This is technical and professional work in appraising property needed for departmental purposes. Employees in this class are responsible for preparing and assisting others in preparing property appraisals. Employees may serve as negotiators of right of way and in other related right of way functions. Work may involve lead worker responsibilities over lower-level workers while performing a variety of specialized duties related to the appraisal and negotiation of right of way for roadway construction. Job activities include preparing moderately complex appraisals, serving as a right of way negotiator, assisting others in the preparation of field appraisals of right of way tracts and building removal costs, advising city and county authorities regarding acquisition procedures, keeping detailed records on securing right of way, preparing right of way maps, individual property maps, property descriptions, deeds, estimates of cost of right of way reports, researching probate records, tax assessor records, and other public records to verify property ownership, collecting data for property comparable to that being appraised in order to develop a fair market value baseline, and photographing property being appraised in order to provide a visual record.
Work is subject to review by a professional superior.
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