A lawyer often requests a tax certificate during the sale of a property or when a mortgage is being approved for a property. Tax certificates show a history of any taxes owing on the property. Learn how to request a tax certificate for a property in the Town of Whitby.
Please send your tax certificate request in writing by mail to:
Town of Whitby
575 Rossland Rd E
Whitby, ON L1N 2M8
The Lawyer's Office can contact us for verbal information about the property tax statue after we've received your tax certificate request and full payment.
The current fee is $75 to request a tax certificate for a property. Please make your cheque payable to the Town of Whitby. We only accept payments by cheque.
Please note
It is not necessary for both sides of a purchase and sale transaction to request a tax certificate. We will provide verbal information to both sides if we've received a tax certificate request and payment from one party involved in the transaction.
We will provide verbal updates to printed tax certificates for 90 days after the tax certificate was issued.
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