BC Assessment System Overview The British Columbia Assessment system contains records of non-confidential assessment information for all real property in the province. The information you find through BC OnLine is often more up-to-date than information you can find by contacting a municipality. These records combine the most current ownership information with the most recently published assessment information, including: • roll number • property address • mailing address • legal description • PID (Parcel Identifier) number • names and addresses of additional owners (if any) • land and building values • total and previous actual value • land use • ALR (Agricultural Land Reserve) status • list of property sales (if any) • number of bedrooms and bathrooms. People search the BC Assessment system for various reasons. Some only wish to find a PID number to use in searching the Land Title System; others are interested in property ownership; others require detailed assessment information. To address these different requirements, the system provides three different reports which you can request. Each report has a different level of detail and a different cost, ranging from the Owner Location Report, to the Assessment Roll Report, and the Assessment Inventory Report. TipIf you don't need to find out the assessed value, you can select the least expensive report, which is the Owner Location Report.