at Sedgwick County in Wichita, Kansas, United States
Job Description
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The Senior Residential Appraiser is responsible for properly discovering, listing, valuing, and defending appealed property values for the residential real property parcels in Sedgwick County. This is accomplished through properly applied mass appraisal techniques in accordance with the State of Kansas Statutes and the Kansas Department of Revenue, Division of Property Valuation (PVD), directives and guidelines, office policies and procedures, and Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practices (USPAP).
Annual appraisal database maintenance
- Verify real property data characteristics with on-site inspections for all residential properties through sales reviews by preserving the proper sales files to generate accurate values.
- Make determinations on quality grade, condition, desirability, and utility on all residential structures.
- Make determinations of properties where access is denied or limited.
- Follow and comply with the annual PVD Revaluation Maintenance Specifications and Compliance Guide.
Annual property appeals
- Provide a high level of customer service while conducting Informal Equalization and Payment Under Protest appeals.
- Fully explain property values and the appraisal process to property owners and/or their representatives.
- Make necessary property characteristic corrections and reconciliation of value according to additional information provided by property owners and property owner representatives.
- Work scheduled appeals in a timely manner, keeping up with demand but maintaining a quality work product.
- Conduct Board of Tax Appeal Hearings both Small Claims and Regular Division when needed.
- Conduct field checks that were a result of an appeal with property owners or property owner representatives.
Final reconciliation of values
- Develop a final opinion of market value for each parcel of property as assigned.
- Review all appropriate market information to establish accurate appraised values utilizing market models.
- Reconcile final value estimates by reviewing various approaches to value.
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