social Security number should be used. 
State-Assigned Township Number  38  41  The state-assigned township number as designated on the county budget order. See code list 61. 
State-Assigned District Number  42  44  The state-assigned tax district number as designated on the county budget order. See code list 60. 
Taxpayer Type Code  45  45  Determination of taxpayer type - either business or individual. Refer to code list 38. 
Property Street Address  46  105  60  Complete street address of property. If no address has been assigned to a vacant lot, identify the full possible address range of the vacant lot. 
Property Address City  106  135  30  City of property. 
Property Address ZIP Code  136  145  10  ZIP code of property. Format xxxxx-xxxx. 
Taxpayer Name  146  225  80  Full name for taxpayer of record. 
Taxpayer Company  226  305  80  Full name for taxpayer company or business. 
Taxpayer Street Address  306  365  60  Street address for taxpayer of record used for tax billing purposes. 
Taxpayer City  366  395  30  City for taxpayer of record address used for tax billing purposes. 
Taxpayer State or Province or Territory  396  425  30  State/province/territory for taxpayer of record address used for tax billing purposes. 
Taxpayer Postal ZIP Code  426  437  12  U.S. postal ZIP code or country code of address, for taxpayer of record. Address used for tax billing purposes. Primary format xxxxx-xxxx for U.S. 
Taxpayer Country  438  440  Country for taxpayer of record address used for tax billing purposes. See code list 62. 
Form Type  441  444  Form number: 102, 103L (long form), 103S (short form). 
Return Type Code  445  445  Indication of whether this return is the original return, forced return, or an amended return. See code list 63. 
AV - Farm Implements and Equipment  446  457  12  Assessed value of farm implements and equipment. 
AV - Business Depreciable Personal Property  458  469  12  Assessed value of business depreciable personal property. 
Principal Business Activity Code  470  475  North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) codes. The six digit NAICS code must be from the code list identified on the form or from the latest code list available for the year identified on the form. 
Taxpayer Economic Revitalization Amount  476  487  12  Amount of economic revitalization deduction as provided on form 103 ERA, as reported by the taxpayer on form 103 Long Form. 
Anonymity from public records request? (Y/N)  488  488  Is there an individual associated with the record who is requesting anonymity from public records pursuant to IC 36-1-8.5? 
Formatted Property Number  489  513  25  Same as Property Number but includes dashes and dots (when applicable). 
Alternate PIN  514  538  25  Local Personal Property Number or Tax ID, including dashes and dots (when applicable). 
Government Owned Property? (Y/N)  539  539  Is personal property government owned property? 
Date of Filing  540  549  10  Date the personal property return was filed in the county assessor's office. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Taxpayer Email Address  550  621  72  Email Address. 
Email Tax Statement? (Y/N)  622  622  Has the taxpayer indicated they would like to receive tax bills by email (Y/N)? If this field is "Y", the field "Taxpayer Email Address" must not be null. 
Reason for Change Code  623  624  See code list 5. 
Status Code  625  625  "C" = Changed. "N" = New. "R" = Retired. 
CTP Deduction Amount  626  637  12  Amount of certified technology park deduction as provided on form 103-CTP. 
Mailing Owner Name 1  638  717  80  Full name of Mailing Owner Name 1. 
Mailing Owner Name 2  718  797  80  Full name of Mailing Owner Name 2. 
Mailing Address Line 1  798  857  60  Mailing Address Line 1. 
Mailing Address Line 2  858  917  60  Mailing Address Line 2. 
Mailing Address City  918  947  30  Mailing Address City. 
Mailing Address State  948  977  30  Mailing Address State. 
Mailing Address Postal ZIP Code  978  989  12  Primary format xxxxx-xxxx for U.S. 
Mailing Address Country  990  992  See code list 62. 
Late Fixed? (Y/N)  993  993  Is filing up to 30 days late? 
Late Calc? (Y/N)  994  994  Is filing beyond 30 days late? 
Late Amount Subject to Penalty  995  1006  12  If Late Calc = Y, the amount equals the AV of the personal property filing. If Late Calc = N, the amount equals the difference between Assessor AV and Taxpayer AV. 
Bank owned? (Y/N)  1007  1007   
BPPE Qualified? (Y/N)  1008  1008   
BPPE Late Filing Fee? (Y/N)  1009  1009   
BPPE Ordinance Filing Fee? (Y/N)  1010  1010   
Personal Property Taxpayer Unique ID Number  1011  1035  25  Unique identifier assigned to personal property filer in the personal property assessment system as a means to uniquely identify in the event the filer has multiple filings within the county. Identifier must be unique within the county, Social Security numbers or federal ID numbers may not be used as unique identifier. 

