Iowa § 441.6 Appointment of assessor — confirmation by director of revenue

Iowa Statutes

§ 441.6 — Appointment of assessor — confirmation by director of revenue

Iowa § 441.6

Title XFINANCIAL RESOURCES

Ch. 441ASSESSMENT AND VALUATION OF PROPERTY

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Iowa Code § 441.6 (2026).

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1.When a vacancy occurs in the office of city or county assessor, the examining board shall, within seven days of the occurrence of the vacancy, request the director of revenue to forwardaregistercontainingthenamesofallindividualseligibleforappointmentasassessor. The examining board may, at its own expense, conduct a further examination, either written or oral, of any person whose name appears on the register, and shall make written report of the examination and submit the report together with the names of those individuals certified by the director of revenue to the conference board within fifteen days after the receipt of the register from the director of revenue.

2.Upon receipt of the report of the examining board, the chairperson of the conference board shall by written notice call

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1. When a vacancy occurs in the office of city or county assessor, the examining board
shall, within seven days of the occurrence of the vacancy, request the director of revenue to
forwardaregistercontainingthenamesofallindividualseligibleforappointmentasassessor.
The examining board may, at its own expense, conduct a further examination, either written
or oral, of any person whose name appears on the register, and shall make written report of
the examination and submit the report together with the names of those individuals certified

by the director of revenue to the conference board within fifteen days after the receipt of the
register from the director of revenue.
2. Upon receipt of the report of the examining board, the chairperson of the conference
board shall by written notice call a meeting of the conference board to appoint an assessor.
The meeting shall be held not later than seven days after the receipt of the report of the
examiningboardbytheconferenceboard. Atthemeeting,theconferenceboardshallappoint
an assessor from the register of eligible candidates. However, if a special examination has
not been conducted previously for the same vacancy, the conference board may request the
director of revenue to hold a special examination pursuant to section 441.7. The chairperson
oftheconferenceboardshallgivewrittennoticetothedirectorofrevenueoftheappointment
within ten days of the decision of the board.
3. The appointee selected by the conference board under subsection 2 or appointed to
a succeeding term under section 441.8, subsection 1, shall not assume the office of city or
countyassessoruntilsuchappointmentisconfirmedbythedirectorofrevenue. Ifthedirector
of revenue rejects the appointment, the examining board shall conduct a new examination
and submit a new report to the conference board under subsection 1. The director of revenue
shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to implement and administer this subsection.