Scope and Contents This series consists of documents relating to organizations covered under the Disposition of Unclaimed Property Act. Under this Act, “...any person claiming an interest in any property delivered to the state under this article may file a claim to the property or to the proceeds from the sale of property on the form prescribed by the state revenue commissioner.” Unclaimed property may include: (1) wages (2) dividends (3) aggregate items (4) unpaid money orders (5) utility deposits (6)...

Scope and Contents Each year in January the county boards of tax assessors begin to assess the valuation of Real and Personal property of each citizen in their county. When the tax assessors complete these schedules a copy of the digests are sent to the State Revenue Commissioner for his approval. These digests are then transferred to Archives. These published tax digests show the names of the property owners of each county and militia district in the state, and the value of property, minus exemptions, each...

Scope and Contents This series is composed of bound volumes which documents the value of certain types of property in Georgia for the years listed below. This information is presented in a series of schedules which shows the value of this property by date and by county. Information presented in the single year volumes show the breakdown of property valuations by race for the years 1932 to 1966. There are about forty schedules used in these volumes and they generally relate to (1) Real Estate Valuations, (2)...

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This series consists of a single bound volume which documents the amount of inheritance taxes the department collected for the inclusive dates listed below and presents related information which includes the (1) name of deceased in whose name the estate is listed, (2) date of death, (3) address of deceased, (4) date of filing of tax return, (5) date of payment of tax return and (6) amount of tax paid.

Scope and Contents This series contains the annual final and/or informal audit reports, or extracts from them, on the condition of the tax digests of the 159 county tax collectors or commissioners in Georgia and accompanying correspondence. The formal reports are identical to those submitted by Certified Public Accounting firms throughout the nation. The informal reports, on the other hand, are submitted on yellow ledger paper in pencil. The correspondence usually deals with settling discrepancies in totals...

Scope and Contents These returns record the fair market value of all types of property owned by the railroads and other public utility companies in Georgia regardless of whether they actually did business in the state. Evidently, the state taxed only railroad property in 1879 when these records begin, and then through the years successively added: (1) street railroads (later called transit companies) (1890) (2) telephone and telegraph companies (1901) (3) the Pullman Company (1904) (4) railway express...

Scope and Contents These are tax digests for wild or unimproved lands, which were taxed at a lower rate than improved real estate. The digests for each county are arranged by militia district and for each owner of wild lands the following information is shown: (1) name and post office address; (2) the number of acres of land owned; (3) the section, district and land lot number of each parcel; (4) the county where the land is located; and (5) the total value of the land. The form provides space to show the tax...