(c) POOL DATA FILE - (appears 0, 1, or many times per personal property instance) - Filename = POOLDATA:
(1) The POOLDATA file contains a single record for each line of the schedule containing the pool data values for which data has been entered, as reported on the personal property return corresponding to the PERSPROP file.
(2) The POOLDATA file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated PERSPROP and APPEALPP files.
(3) POOLDATA records containing null or 0 values for all amounts should not be provided in data submissions to the department. and legislative services agency.
(4) POOLDATA record content is CONFIDENTIAL and must be administered by the county as CONFIDENTIAL records, with appropriate security.
(5) Primary Key for the POOLDATA file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the POOLDATA file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the POOLDATA table must match a valid Property Number in the PERSPROP file.
(B) Pool Data Instance Number. The Pool Data Instance Number must be unique to a Property Number within this file. No duplicate Pool Data Instance Numbers are allowed for a given Property Number.
(6) Foreign Key to the PERSPROP file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the POOLDATA table must match a valid Property Number in the PERSPROP file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Property Number  25  25  Personal properties must be unique within the county, must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-2, and match a Property Number in the PERSPROP Data File. Social Security numbers and federal ID numbers may not be used as a Property Number. 
Pool Data Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple pool records for the personal property return. Note: the combination of Property Number and Pool Data Instance Number identifies a unique record within this file. 
Pool Number  29  29  Number of the pool table section in Schedule A. 
Acquisition Start Date  30  39  10  Acquisition start date for property. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Acquisition End Date  40  49  10  Acquisition end date for property. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Total Cost (or Base Year Value)  50  61  12  Total cost of property or base year value of property. 
Adjusted Cost  62  73  12  Column C Adjusted Cost for the Personal Property Return Forms 102 and 103 Long. No value will be present for Personal Property Return Form 103 Short. 
True Tax Value  74  85  12  Column D True Tax Value for the Personal Property Return Forms 102 and 103 Long. Found in Column B True Tax Value for Personal Property Return Form 103 Short. 

(d) PERSONAL PROPERTY APPEALS TRACKING FILE (0, 1, or many records per personal property instance) - Filename = APPEALPP:
(1) The APPEALPP file contains one (1) record for each personal property appeal. Each record must have a corresponding record in the PERSPROP file, and the data contained in each APPEALPP record contains data specific to the corresponding PERSPROP record.
(2) The APPEALPP file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated PERSPROP and POOLDATA files.
(3) Primary Key for the APPEALPP file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the APPEALPP file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the APPEALPP table must match a valid Property Number in the PERSPROP file.
(B) Appeal for Personal Property Instance Number. The Appeal for Personal Property Instance Number must be unique to a Property Number within this file. No duplicate Appeal for Personal Property Instance Numbers are allowed for a given Property Number.
(4) Foreign Key to the PERSPROP file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the APPEALPP table must match a valid Property Number in the PERSPROP file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Property Number  25  25  Personal properties, including oil, gas, rail, and utility, must be unique within the county, must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-2, and match a Property Number in the PERSPROP Data File(s). Social Security numbers or federal ID numbers may not be used as a Property Number. 
Appeal for Personal Property Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple records for the personal property appeals. Note: the combination of Property Number, Personal Property Instance Number, and Appeal for Personal Property Instance Number identifies a unique record within this file. 
Reason for Change (Appeal Form Number)  29  31  Identify the form number used to submit an appeal. 
Grounds for Appeal Code  32  32  Identify grounds for the appeal. Refer to code list 45. 
Original Value  33  44  12  The original value of the property. 
Revised Value  45  56  12  The revised value of the property. 
Date of Revision  57  66  10  Date the revised value was applicable. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Petitioner's Name  67  146  80  Complete name of appeal petitioner. 
Petitioner's Address or P.O. Box  147  206  60  Full street address or P.O. box of petitioner. 
Petitioner's Address City  207  236  30  City of petitioner. 
Petitioner's Address State or Province or Territory  237  266  30  State/province/territory for petitioner. 
Petitioner's Postal ZIP Code  267  276  10  U.S. postal ZIP code or country code of petitioner address. Primary format xxxxx-xxxx for U.S. 
Petitioner's Country  277  279  Country for petitioner. See code list 62. 
Date Appeal was Filed  280  289  10  Date the appeal was filed. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Date the Board of Review Mailed the Determination to the Taxpayer  290  299  10  Date the PTABOA board mailed the final determination to the taxpayer. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Adjustment to Assessment File (Y/N)  300  300  Identify if an adjustment was made to the associated PERSPROP file(s) submitted to the department at the same time. 
Appeal Done Before Bill (Y/N)  301  301  Identify if the appeal was processed before the bill was sent to the taxpayer. 

(e) TRAILER RECORD (appears once per file):
(1) The TRAILER RECORD must be placed as the last record in each personal property assessment file including the PERSPROP, POOLDATA, and APPEALPP files.
(2) The format of the TRAILER RECORD must be consistent with the following data format:
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Record ID  10  10  Constant value of TRAILER. 
Total Record Count  11  30  20  Total number of records in the file excluding header and trailer records. 
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-20-5; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 20. 50 IAC 26-20-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-20-6 Annually assessed mobile homes

