701—103.12(441) Register of eligible candidates. Following the administration and grading of an examination for assessor or deputy assessor, the director shall establish updated registers containing the names, in alphabetical order, and addresses of all persons eligible for appointment. The registers shall not contain test scores, but the scores shall be given to the city or county conference board upon request. Eligible candidates shall remain on the register for two years following the date of certification by the director after which time the person must successfully retake the examination to be placed on the register. However, assessors and deputy assessors with six years of consecutive service shall be placed on the register permanently without further testing being required. “Consecutive service” means service in which there was not more than 30 days’ break in service. Assessor and deputy assessor service cannot be combined to meet the six-year consecutive service requirement.
Assessors and deputy assessors must complete the continuing education requirements provided in Iowa Code sections 441.5 and 441.10 to be reappointed to their present position or appointed to the same position in a different assessing jurisdiction. This provision does not apply to persons not presently serving as an assessor or deputy assessor. It shall be the duty of the conference board in the case of assessor appointments and the duty of the assessor in the case of deputy assessor appointments to receive written verification from the director of continuing education requirement compliance. An assessor or deputy assessor appointed as such without having complied with continuing education requirements shall be removed from office on order of the director. No continuing education requirements need be met for an assessor to be appointed a deputy assessor nor for a deputy assessor to be appointed an assessor.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code sections 441.5 and 441.10.
[Editorial change: IAC Supplement 11/2/22]