How do you look up a Scottsdale property's owner, value and tax records?

Start with the Maricopa County Assessor's parcel search, which shows the owner of record, the Full Cash Value and the Limited Property Value for a Scottsdale address, and then use the County Treasurer for the tax bill, the County Recorder for recorded documents and the City of Scottsdale for zoning and permits. Each office keeps its own records, so which one you use depends on what you want to know.

I'm Jen Keene, a REALTOR® with eXp Luxury in Scottsdale, AZ, helping people buy and sell homes. If you have an address in mind, I can pull these records with you.

This is general information, not legal or tax advice. The sources below were checked on November 5, 2026, and the offices change their websites, so what you see on screen is the current version.

It is the Maricopa County Assessor's Office. A.R.S. 42-13051 says the county assessor works out who owns or controls each property in the county and sets its full cash value, and the Assessor's own FAQ says the Treasurer's Office, a separate office, calculates and collects the tax. If you searched for a property appraiser in Scottsdale, the Assessor is the office that sets the value used for property tax, and the Assessor's website is where you look it up.

On an Assessor parcel page, the owner section lists the owner name, the mailing address, the deed number and date, and the sale date and sale price. Below that is a valuation table with a row for each tax year showing the Full Cash Value, the Limited Value, the legal class, the assessment ratio, the assessed value and the tax area code. The same page lists the lot size, the lot number, the subdivision description, the school districts and the local jurisdiction, and it has improvement details such as the year built, pool, garage stalls and roof type.

Two parts of that are also in state law. A.R.S. 42-13051 has the assessor determine who owns each property, and A.R.S. 42-15101 has the assessor mail a notice to each owner of record every year stating the full cash value and, if it applies, the limited property value. The deed, sale and improvement details and the tax area code come from the parcel page alone, are given here as that page shows them. The Assessor's Office is the one to ask what the tax area code means.

The Arizona Department of Revenue says every property has a Limited Value and a Full Cash Value, and that property taxes are figured on the Limited Value. The Assessor's valuation notice FAQ says the Full Cash Value is the one an owner can appeal, and that the Limited Property Value is not appealable. How the 5% yearly limit works, and what the official sources say about a sale, are in my post on how Arizona's property tax cap works for a Scottsdale home.

The Assessor's home page has a search box for parcels and addresses, and it links to help pages titled "What is my parcel number?" and "Help! I Can't Find My Parcel!" The Treasurer's home page asks for a parcel or account number and sends you to the Assessor's website for more about parcel numbers. The easiest way is to search the address on the Assessor's site, open the parcel page and copy the parcel number from there.

The Treasurer's home page says you can search by parcel or account number, by name or business name, or by mailing or street address, and it has online payment. The Assessor's FAQ says the notice it mails is not your tax bill, and that the Treasurer's Office calculates and collects the tax. My post on how to look up your Scottsdale property tax bill goes through the steps, the due dates and what to do if you think the value is wrong.

Deeds and other instruments that affect real property are recorded with the County Recorder. Under A.R.S. 33-411, an instrument has to be recorded with the county recorder where the property is located to give notice of its contents to later buyers and lenders, and A.R.S. 11-461 has the recorder keep the records and give each recorded instrument its own identification number. The Maricopa County Recorder's website lists a Recorded Document Search.

What the search shows and what it costs are on the Recorder's site. The Assessor's parcel page shows the deed number and date for the last transfer, so you can use it to find that deed.

The City's Property Information Request page takes an address or an Assessor's parcel number and shows the zoning, the FEMA flood zone, the character area, the parcel area and links to permits and other property records. The City's planning and development records page describes the same lookup, and adds that you can find zoning and district standards, permit and plan review history, and cases, and that Document Search covers permits, certificates of occupancy and site plans. The City says the property information is for general purposes and should not be relied on without field verification.

The City is also where to look if the property is in the Environmentally Sensitive Lands area, which I cover in my post on the ESL ordinance and hillside lots.

Look up the parcel on the Assessor's site and read the owner, the two values and the sale record, then look up the bill at the Treasurer's site, and check the zoning and permit history at the City. If something does not match what the listing or the seller's disclosure says, such as a pool or an addition that is not in the City's permit records, ask about it before your deadline. Here's my guide to buying a home in Scottsdale.

If you have an address in mind and want help pulling these records, get in touch or call me at (480) 203-6605 and I'll go through them with you.