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 6. (a) HEADER RECORD (appears once per file):
(1) The HEADER RECORD must be placed as the first record in each annually assessed mobile home file including the MOBILE and APPEALMH files.
(2) The format of the HEADER RECORD must be consistent with the following data format:
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Filename  10  10  Name of data file (e.g., MOBILE or APPEALMH). 
County Number  11  12  State designated county ID (e.g., 23). See code list 59. 
County Description  13  32  20  State designated county name (e.g., LAKE). See code list 59. 
File Format ID  33  37  Constant value of 2017A. This communicates the version of the structure used to create the data. 
County Contact Name  38  77  40  Full name of the individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
County Contact Phone  78  95  18  Complete telephone number of individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract - format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 219-555-5555 44444). 
File Create Date  96  105  10  Date the file was created - format required is mm/dd/yyyy format (e.g., 10/01/2010). 
File Create Time  106  109  Time the file was created - format required is #### in military time (e.g., 1400). 
Assessment Year  110  113  The assessment year and pay year specific to the data submission - format required is yyyy (e.g., 2010). 
Pay Year  114  117  The tax payment year and assessment year specific to the data submission - format required is yyyy (e.g., 2010). 
Software Vendor Company  118  177  60  Full name of the vendor company preparing the data extract. 
Software Package Name and Version  178  237  60  Complete name of the software package along with the version of the software used to build this data extract (e.g., ABC Assessor System Version 1.5). 
Software Vendor Contact Name  238  287  50  Full name of the individual at the vendor who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
Software Vendor Phone Number  288  305  18  Complete telephone number of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract - format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 317-555-5555 44444). 
Software Vendor Contact E-mail Email  306  353  48  E-mail Email of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Help@ABCVendor.com). 
Transmission Description  354  453  100  Description of transmission. Comment field, free text. 

(b) PERSONAL PROPERTY - ANNUALLY ASSESSED MOBILE HOMES FILE - Filename = MOBILE:
(1) The MOBILE file contains records for annually assessed mobile homes.
(2) The MOBILE file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor on or before March 1 of the year of assessment and billing and must be submitted with the associated APPEALMH file. County assessors are responsible for delivery of the data to the department. and the legislative services agency.
(3) Primary Key for the MOBILE file:
(A) Property Number. The Property Number field must be unique within this file. In compliance with 50 IAC 26-8-2, no duplicate Property Numbers are allowed.
(4) Foreign Key to the TAXDATA file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the MOBILE table must match a valid Property Number in the TAXDATA file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Property Number  25  25  Personal properties, including annually assessed mobile home, must be unique within the county, must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-2, and match a Property Number in the TAXDATA Data File(s). Social Security numbers or federal ID numbers may not be used as a Property Number. 
State-Assigned Township Number  26  29  The state-assigned township number as designated on the county budget order. See code list 61. 
State-Assigned District Number  30  32  The state-assigned tax district number as designated on the county budget order. See code list 60. 
Owner Name  33  112  80  Full name of property owner. 
Property Address Street  113  172  60  Street address of property. 
Property Address City  173  202  30  City of property. 
Property Address Postal ZIP Code  203  212  10  U.S. postal ZIP code or country code of petitioner address. Primary format xxxxx-xxxx for U.S. 
Annually Assessed Mobile Home Year  213  216  This field should contain the year of manufacture of the mobile home. 
Annually Assessed Mobile Home Make  217  241  25  This field should contain the make of the mobile home. 
Annually Assessed Mobile Home Size  242  246  This field should contain the area of the mobile home in square feet. 
AV - Annually Assessed Mobile Home  247  258  12  This field should include the assessed value of the mobile home and all of its appurtenances. 
AV - Eligible for 1% Circuit Breaker Cap  259  270  12  This field should contain the portion of the total mobile home AV that is eligible for the 1% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  271  282  12  This field should contain the portion of the total mobile home AV that is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Subject to 3% Circuit Breaker Cap  283  294  12  This field should contain the portion of the total mobile home AV that is subject to the 3% circuit breaker cap. 
Annually Assessed Mobile Home Park Name  295  334  40  This field should contain the name of the mobile home park where the mobile home is located. 
Anonymity from public records request? (Y/N)  335  335  Is there an individual associated with the record who is requesting anonymity from public records pursuant to IC 36-1-8.5? 
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)  336  355  20   
Mailing Owner Name 1  356  435  80  Full name of Mailing Owner Name 1. 
Mailing Owner Name 2  436  515  80  Full name of Mailing Owner Name 2. 
Mailing Address Line 1  516  575  60  Mailing Address Line 1. 
Mailing Address Line 2  576  635  60  Mailing Address Line 2. 
Mailing Address City  636  665  30  Mailing Address City. 
Mailing Address State  666  695  30  Mailing Address State. 
Mailing Address Postal ZIP Code  696  705  10  Primary format xxxxx-xxxx for U.S. 
Mailing Address Country  706  708  See code list 62. 
Taxpayer Email Address  709  758  50  Email Address. 
Email Tax Statement? (Y/N)  759  759  Has the taxpayer indicated they would like to receive tax bills by email (Y/N)? If this field is "Y", the field "Taxpayer Email Address" must not be null. 
Alternate PIN  760  784  25  Local Personal Property Number or Tax ID, including dashes and dots (when applicable). 
Government Owned Property? (Y/N)  785  785  Is mobile home government owned property? 
Lot #  786  835  50   
Unformatted PIN  836  860  25  Property Number, without dashes and dots. 
Reason for Change Code  861  862  See code list 5. 
Status Code  863  863  "C" = Changed. "N" = New. "R" = Retired. 

