Real Property Specialist

The purpose of the Real Property Specialist is to maintain real property ownership records and descriptions, assign and update parcel numbers, maps, and other real property documents, as well as provide information to the public regarding real property assessments, surveys, within the County’s Property Tax System & Geographic Information System (GIS).

Essential Duties

• Perform Real Property Lister assistance tasks by posting legally recorded documents to assessment/tax rolls establishing parcel ownership, creating or correcting legal parcel descriptions, assigning parcel numbers, school codes, and special tax codes, proofreading maps and other documents, updating maps to reflect changes in various aspects, entering updated information into a computer database, and maintaining all property transfers, surveys, plats, maps, tax receipts, and assessment rolls.
• Conduct research and provide information on taxes, parcel ownership, boundaries, and mill rates to various interested parties
• Assist with the update and maintenance of the County’s base tax parcel layers
• Provides mapping/ GIS information and assistance to abstractors, realtors, surveyors, landowners, taxpayers, local officials, and the general public.
• Assist with departments to identify and coordinate new GIS system developments and enhancements.
• Perform clerical duties including check and advising printing, answering phone calls, collating mailings, and photocopying documents
  Additional Tasks
  Coordinate printing and distribution of important property information such as real estate rolls and tax certificates and statements
• And other duties as assigned

Minimum Training and Education

Required: Associate’s degree in accounting, land records, GIS or related field, or work experience with accounting knowledge, for a government agency and/or familiarity with land records.

Preferred: Professional work experience in GIS.