Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator Exam (CPE) Questions And Answers 100% Pass
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CERTIFIED PENNSYLVANIA EVALUATOR
Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator Exam
(CPE) Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Assessor - answerAny person responsible for the valuation of real property for ad valorum
taxation purposes
Duties and Responsibilities of an Assessor - answerDiscovering, Listing, Valuing
Clean & Green - Act 319 - ans...
Certified Pennsylvania Evaluator Exam
(CPE) Questions And Answers 100% Pass
Assessor - answer✔Any person responsible for the valuation of real property for ad valorum
taxation purposes
Duties and Responsibilities of an Assessor - answer✔Discovering, Listing, Valuing
Clean & Green - Act 319 - answer✔Has two values, Value in Use and Value in Exchange
An Assessor is accountable to whom? - answer✔Himself, taxpayers and all taxing authorities
In order for an assessor to accomplish the task of discovering property, the assessor needs what?
- answer✔An adequate mapping system ( GIS) showing every parcel of land.
Last day to submit an appeal - answer✔September 1
All appeals must be heard and decided by what date? - answer✔October 31st
Last day to apply for the Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion - answer✔March 1st
Last day to apply for the Clean and Green program for the next tax year - answer✔June 1st
Date that public notice must be given that tax rolls are open for public inspection - answer✔July
1st
STEB must certify to all assessment Office their CLR's by which date? - answer✔July 1st
All notice of appeal decisions must be mailed - answer✔November 15th
Assessors Certification Date - answer✔November 15th
Levels of appeal process - answer✔1. County Board of Assessment Appeals, 2. Court of
Common Pleas of Pennsylvania, 3.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, 4.Superior Court of
Pennsylvania
Assessors are charged with the responsibility of administering what? - answer✔A uniform and
equitable assessment system
March 17th 1987 - answer✔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 - answer✔The responsibility to certify assessors shifted from the State Tax
Equalization Board to the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers.
State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers - answer✔The state board certification body
To be certified by the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers, the assessor must: -
answer✔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)
How often must an assessor recertify? - answer✔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? - answer✔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 - answer✔Appraisal Standards Board
An appraiser must perform assignments with what? - answer✔Impartiality, Objectivity and
Independence, without accommodation of personal interest
How long must an appraiser retain his/her workfile? - answer✔5 years after preparation or 2
years after final disposition of any judicial processing.
Whichever expires last!
Workfile must include the following: - answer✔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? - answer✔The trust of those he
or she serves
The assessor and his staff should always consider themselves what? - answer✔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? - answer✔1. property record cards
2. maps
3. Tax duplicates
4. alphabetical index
Title 53 Purdons - answer✔The volume that has pertinent court cases and taxation laws for
Pennsylvania assessment.
Ad valorem - answer✔At value.
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