(c) ANNUALLY ASSESSED MOBILE HOME APPEALS TRACKING FILE (0, 1, or many records per MOBILE instance) - Filename = APPEALMH:
(1) The APPEALMH file contains one (1) record for each mobile home appeal. Each record must have a corresponding record in the MOBILE file, and the data contained in each APPEALMH record contains data specific to the corresponding MOBILE record.
(2) The APPEALMH file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor on or before March 1 of the year of year of assessment and billing and must be submitted with the associated MOBILE file. County assessors are responsible for delivery of the data to the department. and the legislative services agency.
(3) Primary Key for the APPEALPP file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the APPEALMH file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the APPEALMH table must match a valid Property Number in the MOBILE file.
(B) Mobile Home Appeal Instance Number. The Mobile Home Appeal Instance Number must be unique to a Property Number within this file. No duplicate Mobile Home Appeal Instance Number Numbers are allowed for a given Property Number.
(4) Foreign Key to the MOBILE file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the APPEALMH table must match a valid Property Number in the MOBILE file.
(5) Foreign Key to the TAXDATA file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the APPEALMH table must match a valid Property Number in the TAXDATA file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Property Number  25  25  Personal properties, including annually assessed mobile home, must be unique within the county, must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-2 and match a Property Number in the MOBILE Data File. Social Security numbers or federal ID numbers may not be used as a Property Number. 
Mobile Home Appeal Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple records for mobile home appeals. Note: the combination of Property Number and Mobile Home Appeal Instance Number identifies a unique record within this file. 
Reason for Change (Appeal Form Number)  29  31  Identify the form number used to submit an appeal. 
Grounds for Appeal Code  32  32  Identify grounds for the appeal. Refer to code list 45. 
Original Value  33  44  12  The original value of the property. 
Revised Value  45  56  12  The revised value of the property. 
Date of Revision  57  66  10  Date the revised value was applicable. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Petitioner's Name  67  146  80  Complete name of appeal petitioner. 
Petitioner's Address or P.O. Box  147  206  60  Full street address or P.O. box of petitioner. 
Petitioner's Address City  207  236  30  City of petitioner. 
Petitioner's Address State or Province or Territory  237  266  30  State/province/territory for petitioner. 
Petitioner's Postal ZIP Code  267  276  10  U.S. postal ZIP code or country code of petitioner address. Primary format xxxxx-xxxx for U.S. 
Petitioner Country  277  279  Country for petitioner. See code list 62. 
Date Appeal was Filed  280  289  10  Date the appeal was filed. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Date the Board of Review Mailed the Determination to the Taxpayer  290  299  10  Date the PTABOA board mailed the final determination to the taxpayer. Format mm/dd/yyyy. 
Adjustment to Assessment File (Y/N)  300  300  Identify if an adjustment was made to the associated MOBILE file(s) submitted to the department at the same time. 
Appeal Done Before Bill (Y/N)  301  301  Identify if the appeal was processed before the bill was sent to the taxpayer. 

(d) TRAILER RECORD (appears once per file):
(1) The TRAILER RECORD must be placed as the last record in each annually assessed mobile home file including the MOBILE and APPEALMH files.
(2) The format of the TRAILER RECORD must be consistent with the following data format:
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Record ID  10  10  Constant value of TRAILER. 
Total Record Count  11  30  20  Total number of records in the file excluding header and trailer records. 
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-20-6; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 21. 50 IAC 26-20-7 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-20-7 Oil and gas assessments

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 7. (a) HEADER RECORD (appears once per file):
(1) The HEADER RECORD must be placed as the first record in each oil and gas assessment file including the OILGAS and OILGASALL files.
(2) The format of the HEADER RECORD must be consistent with the following data format:
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Filename  10  10  Name of data file (e.g., OILGAS or OILGASALL). 
County Number  11  12  State designated county ID (e.g., 23). See code list 59. 
County Description  13  32  20  State designated county name (e.g., LAKE). See code list 59. 
File Format ID  33  37  Constant value of 2017A. This communicates the version of the structure used to create the data. 
County Contact Name  38  77  40  Full name of the individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
County Contact Phone  78  95  18  Complete telephone number of individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract - format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 219-555-5555 44444). 
File Create Date  96  105  10  Date the file was created - format required is mm/dd/yyyy format (e.g., 10/01/2010). 
File Create Time  106  109  Time the file was created - format required is #### in military time (e.g., 1400). 
Assessment Year  110  113  The assessment year specific to the data submission - format required is yyyy (e.g., 2009). 
Pay Year  114  117  The tax payment year specific to the data submission - format required is yyyy (e.g., 2010). 
Software Vendor Company  118  177  60  Full name of the vendor company preparing the data extract. 
Software Package Name and Version  178  237  60  Complete name of the software package along with the version of the software used to build this data extract (e.g., ABC Assessor System Version 1.5). 
Software Vendor Contact Name  238  287  50  Full name of the individual at the vendor who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
Software Vendor Phone Number  288  305  18  Complete telephone number of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract - format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 317-555-5555 44444). 
Software Vendor Contact E-mail Email  306  353  48  E-mail Email of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Help@ABCVendor.com). 
Transmission Description  354  453  100  Description of transmission. Comment field, free text. 

