CERTIFIED PENNSYLVANIA EVALUATOR EXAM LATEST VERSION
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Assessors are charged with the responsibility of administering what?
A uniform and equitable assessment system
All appeals must be heard and decided by what date?
October 31st
Last day to apply for the Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion
March 1st
Last day to apply for the Clean and Green program for the next tax year
June 1st
March 17th 1987
The Assessors Certification Act required that all persons responsible for the
valuation of real property for ad valorem taxation purposes be certified to do so
by he State Tax Equalization Board.
Has three years from the start of employment to become certified
March 17, 1992
The responsibility to certify assessors shifted from the State Tax Equalization
Board to the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers.
The state board certification body
To be certified by the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, the assessor
must:
1. Possess a high school diploma, or its equivalent, or two years of assessing
experience
,2. Shall be at least 18 years of age
3. Shall be a resident of this Commonwealth for at least six months
4. Successfully completed a minimum of 90 hours of the basic course of study of
the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAO) or the Assessors
Association of Pennsylvania (AAP)
5. This act does not apply to counties of the First Class (Philadelphia Counties)
An Assessor is accountable to whom?
Himself, taxpayers and all taxing authorities
In order for an assessor to accomplish the task of discovering property, the
assessor needs what?
An adequate mapping system ( GIS) showing every parcel of land.
Last day to submit an appeal
September 1
Date that public notice must be given that tax rolls are open for public inspection
July 1st
STEB must certify to all assessment Office their CLR's by which date?
July 1st
All notice of appeal decisions must be mailed
November 15th
Assessors Certification Date
November 15th
Levels of appeal process
1. County Board of Assessment Appeals, 2. Court of Common Pleas of
Pennsylvania, 3.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 4.Superior Court of
Pennsylvania
,How often must an assessor recertify?
Every two years.
June 30 Odd number years (license runs out)
July 1 odd number of years (starts a new license year)
Example: July 1, 2009 to June 20, 2011
To become re-certified the assessor must accumulate how many hours of
continuing professional education credits?
28 hours
7 hours must be on USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice)
2 hours must be on Assessor's Certification Act (Act 28 of 1992)
The State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers approves the courses or
activities necessary to comply with the re-certification requirements
ASB
Appraisal Standards Board
An appraiser must perform assignments with what?
Impartiality, Objectivity and Independence, without accommodation of personal
interest
How long must an appraiser retain his/her workfile?
5 years after preparation or 2 years after final disposition of any judicial
processing.
Whichever expires last!
, Workfile must include the following:
1. Name of the client and the identity, by name or type, of any intended users
2. True copies of any written reports, documents on any type of media
3. Summaries of any oral reports or testimony, or a transcript of testimony,
including the appraiser's signed and dated certification
4. All other date, information, and documentation necessary to support the
appraiser's opinions and conclusions and to show compliance with this Rule and
all other applicable Standers, or references to the location(s) of such other
To have a successful assessment office the assessor must have?
The trust of those he or she serves
The assessor and his staff should always consider themselves what?
Good will ambassadors of the taxation process and county government
As assessment office must have which legally required materials readily available
and easily accessible to the public?
1. property record cards
2. maps
3. Tax duplicates
4. alphabetical index
Title 53 Purdons
The volume that has pertinent court cases and taxation laws for Pennsylvania
assessment.
Ad valorem
At value.
-2025/2026- 100+ QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS ALL
THE BEST
Assessors are charged with the responsibility of administering what?
A uniform and equitable assessment system
All appeals must be heard and decided by what date?
October 31st
Last day to apply for the Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion
March 1st
Last day to apply for the Clean and Green program for the next tax year
June 1st
March 17th 1987
The Assessors Certification Act required that all persons responsible for the
valuation of real property for ad valorem taxation purposes be certified to do so
by he State Tax Equalization Board.
Has three years from the start of employment to become certified
March 17, 1992
The responsibility to certify assessors shifted from the State Tax Equalization
Board to the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers.
The state board certification body
To be certified by the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, the assessor
must:
1. Possess a high school diploma, or its equivalent, or two years of assessing
experience
,2. Shall be at least 18 years of age
3. Shall be a resident of this Commonwealth for at least six months
4. Successfully completed a minimum of 90 hours of the basic course of study of
the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAO) or the Assessors
Association of Pennsylvania (AAP)
5. This act does not apply to counties of the First Class (Philadelphia Counties)
An Assessor is accountable to whom?
Himself, taxpayers and all taxing authorities
In order for an assessor to accomplish the task of discovering property, the
assessor needs what?
An adequate mapping system ( GIS) showing every parcel of land.
Last day to submit an appeal
September 1
Date that public notice must be given that tax rolls are open for public inspection
July 1st
STEB must certify to all assessment Office their CLR's by which date?
July 1st
All notice of appeal decisions must be mailed
November 15th
Assessors Certification Date
November 15th
Levels of appeal process
1. County Board of Assessment Appeals, 2. Court of Common Pleas of
Pennsylvania, 3.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 4.Superior Court of
Pennsylvania
,How often must an assessor recertify?
Every two years.
June 30 Odd number years (license runs out)
July 1 odd number of years (starts a new license year)
Example: July 1, 2009 to June 20, 2011
To become re-certified the assessor must accumulate how many hours of
continuing professional education credits?
28 hours
7 hours must be on USPAP (Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice)
2 hours must be on Assessor's Certification Act (Act 28 of 1992)
The State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers approves the courses or
activities necessary to comply with the re-certification requirements
ASB
Appraisal Standards Board
An appraiser must perform assignments with what?
Impartiality, Objectivity and Independence, without accommodation of personal
interest
How long must an appraiser retain his/her workfile?
5 years after preparation or 2 years after final disposition of any judicial
processing.
Whichever expires last!
, Workfile must include the following:
1. Name of the client and the identity, by name or type, of any intended users
2. True copies of any written reports, documents on any type of media
3. Summaries of any oral reports or testimony, or a transcript of testimony,
including the appraiser's signed and dated certification
4. All other date, information, and documentation necessary to support the
appraiser's opinions and conclusions and to show compliance with this Rule and
all other applicable Standers, or references to the location(s) of such other
To have a successful assessment office the assessor must have?
The trust of those he or she serves
The assessor and his staff should always consider themselves what?
Good will ambassadors of the taxation process and county government
As assessment office must have which legally required materials readily available
and easily accessible to the public?
1. property record cards
2. maps
3. Tax duplicates
4. alphabetical index
Title 53 Purdons
The volume that has pertinent court cases and taxation laws for Pennsylvania
assessment.
Ad valorem
At value.
