Combine Parcels Request – Anderson County, SC

The Combine Parcels Request (printed on the form as REQUEST TO COMBINE PARCELS) is the Anderson County Assessor's form on which an owner asks to combine parcels, identified by their TMS numbers, on the county tax map and tax record. The Assessor's Office classifies, maps and appraises most real property in the county.

The owner's part of the form has three pieces: a table for the TMS numbers to be combined, the reason for combination and a comment; an acknowledgment the owner accepts by signing; and the owner's signature, date, printed name, phone, email and address. The lower block, FOR OFFICE USE ONLY, is completed by the Assessor's staff. It records items such as homestead status, the city if the parcels lie inside one, market/taxable value, whether the parcels are in the same name and type, contiguous and tax-paid, deed and plat references, mapping pre-approval, the tentative TMS number to keep and the Planning/Development Standards decision.

The acknowledgment explains what is at stake. The request is considered and, if possible, adjusted for the following tax year. Changing the combination back, selling off a portion or adding a dwelling requires approval through Planning/Development Standards and may be denied. Changes to property lines can have negative tax implications, including removal of any cap on the taxable value of the merged parcels. Filing the request does not guarantee that a revision will be granted.

Owners who want to combine parcels they hold on the Anderson County tax map file this request with the Assessor. The form lists the conditions a request must meet to be eligible:

• the parcels are contiguous;
• they are in the same exact ownership and ownership type (survivorship, tenants in common, etc.);
• they have no more than one dwelling;
• they are outside of a special tax district;
• no delinquent taxes are owed on them;
• the combination is approved by the Assessor and Development Standards, or by the proper city official.

If the parcels do not meet these conditions, the form is not the right route for them. Owners who later want to return the property to its prior form, sell off a portion or add a dwelling must go through Planning/Development Standards, and the Assessor's page adds that once a combination is executed, a separate form requesting that the property be split back out is required.

The signature line is marked as required and is labeled for the owner. The form says nothing about a representative signing for the owner.

File the request when you want contiguous parcels combined and they meet the eligibility conditions printed on the form. The form sets no filing deadline of its own. Timing instead depends on the tax year: the acknowledgment says the request will be taken into consideration and, if possible, adjusted for the following tax year. The Assessor's page confirms that map changes such as splits and combines take effect for the following tax year, and that approved and executed changes appear in the following year's tax bill.

The form also warns that the office must use due diligence before granting any revision to real estate, so processing times may vary with the situation presented.

Submit the Combine Parcels Request by email to the Anderson County Assessor. The form's own instruction is to save the blank form first, complete it, save the completed form and email it to [email protected]. The form's letterhead shows the email as [email protected], so use the address in the instruction, and call the office if you are unsure.

The letterhead also lists the office for reference:

• Office: Anderson County Assessor, 401 E River Street, Anderson, SC 29624.
• Phone: (864) 260-4028.
• Fax: (864) 260-4099.

The Assessor's page gives office hours of Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The form names no other submission channel and mentions no fee. Leave the received date stamp and the office-use block blank. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.