(b) OIL AND GAS WELL ASSESSMENTS FILE (0, 1, or many records per parcel) - Filename = OILGAS:
(1) The OILGAS file contains records for individual oil and gas assessed values. One (1) record is required for each single OIL or each single GAS lease in a Tax District. One (1) record may not encompass more than one (1) Tax District or more than one (1) Well Type. A record may cover many wells encompassed by a single lease or multiple leases.
(2) The OILGAS file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor on or before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated OILGASALL file.
(3) Primary Key for the OILGAS file:
(A) Oil and Gas Number. The Oil and Gas Number field must be unique within this file.
(4) Foreign Key to the PARCEL file:
(A) Location. Each Location value in the OILGAS table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Oil and Gas Number  25  25  A unique number to identify the Oil and Gas filing. This number identifies the main filing, which is then allocated to the interest holders. 
Well Type  26  28  Field should include one of "OIL" or "GAS" description. 
Lease? (Y/N)  29  29  Is the oil/gas property a lease? 
Owner or Operator or both? (Y/N/B)  30  30  Is the report filed by the owner or operator or both? (Y/N/B) 
Acreage  31  42  12  Acreage of oil/gas record. Format 8.4 (e.g., 000200001000; Implied: 00020000.1000). 
Average Daily Production (Bbls or MCM)  43  51  Format 7.2 (e.g., 001050050; Implied: 0010500.50). 
Total Assessed Value  52  63  12  Sum of total royalty interest assessment subject to allocation and total working interest subject to allocation. 
Secondary/Stimulated (Y/N)  64  64  Is the oil/gas well secondary/stimulated or not secondary/stimulated? (Y/N) 
Location  65  89  25  The primary real property Parcel Number where this lease is located if available. 
State-Assigned District Number  90  92  The state-assigned tax district number as designated on the county budget order. 
Appurtenance Value  93  104  12  Value of accessories associated with the oil/gas well. 

(c) OIL AND GAS WELL ASSESSMENTS FILE (0, 1, or many records per oil and gas number) - Filename = OILGASALL:
(1) The OILGASALL file contains records for individual oil and gas assessed values. One (1) or many OILGASALL records may exist for each OILGAS record. There may be up to sixty-four (64) records for Working Interest and sixty-four (64) records for Royalty Interest for each OILGAS lease record.
(2) The OILGASALL file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county assessor on or before September 1 of the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated OILGAS file.
(3) Primary Key for the OILGASALL file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within the OILGASALL file:
(A) Oil and Gas Number. Each Oil and Gas Number value in the OILGASALL table must match a valid Oil and Gas Number in the OILGAS file.
(B) Property Number. The Property Number must be unique to an Oil and Gas Number within this file. No duplicate Property Numbers are allowed for a given Oil and Gas Number.
(4) Foreign Key to the OILGAS file:
(A) Oil and Gas Number. Each Oil and Gas Number value in the OILGASALL table must match a valid Oil and Gas Number in the OILGAS file.
(5) Foreign Key to the TAXDATA file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the OILGASALL table must match a valid Parcel Number or Property Number in the TAXDATA file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Oil and Gas Number  25  25  A unique number to identify the Oil and Gas filing. This number identifies the main filing, which is then allocated to the interest holders. 
Property Number  26  50  25  Personal properties, including oil and gas, must be unique within the county, and must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-2. The Property Number identifies a unique record for a certain individual interest owner within this file and must match a Property Number in the TAXDATA data file. 
Interest Type (W/R)  51  51  Working Interest (W) or Royalty Interest (R). 
Oil and Gas Allocation Interest Factor  52  60  Proportion of total interest in the lease. The total of each Interest Type must add to a factor of 1.00. Format 1.8 (e.g., 000015625; Implied 000.015625). 
Calculated Assessment  61  72  12  Field should contain the calculated assessment of the interest for this owner. 
Owner Name  73  152  80  Name of owner. 
Owner Street Address  153  212  60  Street address or P.O. box for of owner. 
Owner City  213  242  30  City for of owner. 
Owner State or Province or Territory  243  272  30  State/province/territory for of owner. 
Owner Postal ZIP Code  273  282  10  U.S. postal ZIP code or country code of address, for owner. Primary format xxxxx-xxxx for U.S. 
Owner Country  283  285  Country for of owner. See code list 62. 
Anonymity from public records request? (Y/N)  286  286  Is there an individual associated with the record who is requesting anonymity from public records pursuant to IC 36-1-8.5? 
State-Assigned District Number  287  289  The state-assigned tax district number as designated on the county budget order. 
Status Code  290  290  "C" = Changed. "N" = New. "R" = Retired. 
Lease  291  340  50   
Legal Description  341  390  50   
Section  391  393   
Township  394  396   
Range  397  399   

(d) TRAILER RECORD (appears once per file):
(1) The TRAILER RECORD must be placed as the last record in each oil and gas assessment file including the OILGAS and OILGASALL files.
(2) The format of the TRAILER RECORD must be consistent with the following data format:
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Record ID  10  10  Constant value of TRAILER. 
Total Record Count  11  30  20  Total number of records in the file excluding header and trailer records. 
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-20-7; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Jan 30, 2013, 12:36 p.m.: 20130227-IR-050120548FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 22. 50 IAC 26-20-8 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-20-8 Real and personal tax data

