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Public Tax Info in AZ

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Real Estate Agent with Homesmart Elite

on the tax records, anybody, could go to the public records and type in the last name of a friend, family member, business associate.

The search would return records of not only every home or every Real Estate purchase ever purchased in Maricopa County under that name, but also the purchase price or sale price, down payment and loan amount (or cash purchase).

Now, if you search the public tax records, a only homes currently owned will appear. To further hide this information, individuals are ( after purchase) quit claiming their interest and changing title to the name of a corporation or LLC.

Thus if you search the name, there will be no searches found. by the way you can still search by property address and information contained in the tax records will appear.

by no means, am I making a political statement either way.

I am fine with either. However, the real question to ask is why was the information so accessible in the first place or maybe why is it much more hidden now?

Either way, I am a supporter of privacy rights. Individuals should have the choice whether or not that anyone but the tax assessor know your personal information.