The Washington Parish Assessor is responsible for discovery, listing, and valuing all property in Washington Parish for ad valorem tax purposes. This property includes all Real Estate, all Business Movable Property (Personal Property), and all Oil and Gas Property and Equipment. The Assessor is responsible to the citizens of Washington Parish to ensure all property is assessed in a fair and equitable manner to the property owners. At the same time the Assessor is responsible that the assessments are done according the Constitution of the State of Louisiana and the Revised Statutes that are passed by the Legislature. The Assessor is responsible for filing the Tax Roll annually with the Louisiana Tax Commission on which all the property taxes are based. In addition, the Assessor must maintain the property maps for each piece of Real Estate, maintain the legal description of each property parcel, as well as maintain the ownership inventory of each parcel.