Find Property Tax Records in Marshall County

Marshall County property tax records are maintained by the Marshall County Auditor and Treasurer offices at the courthouse in Plymouth, Indiana. Property owners can search parcel data and tax history online, pay bills through the county's payment portal, and access GIS-based parcel maps through the BEACON system. This page explains how to search Marshall County property tax records, what the three approaches to valuation mean for your assessment, what payment options the treasurer offers, and how to apply for deductions that can reduce what you owe.

Marshall County Auditor and Treasurer Offices

The Marshall County courthouse is at 112 W. Jefferson St, Plymouth, IN 46563. The Auditor's Office is at (574) 935-8555. The Treasurer's Office is at 574-935-8510, Room 206. The treasurer's office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. These are your primary contacts for tax questions, payments, and deduction filings. The Assessor is Peter Paul, reachable at 574-935-8525 or petep@co.marshall.in.us. The county website is at co.marshall.in.us.

Two online parcel search systems cover Marshall County property tax records. The first is at auditor.marshall.in.datapitstop.us. The second is at auditor.marshallcounty50.us. Both let you look up parcel data by owner name, address, or parcel number. Results include ownership history, assessed values by year, tax billing records, and parcel identification data. If one system is slower or under maintenance, the other provides access to the same core information. Researchers and property owners can use either or both.

The screenshot below shows the Marshall County website, which links to all property tax offices and the online search tools described on this page.

The Marshall County site at co.marshall.in.us provides direct links to the auditor's parcel search, BEACON GIS, and the online payment portal.

How Marshall County Values Property

Marshall County property is assessed as of January 1 each year under IC 6-1.1-4. The county assessor uses three recognized approaches to value depending on the property type. The cost approach estimates what it would cost to replace a structure minus depreciation. The income approach uses capitalized rental income for commercial properties. The sales comparison approach uses recent sales of similar properties.

For most residential parcels in Marshall County, the sales comparison approach is primary. The assessor looks at what similar homes have sold for recently and adjusts for differences in size, age, condition, and features. Farm ground uses a productivity formula based on soil type and crop income. Commercial and industrial properties may use income or cost methods when comparable sales are scarce. Assessor Peter Paul and his team apply these methods consistently across all townships in Marshall County. If you have questions about which method was used for your specific parcel, a call to 574-935-8525 can clarify. Challenging a value starts with a Form 130 appeal filed by June 15 of the assessment year.

Marshall County Property Tax Payments

The Marshall County Treasurer at Room 206, 112 W. Jefferson St, Plymouth accepts payments in person during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you prefer to pay online, the portal is at billpay.forte.net/marshallcotreasurer/. Credit and debit card payments carry a 2.55% fee. eCheck payments cost $2.00 per transaction regardless of bill size. For taxpayers paying large bills, the flat eCheck fee is far cheaper than the percentage-based card fee.

Mailed payments should go to Marshall County Treasurer's Office, 112 W. Jefferson Rm 206, Plymouth, Indiana 46563. Include your payment coupon and allow enough mail time before the deadline. Spring taxes are due May 10 and fall taxes are due November 10. A 5% penalty applies for the first 30 days after a missed deadline. After 30 days the penalty rises to 10%. These rates follow Indiana law and apply to every county in the state. Accounts with extended delinquencies may face a tax lien and tax sale process under IC 6-1.1-24. The billing rules are set by IC 6-1.1-22.

Marshall County Deductions and Exemptions

Marshall County property owners reduce their tax bills by filing Indiana deductions through the auditor's office at (574) 935-8555. The homestead deduction is the most common. It covers primary residences and includes a standard deduction plus the supplemental homestead credit under IC 6-1.1-12. The filing deadline is January 5. Once in place, the deduction stays active as long as ownership and use remain the same.

Additional deductions in Marshall County cover mortgaged properties, senior homeowners who meet age, income, and value limits, blind or disabled owners, and veterans with service-connected disability ratings. A 100% disability rating qualifies a veteran for a full property tax exemption on their primary home. Surviving spouses of qualifying veterans may also file. Indiana's circuit breaker tax caps limit total property taxes to 1% for homesteads, 2% for other residential, and 3% for all other types. The auditor can confirm which deductions are active on any Marshall County parcel by parcel number. If a deduction you expect to see is missing, the auditor is the right office to call first.

BEACON GIS and Parcel Mapping

Marshall County uses the BEACON system for GIS-based parcel mapping and property data. BEACON is available at beacon.schneidercorp.com and covers Marshall County along with many other Indiana counties. The map lets you search by owner name, address, or parcel number and displays property boundaries on an aerial map base. Each parcel record includes ownership data, assessed value, legal description, and tax information.

BEACON is a useful complement to the auditor's text-based parcel search. If you know roughly where a property is but not the parcel number, the map view makes it easy to locate and click through to the record. Sales data is also available in BEACON, which helps when researching comparable sales for an appeal or a purchase decision. The Indiana Gateway Taxpayer Portal provides budget and levy details for all Marshall County taxing units, showing how the tax rate for each overlapping district was calculated each year.

Nearby Counties

Marshall County is surrounded by northern Indiana counties, each maintaining their own property tax record systems accessible through county and state portals.