Change of Address Request Form – Newport News, VA

The Change of Address Request Form is the City of Newport News Real Estate Assessor's Office form, headed "Mailing Address Change Request," that an owner or authorized representative completes to give the office a revised mailing address for a parcel of real estate.

The form has two blocks of information. The first identifies the parcel and the property as recorded in ownership: the parcel identification number, the property address, the owner of record and the requesting party (owner, corporate officer or authorized agent). The second block, Revised Address Information, collects the new mailing address, city, state and ZIP code, and a phone number and email. The form ends with a certification that the information is true and correct to the best of the signer's knowledge, followed by a printed name, signature and date. A box marked for office use records the date received and the date processed.

The Real Estate Assessor's Office is the city office that assesses each parcel of real estate annually, effective as of the following July 1. The city's page adds that City Council determines the real estate tax rate and that the City Treasurer's Office handles the distribution of tax bills and the collection of taxes. This form is addressed to the Assessor's Office, not to the Treasurer.

The form does not carry a form number or a revision date.

The form must be completed and returned by one of three people: an owner of the property, a corporate officer of the entity that owns the property, or an authorized agent.

• Owners and corporate officers complete the form themselves and identify their role in the Requesting Party line.
• Authorized agents must provide a copy of a power-of-attorney document or a completed Agent Authorization form with the request.
• Owners of several parcels list the extra parcels on a separate page that repeats the same information the form requests.

The form is for the mailing address recorded for a parcel in the Real Estate Assessor's Office. It does not say that it can be used for any other change, such as a change of owner or of property address, so ask the office at (757) 926-1926 if your situation differs.

Submit the form when the mailing address connected to a parcel changes and you want the Real Estate Assessor's Office to use the new one. The form prints no deadline and no filing window of its own.

The form has an office-use box with a date received and a date processed, but it states no processing time. The city's page says each parcel is assessed annually, effective as of the following July 1; it does not tie that date to this form. For questions about timing, call the office at (757) 926-1926.

The form is returned to the City of Newport News Real Estate Assessor's Office, 700 Town Center Drive Suite #220, Newport News, VA 23606. The form mentions return by mail; it prints the office's contact details in its header.

• By mail: send the completed form to the address above. A hand-printed form returned by mail should contain an image of the completed certification and an original signature.
• Office contact details printed on the form: phone (757) 926-1926, fax (757) 926-1940, email [email protected]. The form does not say which of these the office accepts for returning it, so confirm with the office before sending it by fax or email.

Include the power-of-attorney document or the Agent Authorization form if an authorized agent is returning it, and a separate page for additional parcels. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.