Description
Assess real property for taxation by determining fair and equitable values, maintaining assessment rolls, and ensuring compliance with laws and standards. Explain and defend assessments, administer exemptions, and provide accurate data for tax billing and public records.
- • Compute assessed values using cost, sales comparison, depreciation, and income approaches.
- • Prepare assessment reports documenting methods and supporting data per jurisdictional standards.
- • Inspect new construction and major improvements to update valuations.
- • Collect and analyze market data to identify local real estate trends.
- • Maintain parcel records, maps, characteristics, and exemptions.
- • Explain assessments to property owners and defend appeals at hearings.
- • Verify ownership for each taxable parcel.
- • Conduct field inspections, considering location, market, and replacement costs to set assessed values.
- • Compile and maintain the assessment roll for all property in the jurisdiction.
- • Review and reconcile property transfer records for accuracy, correcting buyer, seller, and sale-price data.
- • Explain real and personal property tax concepts, rates, and impacts to taxpayers.
- • Perform cyclical reviews to capture changes from construction, remodeling, or demolition.
- • Apply uniform, equitable assessment practices across all property classes.
- • Analyze income and expense statements for income-producing properties.
- • Evaluate land and neighborhood factors, including trends that may affect value.
- • Stay current on local market conditions and regulatory changes.
- • Research public records for sales, leases, permits, and prior assessments.
- • Review building codes and zoning to determine impacts on assessments.
- • Verify legal property descriptions against county and recorded documents.
- • Interview owners, contractors, and real estate professionals to gather property details.
- • Photograph properties to document characteristics and support assessed values.
- • Compile land values and comparable sales to benchmark assessments.
- • Assess proximity to services, schools, parks, and amenities for market influence.
- • Estimate replacement cost new less depreciation using valuation manuals and cost data.
- • Prepare parcel sketches or land diagrams to support assessment records.
- • Testify in administrative or court proceedings regarding assessments.
- • Calculate tax bills by applying jurisdictional rates to assessed values where required.
- • Review and approve eligible tax exemptions, abatements, or deductions.
- • Monitor trends in sales prices, construction costs, and rents to test assessment accuracy.
- • Determine property taxability through field measurement, calculations, sales analysis, and income review.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
