Real Property Lister
POSITION SUMMARY:
This position is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and maintenance of the County’s real property ownership and description records. This position serves as a key liaison between municipal officials, assessors, surveyors, title companies, and the public to support fair and equitable property taxation. Duties include processing real estate documents, updating tax parcel records and GIS mapping information, coordinating the annual assessment roll process, and providing technical guidance on statutory requirements related to property listing. This position ensures compliance with Wisconsin Statutes, County policies, and established standards while delivering timely, accurate, and customer-focused service to internal and external stakeholders.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be required and assigned.
– Acts as the primary point of contact for the county with municipal assessors and local government officials for the property assessment process.
– Processes, distributes, and receives assessment rolls, assessment notices, assessor changes, related documents and files to and from municipal assessors, clerks, and treasurers.
– Compiles, prepares, and certifies the annual assessment roll and related reports for the use by the County, local municipalities, and the Department of Revenue.
– Reviews, interprets, and processes deeds, surveys, Certified Survey Maps, plats, annexations, and other land records documents to determine correct parcel changes.
Assigns parcel numbers and creates tax descriptions for new parcels and continuously updated assessment land records database.
– Performs title research to confirm or correct ownership for property listing whenever discrepancies arise.
– Performs title research for department staff to support ordinance enforcement activities.
– Performs information and interpretation assistance with land records to the public, abstractors, realtors, surveyors, landowners, taxpayers, local officials, banks, state departments, and more.
– Sends written communication to involved parties (attorneys, title companies, landowners, taxpayers) should errors in legal description or ownership of lands be ascertained from recorded documents.
– Assists in maintaining the countywide GIS by analyzing and resolving errors and by updating tax parcel and address information, including edits to the Parcel Fabric and associated address point data.
– Uses ArcGIS Pro’s coordinate geometry land surveying tools to update and correct the Parcel Fabric, analyzing all related computations to ensure accuracy and consistency.
– Assists in assigning rural addresses and maintaining related records in the assessment, taxation, and GIS databases, and provides address information to landowners, town officials, and emergency communications as needed for public safety.
– Create maps upon request or as needed for data sharing.
– Other duties as assigned.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
– Associates Degree in geographic information systems, cartography, surveying, land information, legal or related field.
– Minimum of two (2) years’ work experience working with legal descriptions, land and ownership records and/or GIS.
– An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for above.
– Previous experience with land assessments preferred.
Expected Pay Range: $26.57 – $30.07/hour
FTE: 1.0
Department: Community Development
St. Croix County is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We take affirmative action to ensure equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to an individual’s race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, gender identity, disability, marital status, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
Deadline Note: