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Job Description
Appraise real and personal property to determine its fair value. May assess taxes in accordance with prescribed schedules.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 13-2021.01
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Assessors”.
Also Known As…
- Assessors
- Tax Assessor
- Residential Appraiser
- Real Property Appraiser
- Personal Property Appraiser
- Field Appraiser
- Deputy Assessor
- County Assessor
- Commercial Appraiser
- Assessor
- Appraiser
- Utility Appraiser
- Tax Appraiser
- Tangible Personal Property Appraiser
- Supervising Appraiser
- Right of Way Appraiser
- Review Appraiser
- Real Property Evaluator
- Real Estate Assessor
- Real Estate Appraiser
- Property Condition Assessor
- Property Appraiser
- Personal Property Assessor
- Multi-Township Assessor
- Licensed Mass Real Estate Appraiser
- Insurance Appraiser
- Industrial Property Appraiser
- Field Assessor
- Farm Appraiser
- Easement Worker
- Easement Man
- Director of Assessing
- County Tax Assessor
- Commercial Real Estate Appraiser
- City Assessor
- Certified General Mass Real Estate Appraiser
- Auditor Appraiser
- Agricultural Appraiser
Tasks for “Sole Assessor”
- Hire staff members.
- Establish uniform and equitable systems for assessing all classes and kinds of property.
- Supervise staff members.
- Issue notices of assessments and taxes.
- Identify the ownership of each piece of taxable property.
- Inspect properties, considering factors such as market value, location, and building or replacement costs to determine appraisal value.
- Conduct regular reviews of property within jurisdictions to determine changes in property due to construction or demolition.
- Review information about transfers of property to ensure its accuracy, checking basic information on buyers, sellers, and sales prices and making corrections as necessary.
- Analyze trends in sales prices, construction costs, and rents, to assess property values or determine the accuracy of assessments.
- Inspect new construction and major improvements to existing structures to determine values.
- Calculate tax bills for properties by multiplying assessed values by jurisdiction tax rates.
- Complete and maintain assessment rolls that show the assessed values and status of all property in a municipality.
- Approve applications for property tax exemptions or deductions.
- Serve on assessment review boards.
- Write and submit appraisal and tax reports for public record.
- Prepare and maintain current data on each parcel assessed, including maps of boundaries, inventories of land and structures, property characteristics, and any applicable exemptions.
- Provide sales analyses to be used for equalization of school aid.
- Maintain familiarity with aspects of local real estate markets.
- Explain assessed values to property owners and defend appealed assessments at public hearings.
- Determine taxability and value of properties, using methods such as field inspection, structural measurement, calculation, sales analysis, market trend studies, and income and expense analysis.
Related Technology & Tools
- Mapping and geographic analysis systems
- Electronic maps
- Appraisal, mapping, and comparison data reporting systems
- Laptop computers
- Mapping or location-based analysis systems
- Flood Insights
- Electronic flood maps
- Desktop computers
- Real estate mapping and property description systems
- Handheld distance meters
- Ultrasonic distance measurers
- Laser measuring devices
- Personal digital assistants PDA
- Apex IV Assessor
- eTrac
- Geomechanical design analysis GDA software
- Wilson's Computer Applications RealEasy Photos Plus
- Softree Technical Systems Terrain Tools
- Bradford ClickFORMS
- Wilson's Computer Applications RealEasy Appraisals
- Apex IV Fee Appraiser
- Emerald Data Deed-Chek
- WinGap
- Business Management Systems Municipal Geographic Management System MGMS
- Informatik MapDraw Deed Mapper
- Real Edge
- Govern Software Land and Permits Management System
- Online title search and property report software
- Mass appraisal records system MARS
- Computer assisted mass appraisal CAMA software
- HP 49G+ Appraiser Fee Calculator
- Microsoft Excel
- TietoEnator ProMatch
- RPIS Silent CMA
- Visual PAMSPro
- Greenbrier Graphics Deed Plotter
- MicroSolve CAMA
- Modellium PariTOP
- Ascend Property Assessment
- Hansen CAMA
- Compass Municipal Services CAMAlot
- Bruno Realty eNeighboorhoods
- Manatron MVP Tax
- Apex MobileSketch
- Concierge Systems Report Concierge
- Manatron ProVal Plus
- a la mode Pocket TOTAL
- Govern Software GovMap
- GCS Property Assessment and Tax Billing
- REI Wise Commercial
- Multiple listing service software
- FBS Data Systems Flexmls
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- ValueTech Report Builder
- a la mode WinTOTAL
- Web browser software
- RealData Comparative Lease Analysis
- Microsoft Word
- Howard and Friends Computer CMA Plus
- Realty Tools Toolkit for Market Share
- Microsoft Office
- Manatron CustomCAMA