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09/17/2025
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Pima County Government

Property Appraiser I - Residential

Tucson, Arizona Appraisal Assistant Full-Time In-Office $23.61 - $33.05 per hour

Job Description

Job Description Summary

Department - Assessors

Job Description

Job Type: Classified

Job Classification: 5743 - Property Appraiser I

  • Salary Grade: 9

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $23.61 - $28.33 Per Hour

Pay Range: $23.61 - $33.05 Per Hour

Range Explanation

  • Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The

actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors,

Including Your Skills, Qualifications, Experience, Education, licenses, training, and internal equity.

  • Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position. The Property Appraiser I classifies and appraises real property and/or personal property for tax evaluation for Pima County.

This vacancy is in the Residential section of the Assessor's Office.

  • Essential Functions**:

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

  • Locates, measures, classifies, and lists personal and/or real properties;

  • Conducts site inspections; appraises mobile homes, personal and/or real property, and agricultural equipment; measures and drafts property drawings using CAD methods;

  • Transfers field notes to update property records; maintains databases, maps, spreadsheets, and tax tables;

  • Provides information about appraisal processes, property classifications, exemptions, and ownership and updates automated systems for property classification, exemptions, and tax roll corrections;

  • Verifies property sale information; reviews financial documents to validate taxable property; extracts net operating income; responds to taxpayer petitions; determines exemptions and senior freeze eligibility;

  • Defends property appraisals in legal and valuation forums; interprets laws, regulations, codes, and ordinances; reviews and analyzes court case decisions; prepares tax roll correction forms;

  • Performs property splits or consolidations; assigns parcel numbers; validates ownership; analyzes and processes land transfer documents; codes and verifies cadastral map elements;

  • Consults with accountants and business representatives on property details; communicates technical information to stakeholders like taxpayers, title companies, and real estate agencies;

  • Coordinates with stakeholders for problematic splits and exemption requests;

  • Trains and leads appraisal support staff; assists in reconciling complex data;

  • Reviews depreciation schedules, asset lists, financial statements, and annual department forms to verify taxable property and to extract net operating income;

  • Analyzes and processes recorded land transfers documents (deeds, patents, legal instruments, land contracts, etc.) From non-rectangular metes/bounds transfers; participates in field inspections to verify parcel activities/use for exemption request or non-profit classification changes;

  • Coordinates and communicates technical information to taxpayers, title companies, real estate agencies, attorneys, surveyors, engineering firms and/or other governmental agencies regarding problematic splits/combines, issues of ownership, legal description discrepancies, re-parceling procedures, exemption application process and the appeal/assessment process.

  • Minimum Qualifications**:

  • Two years of experience in construction, the field of land surveying, real estate sales, banking operations/accounting, and/or property appraisal.**

  • (Acceptable real estate experience is that which included establishing value through research of sales of comparable properties, working with property/legal descriptions and/or subdivision construction experience includes estimating, obtaining building permits, or reading blueprints.)**

Or

  • One year of experience with Pima County as a Property Appraisal Aide, Appraisal Support Specialist, Title Examiner Specialist, or related position as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment.**