# tax_jurisdiction # tax_jurisdiction The jurisdictions that govern a property for tax purposes, and the identifier each of them uses for it. The Tax Jurisdiction class captures detailed information about the various tax authorities that govern a property. The question it answers ## Will this close cleanly? Liens, encumbrances, tax position, and association obligations determine whether a transaction completes and on what timeline. Other classes answering this question ## Why it matters The same parcel carries a different identifier in each authority's records — one in the county assessment roll, another in the municipal levy, a third in the school district's file. Holding those identifiers together is what allows three independently published records to be reconciled to one property. ## In practice Jurisdiction boundaries do not follow county lines and do not always follow municipal ones. A parcel can sit inside a fire district and a water management district that each publish separately, which is why the class holds a set rather than a single governing body. ## Properties | Property | Type | Definition | | --- | --- | --- | | `source_http_request` | `object` | HTTP request configuration for retrieving this data. | | `request_identifier` | `string | null` | Identifier value that should be substituted into the source HTTP request to retrieve this specific data. | | `jurisdiction_name` | `string | null` | The name of the tax jurisdiction (e.g., county or city name). | | `jurisdiction_type` | `string | null` | The type of tax jurisdiction. `County``Municipal``School Board``School District``Independent School District``Independent``Special District``Water District``Fire District``Library District``Hospital District``Community College District``Transit Authority``Port Authority``Utility District``Improvement District``State``Federal` | ## Provenance and coverage A record of this class is validated against the same definition whatever jurisdiction it came from, which is what makes two counties comparable without a per-county adapter. A jurisdiction appears below only where a committed configuration serves this class's surface. - Lee, Florida - Palm Beach, Florida - Miami-Dade, Florida - Orange, Florida - Santa Clara, California How a new jurisdiction is brought online