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5

Sec. 8. (a) HEADER RECORD (first record in each file):
(1) The HEADER RECORD must be placed as the first record in each real and personal tax data file including the TAXDATA and ADJMENTS files.
(2) The format of the HEADER RECORD must be consistent with the following data format:
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Filename  10  10  Name of data file (e.g., TAXDATA or ADJMENTS). 
County Number  11  12  State designated county ID (e.g., 23). See code list 59. 
County Description  13  32  20  State designated county name (e.g., LAKE). See code list 59. 
File Format ID  33  37  Constant value of 2017A. This communicates the version of the structure used to create the data. 
County Contact Name  38  77  40  Full name of the individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
County Contact Phone  78  95  18  Complete telephone number of individual at the county who can answer questions specific to this data extract - format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 219-555-5555 44444). 
File Create Date  96  105  10  Date the file was created - format required is mm/dd/yyyy format (e.g., 10/01/2010). 
File Create Time  106  109  Time the file was created - format required is #### in military time (e.g., 1400). 
Assessment Year  110  113  The assessment year specific to the data submission - format required is yyyy (e.g., 2009). 
Pay Year  114  117  The tax payment year specific to the data submission - format required is yyyy (e.g., 2010). 
Software Vendor Company  118  177  60  Full name of the vendor company preparing the data extract. 
Software Package Name and Version  178  237  60  Complete name of the software package along with the version of the software used to build this data extract (e.g., ABC Assessor System Version 1.5). 
Software Vendor Contact Name  238  287  50  Full name of the individual at the vendor who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Robert Smith). 
Software Vendor Phone Number  288  305  18  Complete telephone number of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract - format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 317-555-5555 44444). 
Software Vendor Contact E-mail Email  306  353  48  E-mail Email of the individual at the vendor's company who can answer questions specific to this data extract (e.g., Help@ABCVendor.com). 
Transmission Description  354  453  100  Description of transmission. Comment field, free text. 

(b) REAL AND PERSONAL TAX DATA FILE (one (1) record per property) - Filename = TAXDATA:
(1) The TAXDATA file contains one (1) record for each property requiring a tax bill to be generated by the county. As required by IC 36-2-9-20, the county auditor is required to maintain an electronic data file of the information contained on the tax duplicate for all real and personal property returns for each township in the county as of each assessment date. This data is used to determine how much property tax was actually billed and to provide a county wide snapshot of property tax billing. Details must agree with the abstract information, also provided to the state. The Abstract and the TAXDATA file should be created at the same time from the same data in order to expedite data compliance.
(2) Those fields and calculations prepared for the TS-1 are to be provided based on the instructions specific to the current year's release of the TS-1.
(3) The TAXDATA file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county auditor on or before March 1 following the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated ADJMENTS file.
(4) All records for real and personal property required to be assessed under IC 6-1.1-11-9 must be included in the real and personal tax data files submitted to the department and the legislative services agency and also must appear in the assessor's real and personal property assessment data submissions. Assessed values must not be supplied for properties that are prohibited from assessment under IC 6-1.1-11-9(b).
(5) Primary Key for the TAXDATA file:
(A) Parcel Number or Property Number. The Parcel Number or Property Number field must be unique within this file. In compliance with 50 IAC 26-8-1 and 50 IAC 26-8-2, no duplicate Parcel Number Numbers or Property Numbers are allowed.
(6) Foreign Key to the PARCEL, LAND, IMPROVE, DWELLING, BUILDING, BLDDETL, and APPEAL files:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the TAXDATA table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(7) Foreign Key to the PERSPROP, POOLDATA, and APPEALPP files:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the TAXDATA table for a personal property return must match a valid Property Number in the PERSPROP and POOLDATA files.
(8) Foreign Key to the OILGAS and OILGASALL files:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the TAXDATA table for an oil/gas assessment must match a valid Property Number in the OILGAS and OILGASALL files.
(9) Foreign Key to the MOBILE and APPEALMH file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the TAXDATA table for a mobile home must match a valid Property Number in the MOBILE file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Parcel Number or Property Number  25  25  The Parcel Number and Property Number must be unique within the file. Real properties must match the state 18-digit parcel number in the Real Property PARCEL File. Parcel numbers must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-1. Property record identifiers for personal properties, annually assessed mobile homes, and oil and gas records, must match the property number in the associated PERSPROP, MOBILE, and OILGASALL data files. Property numbering for these immediately aforementioned property types must adhere to format as defined in 50 IAC 26-8-2
Auditor Tax Identification Number  26  50  25  Unique number designated by the county auditor for each record in the tax billing system. May be system generated. 
Property Type Code  51  51  Property type of record within the tax billing file. See code list 64. 
Taxpayer Name  52  131  80  Full name for taxpayer of record. 
Taxpayer Street Address  132  191  60  Street address for taxpayer of record used for tax billing purposes. 
Taxpayer City  192  221  30  City for taxpayer of record address used for tax billing purposes. 
Taxpayer State or Province or Territory  222  251  30  State/province/territory for taxpayer of record address used for tax billing purposes. 
Taxpayer Postal ZIP Code  252  261  10  U.S. postal ZIP code or country code of address, for taxpayer of record. Address used for tax billing purposes. Primary format xxxxx-xxxx for U.S. 
Taxpayer Country  262  264  Country for taxpayer of record address used for tax billing purposes. See code list 62. 
Property Address Street  265  324  60  Street address of property. 
Property Address City  325  354  30  City of property. 
Property Address ZIP Code  355  364  10  ZIP code of property. Format xxxxx-xxxx. 
Local Tax District Number  365  367  Locally-assigned tax district number. 
State-Assigned District Number  368  370  The state-assigned tax district number as designated on the county budget order. See code list 60. 
State-Assigned Township Number  371  374  The state-assigned township number as designated on the county budget order. See code list 61. 
State-Assigned School Corporation Number  375  378  The state-assigned school district number as designated on the county budget order. 
Late Personal Property Return Penalty  379  392  14  Total amount of late personal property return penalty. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Undervalued Personal Property Return Penalty  393  406  14  Total amount of undervalued personal property return penalty. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Prior Delinquency  407  420  14  Total amount of prior delinquency associated with any type of property record. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Prior Penalty  421  434  14  Total amount of prior penalty associated with any type of property record. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Total Net Tax + Penalty Billed  435  448  14  Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
AV - Total Land  449  460  12  Total assessed value of land. 
AV - Total Improvements  461  472  12  Total assessed value of improvements. 
AV - Total Land and Improvements  473  484  12  Total assessed value of both land and improvements. 
AV - Land Subject To 1% Circuit Breaker Cap  485  496  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is subject to the 1% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Improvements Subject to 1% Circuit Breaker Cap  497  508  12  Portion of AV - Total Improvements that is subject to the 1% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Non-Homestead Residential Land Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  509  520  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to non-homestead residential land and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Non-Homestead Residential Improvements Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  521  532  12  Portion of AV - Total Improvements that is attributable to non-homestead residential improvements and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Commercial Apartment Land Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  533  544  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to apartment land and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Commercial Apartment Improvements Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  545  556  12  Portion of AV - Total Improvements that is attributable to apartment improvements and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Long Term Care Facility Land Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  557  568  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to Long Term Care Facility land and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Long Term Care Facility Improvements Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  569  580  12  Portion of AV - Total Improvements that is attributable to Long Term Care Facility improvements and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Farmland Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  581  592  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to farmland and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Mobile Home Land Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  593  604  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is attributable to mobile home land and is subject to the 2% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Land Subject to 3% Circuit Breaker Cap  605  616  12  Portion of AV - Total Land that is subject to the 3% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Improvements Subject to 3% Circuit Breaker Cap  617  628  12  Portion of AV - Total Improvements that is subject to the 3% circuit breaker cap. 
AV - Personal Property Local  629  640  12  Assessed value of personal property that is locally assessed. 
AV - Personal Property State  641  652  12  Assessed value of personal property that is state assessed. 
AV - TIF  653  664  12  Allocated AV of property in a Tax Increment Financing (TIF) area. 
Gross Assessed Value of Property This Year  665  676  12  Gross assessed value for the current pay year as reported on the TS-1. 
Net Assessed Value This Tax Year  677  688  12  Total net assessed value for the current pay year as reported on the TS-1. 
Local Tax Rate This Tax Year  689  694  Local gross tax rate for the current pay as reported on the TS-1. Format 2.4 e.g., 012345; Implied: 01.2345. 
Gross Tax Due This Tax Year  695  708  14  Gross tax due for the current pay year as reported on the TS-1. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Local Tax Relief This Tax Year  709  722  14  Total local property tax relief for the current pay year as reported on the TS-1. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Property Tax Cap This Tax Year  723  736  14  Total property tax cap applied for the current pay year as reported on the TS-1. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Total Property Tax Due This Tax Year  737  750  14  Total net tax due for year for the current pay year as reported on the TS-1. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Total Other Charges This Tax Year  751  764  14  Total other charges due for year for the current pay year as reported on the TS-1. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Total Current Year Overdue Taxes This Tax Year  765  778  14  Total current year overdue taxes for the current pay year as reported on the TS-1. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Anonymity from public records request? (Y/N)  779  779  Is there an individual associated with the record who is requesting anonymity from public records pursuant to IC 36-1-8.5? 

