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Qualifications Needed
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1. A. graduation from high school or possession of an accredited high school equivalency diploma, and
B. two years of satisfactory full-time experience in an occupation involving the valuation of real property, such as assessor, appraiser, valuation data manager, real property appraisal aide or the like. Such experience shall be deemed satisfactory if it is demonstrated that the experience primarily was gained in the performance of one or more of the following tasks: collection and recording or property inventory, data preparation of comparable sales analysis reports, preparation of singed valuation or appraisal estimates or reports using cost, income, or market data approaches to value. It shall be the responsibility of the appointee to provide detailed and verified documentation of such experience including work schedules and samples of finished products. Mere listing of real property for potential sale, or preparation of asking prices for real estate for potential sale, using multiple listing reports or other published asking prices in not qualifying experience, or
2. Graduation from an accredited two-year college and six months of the experience described in subparagraph (1) (B) of this subdivision; or
3. Graduation from an accredited four-year college and six months of the experience described in subparagraph (1) (B) of this subdivision or graduation from an accredited four-year college and a written commitment from the county director that the county will provide training in assessment administration, approved by the State Board, within a six-month period, or
4. Certification by the State Board as a candidate for assessor.
5. In evaluating the experience described in subparagraph (1) (B) of this subdivision, the following conditions apply:
a. If the assessor has been previously certified by the State Board as a State certified assessor pursuant to section 188-2.1 of this subpart while serving as an elected assessor, such certification is equivalent to one year of the experience described in subparagraph (1) (B) of this subdivision if it has not expired;
b. For the purpose of crediting full-time paid experience, a minimum of 30-hours per week shall be deemed as full-time employment;
c. Three years of part-time experience as sole assessor or as chairman of the board of assessors shall be credited as one year of full-time paid experience, and five years of part-time paid experience as a member of a board of assessors shall be credited as one year of full-time paid experience. Paid part-time experience in excess of these amounts shall be credited;
d. Volunteer experience in an assessor’s office may be credited as paid experience to the extent that it includes tasks such as data collection; calculation of value estimates, preparation of preliminary valuation reports; providing routine assessment information to a computer center, public relations, and review estimates, computer output and exemption applications; and
e. In no case shall less than six months of the experience described in subparagraph (1) (B) of this subdivision be acceptable with the exception of county training as provided for in paragraph (3) of this subdivision.
Special Requirements
Must Maintain a valid NYS driver’s license;
Must obtain and maintain state board certification of successful completion of the basic course of training and education, assessors must successfully complete additional ongoing training and education programs prescribed by the state board;
The period within which each assessor must become certified shall be established by the state board but in all cases, certification will be required within a minimum of one year and a maximum of three years from appointment.
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