City of Saginaw, Michigan

The primary function of the Assessing Division is to maintain uniform and equitable property assessments on all tangible real and personal property within the City of Saginaw. Assessing functions are regulated by the State Constitution, Michigan Compiled Laws and The City Charter. Duties include maintaining the City's master records of all property within the city; owners' names and mailing addresses; homestead and transfer affidavits and assessments of tax abated properties. It is also the initial source of the City's land base records and information interfaced to a primary computer system as managed by the Equalizer Assessing program. The division also provides avenues for citizens' appeals of assessments to the Board of Review and Michigan Tax Tribunal.

Property Transfer Affidavit

Effective January 1, 1995, Act 415, Public Acts of 1994, requires the buyer, grantee, or a transferee of any property to file a real estate transfer affidavit Form L-4260, Property Transfer Affidavit . This form must be filed whenever real estate or some types of personal property are transferred, even in the event you are not recording a deed. Read more on our Property Transfer Affidavit page.

Resources - Area Real Estate Resources

Government Information

• SONAR- Saginaw's Online Network of Accessible Records. Look up Property Information, Taxes, Utilities, and more.
• SAGA - Saginaw Area GIS Authority. Includes nearly county-wide data from local assessors and county data.

Saginaw Township
www.saginawtownship.org

Saginaw County
www.saginawcounty.com

Department of Natural Resources
www.michigan.gov/dnr
1-517-373-1250

Saginaw Future
www.saginawfuture.com

Real Estate Information Websites
www.homesofsaginaw.com
www.realtor.com