17-67 - County Assessor
Title 17 > 17-67
Sections (4)
General Provisions
17-67-101 - Definitions.
(1) “State-certified appraiser” means a state-certified general appraiser or state-certified residential appraiser as those terms are defined in Section 61-2g-102.
(2) “State-licensed appraiser” means the same as that term is defined in Section 61-2g-102.
Enacted by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1
Qualifications
17-67-201 - Assessor to be state qualified — Vacancy — Filling vacancy.
(1) An individual elected to the office of county assessor shall:meet the requirements described in Section 17-66-201; andexcept as provided in Subsection (1)(b)(ii), become a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser no later than 36 months after the day on which the individual’s term of office begins; orin a county of the first, second, or third class, be a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser before filing a declaration of candidacy for the office of county assessor.
(2) The county assessor’s office is vacant if:an assessor fails to meet the requirements described in Subsection (1); orno individual who meets the requirements described in Subsection (1) timely files a declaration of candidacy for the office of county assessor.
(3) If a vacancy described in Subsection (2) occurs, the county legislative body shall fill the vacancy in accordance with Sections 17-66-203 and 20A-1-508.The individual who the county legislative body selects to fill the vacancy shall be a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser before the individual assumes the office of county assessor.
(4) If the county legislative body cannot find an individual who meets the requirements described in Subsection (1) to fill a vacancy described in Subsection (2), the county legislative body may contract with a state-licensed or state-certified appraiser from outside the county to fill the remainder of the county assessor’s term of office.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1
Powers and Duties
17-67-301 - Duties of assessor.
(1) perform the duties required in Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 13, Collection of Taxes, except those duties that have been reassigned to the treasurer in an ordinance adopted under Section 17-74-102; and
(2) perform any other duties required by law.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1
17-67-302 - Effective date of boundary changes for assessment.
Enacted by Chapter 13, 2025 Special Session 1