Request for Removal of Property Record from the Henry County Tax Assessors' Public Website – Law Enforcement Officers

The Request for Removal of Property Record from the Henry County Tax Assessors' Public Website – Law Enforcement Officers is the Henry County form a law enforcement officer uses to ask for removal of a property record from the Tax Assessors' public website.

The form quotes O.C.G.A § 50-18-78. Under that code section, a local government must remove the personally identifiable information of a law enforcement officer from all property records publicly available on any internet website of the local government within 30 days after receiving a written request. The code section defines personally identifiable information as the residential address or phone number of the individual and, if applicable, of the individual's spouse.

The form identifies the property (parcel ID, owner, property address, personal property account, mailing address), records the officer's agency, and lists what the applicant acknowledges. The most important limits are printed on it: the removal covers only the information on the Henry County Tax Assessors' website, only the property named in the request, and the Henry County Board of Tax Assessors has no oversight of the Tax Commissioner's website, any Governing Authority website or any third-party website.

The county's page for this form describes it as a request to remove property record information from the Tax Assessor's and Tax Commissioner's public websites for law enforcement officers; where the two differ, the printed form controls. The form ends with an office-use block for the decision: approved or denied, with a decision date.

The form is for law enforcement officers who own property in Henry County and want that property's record removed from the Henry County Tax Assessors' website. The form defines a law enforcement officer as a sheriff, deputy sheriff, police officer, policeman, peace officer, officer or member of the department of Public Safety, or another officer or official who has the power of arrest and is responsible for enforcing the criminal laws of the federal government, the state or its political subdivisions.

• The form has boxes for a Current Employee and a Previous Employee of the agency, so both may apply.
• The applicant affirms being the legal and rightful owner of the property named on the request.
• A separate application is required for each property you want removed.

Do not use the form to change what appears on the Tax Commissioner's website, another Henry County Governing Authority website or a third-party website: the form says the Board of Tax Assessors has no oversight of those. The form does not describe any representative signing for an officer.

Submit the request whenever you, as a law enforcement officer, want a property record removed from the Henry County Tax Assessors' website; the form prints no filing deadline. The code section quoted on the form says a local government must remove the officer's personally identifiable information within 30 days after receiving a written request.

Because a separate application is needed for each property, file one request per parcel at the time you want it removed. If the information you supply is incomplete, the form warns that the application may be delayed or denied until proper, verifiable information is supplied to the Board of Tax Assessors.

Timing also matters afterwards: if you later want the property information reinstated on the website, the form says you must submit a written request along with a valid ID.

Return the completed form, with your identification, to the Henry County Tax Assessor's Office; the county's page says the forms must be returned there.

• Where: Henry County Tax Assessor's Office. The form prints no street address or online portal; for delivery details call 770-288-7999, option 1.
• What to include: the signed and dated form, a valid form of ID, and a state or federal issued employment ID or credentials.
• One property per application: submit a separate form for each property you want removed.
• After approval: once the record is removed, you can retrieve the information only by filing a written request with a valid ID, and the same applies to reinstating it on the website.

The form mentions no fee. Leave the For Office Use Only block blank; the office records its approval or denial there. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the Tax Assessor's Office channels above.