(c) ADJUSTMENTS FILE (0, 1, or many records per parcel or property) - Filename = ADJMENTS:
(1) The ADJMENTS file contains a record for each adjustment made for every tax record contained in the TAXDATA file. Adjustments may be in the form of a credits, deductions, or exemptions. Each record contained in the ADJMENTS file must link back to the TAXDATA file via the Parcel Number/Property Number field. Credit, deduction, or exemption amounts must be within valid ranges.
(2) The ADJMENTS file must be submitted to the department and the legislative services agency by the county auditor on or before March 1 following the year of assessment and must be submitted with associated TAXDATA file.
(3) Primary Key for the ADJMENTS file: The combination of the following fields must be unique within this file:
(A) Parcel Number or Property Number. Each Parcel Number or Property Number value in the ADJMENTS table must match a valid Parcel Number or Property Number in the TAXDATA file.
(B) Adjustment Instance Number. The Adjustment Instance Number must be unique to a Parcel Number or Property Number within this file. No duplicate Adjustment Instance Numbers are allowed for a given Parcel Number or Property Number.
(4) Foreign Key to the TAXDATA file:
(A) Parcel Number or Property Number. Each Parcel Number or Property Number value in the ADJMENTS table must match a valid Parcel Number or Property Number in the TAXDATA file.
(5) Foreign Key to the PARCEL file:
(A) Parcel Number. Each Parcel Number value in the ADJMENTS table must match a valid Parcel Number in the PARCEL file.
(6) Foreign Key to the PERSPROP file:
(A) Property Number. Each Property Number value in the ADJMENTS table must match a valid Property Number in the PERSPROP file.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Parcel Number or Property Number  25  25  ID must match TAXDATA Parcel Number or Property Number field. May be a single TAXDATA record to many ADJMENTS records relationship. 
Adjustment Instance Number  26  28  Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple adjustment records for the same parcel. Note: the combination of Parcel Number or Property Number and the Adjustment Instance Number identifies a unique record within the county's ADJMENTS file. 
Adjustment Type Code  29  29  Single code designating adjustment type. See code list 65. 
Adjustment Code  30  31  Adjustment code assigned to record. Numeric value used to distinguish among multiple adjustment records for the same property. Note: the combination of Parcel Number or Property Number, Adjustment Instance Number, and Adjustment Code identifies a unique record within the county's ADJMENTS file. Refer to code list 37. 
Total Adjustment Amount  32  45  14  Total amount of adjustment. Must equal sum of Adjustment Amounts Subject to 1%, 2%, and 3% circuit breaker caps. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Adjustment Amount Subject to 1% Circuit Breaker Cap  46  59  14  Portion of Total Adjustment Amount that is attributable to AV subject to 1% circuit breaker cap. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Adjustment Amount Subject to 2% Circuit Breaker Cap  60  73  14  Portion of Total Adjustment Amount that is attributable to AV subject to 2% circuit breaker cap. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Adjustment Amount Subject to 3% Circuit Breaker Cap  74  87  14  Portion of Total Adjustment Amount that is attributable to AV subject to 3% circuit breaker cap. Format 12.2 e.g., 00000013000050; Implied: 000000130000.50. 
Starting Year  88  91  The year the adjustment started applied to abatements. 
Number of Years  92  93  The number of years the adjustment is applicable as applied to abatements. 

