The collection documents the City of Sacramento Assessor’s Office assessment and recording of property valuations within the city, including real property, personal property, corporate property, and levees. Also includes delinquent tax rolls and tax sale records. Records date from circa 1850 to 1965.

The Assessor's Office of the City of Sacramento was established in 1850 by the city charter to record the value of taxable property within the city. The governments of the City of Sacramento and Sacramento County were consolidated from 1858-1863, during which time the city Assessor's Office became the ex-officio Tax Collector. Once the city and county separated in 1863, the Assessor once again became a separate city office until 1894, when it was moved along with four other offices under the Department of Finance. In 1921, the Assessor’s Office was combined with the Collector under the City Controller within the Department of Finance until 1964, when the Assessor-Collector was incorporated into the office of the County Assessor.

916 volumes 15 boxes

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Collection is open for research.