You will need your parcel pumber, also called a Permanent Index Number or PIN, to find your township. Your real estate tax bill has a 16-digit parcel number. Other documents displaying your parcel number may have 14 or 16 digits. The 14-digit version of the parcel number omits the first two digits, or computer code.

Breakdown of Sample Parcel Number:   07-01-05-100-005-0000

 Computer CodeTownshipSectionBlockLotMisc 
 0701051000050000