Maine property records and tax lookups
Who holds it: Municipal assessors (town/city or primary assessing area) value property; State Tax Assessor acts in the unorganized territory1
On this page
Looking up a property and appealing a value
- Appealing a value
- Local board of assessment review if adopted, otherwise county commissioners or county board of assessment review, within 60 days; State Board of Property Tax Review for current-use and certain $1M+ nonresidential property1
- County appeal
- Apply to county commissioners within 60 days where no local board exists2
- Local board appeal
- Local board appeal deadline is 60 days3
More details
- Unorganized territory
- Maine Revenue Services Unorganized Territory section is the local assessor outside organized municipalities4
- Abatement deadline
- Written request to the assessor within 185 days of commitment; municipal officers may act after one year but within 3 years for illegality or error (not valuation)5
- State board
- State Board of Property Tax Review; filing fee $150 for petitions on nonresidential property of $1,000,000 or more; $75 for current-use appeals (tree growth, farm and open space, working waterfront)6
- Property record card
- Property record cards come from the assessor1
- Municipal count
- 482 municipalities plus the unorganized territory4
Related records in Maine
- Deeds: who holds it
- County Register of Deeds: 17 registries for the 16 counties (Aroostook has North and South registries)7
- Deeds: how to search
- Search free online through the county registry site reached from the portal, or use the public computer, books or staff at the registry office8
- Maps: parcel data
- Voluntary organized-town parcels only; no complete statewide layer; many towns over 15 years old9
How Maine handles it
- Property tax is municipal; unorganized territory is state-run. Maine Revenue Services acts as local assessor in the unorganized territory4
Property records in Maine counties with a full guide
The local office, its official online search and its own fee, for each county with a full guide. Local fees can differ from the statewide figures above.
| County | Office | Search online | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Androscoggin County | — | — | — |
| Cumberland County | — | — | — |
| Kennebec County | — | — | — |
| Penobscot County | Municipal assessors10 | — | — |
| York County | — | — | — |
For any other county, see the county list on the Maine guide.
Official copies vs look-alike sites
A certified copy comes only from the office that holds the record; reports and "research copies" sold by commercial sites are not issued by any Maine office. How to tell an official record source from a paid look-alike.
Rules in other states: property and tax records in every state. Everything else in Maine: Maine public records guide.
Sources
Every fact above links to the official page it comes from; all 10 sources were checked on November 4, 2026. Fees and rules change, so check the office's own page before you pay or travel.
- Property Tax Division Bulletin No. 10, Property Tax Abatement and AppealsMaine Revenue Services
- 36 M.R.S. §844 Appeals to county commissionersMaine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- 36 M.R.S. §843 AppealsMaine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- Property TaxMaine Revenue Services
- 36 M.R.S. §841 Abatement proceduresMaine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- 36 M.R.S. §271 State Board of Property Tax ReviewMaine Legislature, Office of the Revisor of Statutes
- Maine Registers of Deeds Association, Statewide Single Web PortalMaine Registers of Deeds Association
- Registry of DeedsFranklin County, Maine
- Maine Parcels Organized Towns FGDB (ArcGIS item record behind the GeoLibrary data catalog)Maine GeoLibrary (Maine Office of GIS)
- Property TaxMaine Revenue Services