Warren County Genealogical Society Warren County, Ohio Chapter of Ohio Genealogical Society Auditor's Office
(513) 695-1144	406 Justice Drive, Lebanon, Ohio 45036 Hours: 9 AM-4 PM Monday through Friday Driving Directions	wcgs@co.warren.oh.us

Warren County Auditor’s Office

Nick Nelson, Auditor

Location:  406 Justice Dr., Lebanon, OH 45036

Phone: (513) 695-1235

Email: nnelson@co.warren.oh.us

Web Site:  http://www.co.warren.oh.us/auditor/index.htm

Hours: M-F 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM, except holidays

Holdings: The Warren County Auditors office maintains an on-line Property Search feature, which will show current ownership, improvements and aerial maps

http://www.co.warren.oh.us/auditor/property_search/advsrch.asp

Click here for a listed of the elected auditors for Warren County, Ohio.  

These public records are available upon request.  Accounting & payroll records available upon request in their office; earlier years are stored in the controlled section in archives.  However, these records can only be accessed by accounting and payroll personnel because of some of the restricted info such as minor children’s names and social security numbers. 
 

Warren County Auditors

The office of County Auditor was created in 1820 as an appointed position. Prior to this time the county commissioners' clerk performed the function. In 1821 the office was changed to an elected position with a one year term.  The term was increases to four years in 1919. Duties begin at the first of the new year after the election. The County Auditor is the book keeper & secretary for county.  Main duties of the auditor include: annually preparing duplicate tax lists (real estate, personal and classified), maintaining delinquent tax lists and appraising all property every six years.  Other duties include:  certifying al money to county treasury, sealer of weights and measurers, compiling and reporting various statistical reports and enumerations, issuing dog licenses, peddler licenses, et.  The auditor also serves as secretary of the budget commission, secretary of the board of trustees of the sinking fund, and a member of the board of revision.  The Auditor maintains complete records of all board proceedings. 

The county auditor maintains many records, not all of which are public records or retained for very long, but some of which include: Abstracts of Delinquent Tax, Abstracts of House Trailer Tax, Abstracts of Indebtness, Abstracts of Tax, Addition & Deduction Lists, Addition & Subdivision Records, Addition / Correction Orders, Agricultural Statistics, Analysis Records, Animal Claims, Annual Financial Reports, Annual School Reports, Applications for Deductions for Destroyed Property, Applications for Exemption, Appraisals (Inheritance Tax & New Buildings), Appropriation Ledger, Appropriation Resolutions, Assessment Lists, Assessor Bonds & Oaths, Assessors’ Liquor Tax Returns, Assessors’ Returns, Assessors’ Returns for Agricultural Lands, Auditor’s Deed Records, Auditor’s Tax Lists, Automobile Licenses Applications, Bicycle License Records, Blind Relief Papers, Change Backs, Cigarette Traffic Tax Duplicates, Civil War Bounties, Commutation Records, Cosmetic Dealers’ License Applications, Delinquent Land Tax Certificates, Depository Reports, Docket of Bills Filed, Dog & Kennel License Registers, Dog License Applications, Enumeration of Deaf, Dumb, Blind, Idiotic & Insane, Enumeration of Feebleminded, Cripples and Epileptics, Enumeration of School Aged Children, Enumeration of Soldiers and Sailors, Estate Tax Records (Inheritance Tax), Exempt Personal Property Lists, Exempt Real Property Lists, Exemptions from Military Service, Forfeited Lands & Lots (Forfeited Land Sales), Forfeited Recognizances, Free Turnpike Road Taxes, Homestead & Disabled Exemption Applications, Index to Tax Maps, Indigent Soldier Burial Records, Industrial Appraisal Records, Journal of Court Warrants Issued, Journal of Payments into the Treasury, Journal of Warrants Issued, Junkyard License Registers, Justice of the Peace Reports, Kennel License Applications, Land Sales (For Delinquent Taxes & Redeemed), Liquor Refund Duplicates, Liquor Traffic Tax Duplicates, List of Drug Dealers, Malt Licenses, Manufacturers, Mines and Labor Misc. Statistics, Militia Rolls, Monthly Financial Statements, Monthly Reports, Mother’s Pension Records, Newspapers, Ohio Resident Investor’s Cards, Oil & Gas Returns, Oil Well Lists, Omitted Taxable Notices, Peddlers License Registers, Personal Property Returns, Practicing Physicians & Lawyers Lists, Public Employees Retirement System Reports, Public Utilities Returns, Quadrennial Assessors Minutes, Quadrennial Land Tax Certificates, Reappraisements, Records of Examination of the Treasury, Records of Fees, Records of Inmates in State Benevolent Institutions, Records of Payment for Children in Homes, Records of Relief Disbursements, Relief Orders, Road Tax Receipts, Road Tax Records, Safe Deposit Box Inventories, School Fund Settlements, School Land Records, School Treasurers’ Report, Settlements (estates, special assessments, township, corporation & village, delinquent tax, personal tax, classified tax, and real estate tax), Sewer Assessments, Show License Applications, Sidewalk Assessments, Soldiers’ Relief Grants, Special Assessment Records, Split Bills, Split Duplicates, Street Assessments, Tax Levies, Tax Lists, Tax Maps (plat books), Tax Notices, Tax Payments in Undertakings, Tax Registers, Township Special Assessment Records, Township Treasurers’ Annual Reports, Tract Number Void Books, Trailer License Applications, Transfer Records, Transfer Slips (Conveyance Fee Forms), Transfer on Affidavits, Treasurer’s Daily Statements, Treasurer’s Monthly Statements, Unclaimed Cost Records, Vendor’s License Applications, and Weights & Measure Inspections.

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