What is the Parcel Identification Number?
The Parcel Identification Number (PID) is a unique number assigned to every parcel in the county. The PID is a thirteen digit number which comprises the Precinct Number, Section Number, Quarter Section/Block Number, the Parcel Number and Subparcel Number. Please refer here for a graphic explanation of the PID number.
This 16 digit number, uniquely identifies every piece of property within the county for tax purposes. The parcel id number is broken down as follows: example: 16-09-31-3-004-019.003 16: Locator-this number is derived from the township and range of the property. The legend located on every tax map will depict this grid of locator numbers. 09: Area-this number refers the ‘4 section area’ the property is located inside of. See the legend on the map for details. 31: Section-this is the section number 3: Quarter-section – this identifies the quarter section (i.e. NE1/4=1, NW1/4=2, SW1/4=3, SE1/4=4) 004: Block – some maps are broken down into blocks because of the number of parcels per map, this number identifies which block on the map 019.003: Parcel and sub-parcel – this is the number found on the map. Most often however, leading zeros will not appear on the map. (i.e. 19.
