Fulton County Tax Calls Go Better With the SBL

Fulton County gives property owners a handy little code to learn: SBL. It stands for section, block, and lot. The county also calls it the Tax Map Number or Property ID Number, and it appears on assessment rolls, tax rolls, tax bills, and other property documents.

Open the Beacon/Schneider Image Mate map with the SBL or property address. It provides ownership, property inventory, assessed value, and other information, with updates made nightly.

Taxes paid are a separate question. During tax collection dates, Fulton points people to the local tax collector. Outside those dates, county and town tax questions go to the County Treasurer, while city or school tax questions stay with those collectors.

If the question is about the parcel or assessment, keep it with Image Mate and the appropriate property office. If it is about payment, identify the collection date and bill type, then use the local collector or Treasurer split above. Keep the SBL, municipality, roll year, bill type, amount, collector name, and receipt together.

For a full property history, an abstract company prepares a legal abstract. The county lookup is a starting map, not the whole file.