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Resource Abstract:
This feature class contains "land" (surface rights) parcel boundaries delineated for property tax assessment purposes. This data includes all private (taxable), state utility, and other governmental (tax exempt) land parcels listed on the secured tax roll, but does not include mineral rights (subsurface) parcels, mobilehomes, or unsecured taxable entities. Parcels are modeled as planimetric polygons in a seamless fabric comprising the spatial extent of the County of Kern, in the State of California. Other sections: Spatial_Reference_Information:
Citation
Title Kern County GIS Tax Parcels (Land) 2012 Final
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Topic Category:  planningCadastre
Theme keywords (theme):
parcel
apn
ownership
lot
cadastre
cadastral
tax
property
assessment
assessor
land
surface
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Location keywords:
California
Kern
Bakersfield
Arvin
California City
Delano
Maricopa
McFarland
Ridgecrest
Shafter
Taft
Tehachapi
Wasco
San Joaquin Valley
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Title Realm > Subsurface
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 23:10:51 UTC 2018
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Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-06-26
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Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-06-26
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Title Material > Material (Other)
publication  Date   2018-06-26
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Title Feature > Physiographic Feature
publication  Date   2018-06-26
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Tue Jun 26 23:10:51 UTC 2018
purpose:
This data is intended to provide a reasonable representation of parcels, as defined for property tax assessment purposes, that can be used easily in a computerized geographic information system. This data is not intended to replace the hardcopy assessment maps or any other official or unofficial county maps, and it is not to be construed as portraying legal ownership or divisions of land for purposes of zoning or subdivision law.
Resource language:  eng
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Other constraints
Access constraints: SUMMARY: This disclaimer statement requires the data recipient to receive the data "as is" with no warranty, and to hold all data providers not liable for any losses or damages caused by, or resulting from, use of the data. The statement also requires the data recipient to not distribute any portion of the data without a copy of this disclaimer statement. Whereas the Kern Geographic Information Network (Kern GEONET) and its members and other agencies have developed digital geographic data herein referred to as "the Data." Whereas the entity or entities acquiring a copy of the Data are herein referred to as "the Recipient." Whereas the Kern Geographic Information Network and its members, the County of Kern, and other agencies that have developed and contributed the Data which is being transmitted to the Recipient by these agencies are herein referred to as "the Data Providers." I. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY AND WARRANTIES: A. The Recipient understands and agrees that it is possible that errors and omissions will occur in data input or programming done by the Data Providers to provide the data in the form desired. The Recipient further understands and agrees that it is probable that errors and omissions will occur in record keeping processes, especially when large numbers of records are developed and maintained, and that data may not meet the Recipient's standards as to accuracy or completeness. Notwithstanding, the Recipient agrees to take the data "as is", fully expecting that there may be errors and omissions associated with the data. B. The Recipient further understands and agrees that the Data Providers make absolutely no warranty whatsoever, whether expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, thoroughness, value, quality, validity, merchantability, suitability, condition or fitness for a particular purpose of the data or any programming used to obtain the data, nor as to whether the data are error-free, up-to-date, complete or based upon accurate or meaningful facts. C. The Recipient further understands and agrees. Use Limitation: Refer to the disclaimer statement in the 'Access Constraints' element of the 'Identification Information' section of this document.. Distribution Liability: Refer to the disclaimer statement in the 'Access Constraints' element of the 'Identification Information' section of this document.
Resource extent
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -179.9
eastBoundLongitude  -60
northBoundLatitude  170
southBoundLatitude  14
Temporal Extent
time Position  2012-01-01
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name Jim Isbell
organisation Name  Kern County Assessor's Office, Assessment Standards Division, Mapping Section.
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (661) 868-3376
Fax (661) 868-3303
Address
electronic Mail Addressisbellj@co.kern.ca.us
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distributor contact - distributor
individual Name Jim Isbell
organisation Name  Kern County Assessor's Office, Assessment Standards Division, Mapping Section.
Contact information
Telephone
Voice (661) 868-3376
Fax (661) 868-3303
Address
electronic Mail Addressisbellj@co.kern.ca.us
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name Kern County GIS Tax Parcels (Land) 2012 Final
URL:http://www.co.kern.ca.us/gis/files/KernParcels.zip
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notes: This metadata was automatically generated from the standard, version using the August 2011-REH version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 transform modified and updatated by SMR 2018-05-26 to work with xslt v1.0; generates USGIN compatible ISO19139 XML. Most recent metadata content review date: indeterminate:
Metadata scope code  dataset
Metadata hierarchy level name:  Downloadable Data
Metadata language  eng
Metadata character set encoding:   utf8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:  2007
Metadata record identifier:  www.co.kern.ca.us/gis/files/KernParcels.zip
URI for dataset described: > http://www.co.kern.ca.us/gis/files/KernParcels.zip

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)