(a) No individual shall perform the duties or exercise the authority of a property tax appraiser unless certified by the Department.
(b) Certified property tax appraisers shall receive a certificate signed by the Department Director and Division Administrator, indicating the designation and year of certification. Said certificate shall be available for display to the public.
(c) An individual may serve as county assessor without certification for one elected term, and the remainder of any unexpired term to which appointed.
(d) Property Tax Appraisers must fulfill the requirements for Permanent Certification by the end of year six. This six year period begins when the individual's job duties include one or more of the valuation judgments described in Section 3(h).
(e) The County Assessor for county staff and the Administrator for department staff shall ensure that only certified property tax appraisers within their staff are performing the valuation judgments identified in Section 3(h).
(f) The Department shall refuse to confer a certificate to an individual who may otherwise qualify for certification under this Chapter, upon a written finding the individual has not demonstrated to the Department he or she is competent to perform the necessary work or administer the necessary operation of a County Assessor's Office. Such a finding shall be supported by documentation indicating a pattern of violation or disregard of the law, rules or orders relating to appraisal and assessment of property for tax purposes.
(g) Permanent Certification Requirements - (i) Individuals may qualify for permanent certification as a Property Tax Appraiser by fulfilling one of the following requirements:
- (A) Successful completion of IAAO Fundamentals of Real Property Appraisal, the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice national (15) hour course and 90 hours of core education courses as identified in Section 6 with passing grade.
- (B) Earning and maintaining a current status of professional designation from one of the appraisal organizations of the Appraisal Foundation or a General Real Estate Appraisers License issued by the Wyoming Real Estate Appraisers Board;
- (C) Earning and maintaining IAAO "Accredited Member Status".
- (ii) If a failed examination is challenged and successfully completed, the student shall receive full credit for the course hours. Any re-test failed shall require the student to retake the entire course over to get credit.
- (iii) Successfully completed courses cannot be retaken within a four year period for credit, unless the Department has previously acknowledged that the subject matter changes significantly.
- (iv) Every person who holds permanent certification shall in a two (2) calendar year period preceding each assessment date complete a minimum of 28 hours of accredited education. Testing is not required. The IAAO Standards of Professional Practice & Ethics Update Course is required to be taken once every four (4) years.
- (v) All course work must be completed by December 31st in order to be granted certification for the following year.
- (vi) Lapse of permanent certification
- (A) If period of lapse is less than five (5) years, an individual may regain permanent certification after successful completion, with a passing grade, of twenty eight (28) hours of core education courses.
- (B) If 5 years or greater, an individual may regain permanent certification after successful completion, with a passing grade of fifty-six (56) hours of core education courses, in addition, to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice national fifteen (15) hour course.
(h) Temporary Certification Requirements - (i) The Department shall consider the following educational program as qualification for temporary certification:
- (A) In year one, complete Fundamentals of Real Property Appraisal. A passing grade must be earned,
- (B) In subsequent years complete 28 hours of accredited education coursework.
- (ii) In order to receive approval by the Administrator for accredited hours for which a test is given, a certificate indicating a passing grade must be submitted to the department. If a passing grade is not received, no credit shall be granted, however full credit may subsequently be allowed if an applicant retakes the test within one (1) year of course completion, and receives a passing grade. Any retest failed shall require the student to retake the entire course over. Successfully completed courses cannot be retaken within a four year period for credit, unless the Department has previously acknowledged that the subject matter changes significantly.
- (iii) All coursework must be completed by December 31st in order to be granted certification for the following year.
011-13 Wyo. Code R. § 13-5