(d) TRAILER RECORD (the last record in each file):
(1) The TRAILER RECORD must be placed as the last record in each real and personal tax data file including the TAXDATA, and ADJMENTS files.
(2) The format of the TRAILER RECORD must be consistent with the data format below.
Column  Start  End  Length  Type  Comments/Format 
Record ID  10  10  Constant value of TRAILER. 
Total Record Count  11  30  20  Total number of records in the file excluding header and trailer records. 
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-20-8; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Jan 30, 2013, 12:36 p.m.: 20130227-IR-050120548FRA; filed May 9, 2018, 10:00 a.m.: 20180606-IR-050180006FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


SECTION 23. 50 IAC 26-22-2 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

50 IAC 26-22-2 Instructions

Authority: IC 6-1.1-31-1; IC 6-1.1-31.5-3.5
Affected: IC 6-1.1-31.5

Sec. 2. (a) Data format instructions are as follows:
(1) Each file must have a header record and a trailer record in the exact specified format with designated "FILENAME" and the word "TRAILER" in uppercase.
(2) All fields are fixed length.
(3) Left justify all alphanumeric fields.
(4) All numeric fields must have leading zeros if field value does not utilize all available spaces.
(5) Assume no decimal precision for all numeric fields without format clarification.
(6) All decimal precision is implied. For example, for format 3.2, send 12345. It will be read as "123.45".
(7) Yes/No fields must have "Y" or "N".
(8) All date fields must be in mm/dd/yyyy format, and entries must contain a valid date.
(9) All fields that reference a code list should contain a value from the lists provided in the Property Tax Management System Code List Manual. This document is available on the department's website located at www.in.gov/dlgf/
(10) Place a negative sign "-" at the far left of the field for all negative numbers.
(11) Note all format requirements specified at the field level.
(12) When capturing data as designated by a code list, the item must adhere to the designated code list. If a county needs a code list to be modified, they it must notify the department and the legislative services agency for consideration.
(13) Phone number extensions may be replaced with spaces if no extension exists. Format required is ###-###-#### ##### (e.g., 317-555-5555 44444).
(14) Postal ZIP code format is expected to be xxxxx-xxxx. However, the space allocated should accommodate international postal ZIP codes. If no + 4 for the postal ZIP code is available, fill with 0000.

(b) Submission instructions are as follows:
(1) The submission must include data for the entire county. Each file must include all data for all townships.
(2) Data must be submitted on CD-ROM, by e-mail, email, or other designated depository as specified by the department and the legislative services agency at a later date.
(3) Send CD-ROM to:
(A) Legislative Services Agency, Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis, 200 W. Washington St., Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN 46204 Attention: Director, Office of Fiscal and Management Analysis; or
(B) e-mail the dataset to lsa.data@iga.in.gov.
(4) (3) The state will validate that your data submission meets the defined file structure format. In the event that your data submission does not meet the required standards, you will be notified of noncompliance issues and asked to resubmit your data.
(Department of Local Government Finance; 50 IAC 26-22-2; filed Jan 28, 2011, 3:07 p.m.: 20110223-IR-050100165FRA; filed Nov 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA)


LSA Document #19-635(F)
Notice of Intent: 20191204-IR-050190635NIA
Proposed Rule: 20200527-IR-050190635PRA
Hearing Held: June 24, 2020
Approved by Attorney General: October 28, 2020
Approved by Governor: October 30, 2020
Filed with Publisher: November 2, 2020, 8:59 a.m.
Documents Incorporated by Reference: IAAO Standard on Ratio Studies, April 2013; 2021 Real Property Assessment Manual, Department of Local Government Finance; Real Property Assessment Guidelines for 2021, Department of Local Government Finance
Small Business Regulatory Coordinator: Emily L. Crisler, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Local Government Finance, Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Room 1058(B), Indianapolis, IN 46204, (317) 234-8624, emcrisler@dlgf.in.gov

Posted: 12/02/2020 by Legislative Services Agency

DIN: 20201202-IR-050190635FRA
Composed: Apr 30,2024 1:44:04PM EDT
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