Thank you for visiting the Municipality of Anchorage Real Property Tax Web Site. This web site is designed to make it easier and more efficient for citizens and businesses to obtain Real Property tax account information and a variety of other information relating to property taxes. As with all online resources, we appreciate that many visitors to our site will be concerned about their privacy. The Municipality of Anchorage Tax Section is committed to preserving your privacy when you visit our site.

This policy addresses the collection, security and access to information that may be obtained through the use of the site maintained by the Municipality of Anchorage Tax Section. This policy covers the following topics:

Private Information

We do not collect any personal information unless you voluntarily provide it. Your choice to not participate in this activity will not impair your ability to browse this web site and read or download any general information provided on the site. We do not share, disclose or sell e-mail addresses or phone numbers to other organizations.

Types of private information that are required on this site to make an electronic payment include:

Your credit card number
Your bank account number
Bank routing number

Other types of private information not shared with the general public include:

Your e-mail address
Your mortgage loan number

How Private Information is used

Credit Card and/or Bank Account Number and Bank Routing Number
Personal bank account/credit card information is used for making electronic Real Property Tax Payments through this web site. Such information is not considered public information; it is not retained by the webmaster beyond the date of the transaction.

E-mail
If you send e-mail to us, it will be forwarded to the department appropriate for a response. E-mail is generally recognized as written communication and thereby considered public record. If a request for public information is submitted to the Municipality of Anchorage, most if not all of the information contained in the e-mail, could be released.

If you choose to provide personal information about yourself via e-mail, we will use the information only to respond properly to your request or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. We will not disclose any personal information you decide to provide us, unless disclosure is required by Municipal Code Title 3.90.030.

Please also keep in mind that e-mail is not necessarily secure against third party interception. Bank, financial, personal and private information is not transmitted through the payment confirmation process. If your communication is very sensitive or includes personal information, you may want to contact us by mail or phone instead.

Mortgage Loan Number
Your mortgage loan number is provided to the Municipality by the Mortgage Company strictly for internal use and is only shared between that Mortgage Company and the Municipality of Anchorage.

Forms
If you use one of our forms, your name and comments may be subject to public disclosure. Information provided on such forms is generally considered written communication and may be released subject to guidelines cited in Municipal Code Title 3.90.030.

Phone numbers and e-mail address collected through these forms are to be used only by the department employees to respond to your comments.

Cookies
To better serve you, this web site uses cookies. Cookies are defined as a small text file that carries your computers identification card. The cookies used in this web site do not contain any personal or valuable information. The cookies used by this web site will not be used in any manner that compromises your privacy or security.

Public Information

Types of information on this web site that are public information and can be shared with the general public according to Municipal Code Title 3.90.030 include:

• Your Real Property Tax Identification Number
• Property Ownership
• Mailing Address
• Taxable Value
• Tax Amount
• Payment History:
  • When payment(s) were made
  • What amount(s) were paid
  • Who made the payment(s)
• Delinquent Taxes Owing
• Exemptions
• Foreclosure Proceedings