Assessor Recorder Technician

The County of Siskiyou is an affirmative action / equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications of any race, religion, or ancestry.

For exact salary information please refer to the current salary schedule, County website.

Under general supervision, to perform a variety of entry level, specialized clerical and technical duties related to the operations of the Assessor-Recorder's Office; and to perform related work as required.

Administrative Assessment Supervisor or County Recording Supervisor, Deputy Assessor-Recorder, Assistant Assessor-Recorder, and Assessor-Recorder

This is not a supervisory class.

This is the entry and first working level in the Assessor-Recorder Technician class series.

Learns and performs entry level work in the preparation, processing, and maintenance of the assessment roll; assists the public at the counter, answers and routes phone calls to appropriate staff members; analyzes documents and applies appropriate tax law, maintains records and indexes involving ownership, exemption, mailing addresses and tax area codes; identifies documents by entering parcel numbers; assembles and transfers information from other sources;

verifies information received on various forms, logs, files, etc.; sorts forms returned by public for correct processing and routing; types letters from rough drafts, types reports, form letters, and statistical data; assists other Assessor-Recorder Technicians in specialized areas, searches and copies documents, receives and receipts monies; receives and distributes mail, operates computer and various office and copying equipment.

Learns to receive and check for acceptability and accuracy from a variety of legal instruments; examines documents submitted for recording to determine if document is in accordance with laws governing recording; determines recordability, determines the proper recording fee, and records documents; maintains and does indexing and/or verifying to create indexes of official records; prepares documents for imaging, scans images; reviews scanned images for accuracy;

maintains simple statistical reports and cash drawers; accepts birth, marriage, and death certificates, maintains vital statistics indexes; provides public a variety of information and assists public at the counter, on the telephone, and by mail.

Modern office practices and procedures; operation of office equipment; common terminology routinely used in legal documents; clerical practices and procedures; windows-based computer software.

• Functions, policies, and procedures of the Assessor-Recorder's Office.
• Codes and laws affecting the ownership and appraisal of property.
• Laws, rules, regulations, and policies affecting the recording of documents and assessment of documentary transfer tax.
• General knowledge of terminology, concepts, methods and procedures used in assessment of property.
• Methods and practices of updating and maintaining assessment rolls.
• Computers and software used in maintaining Assessor-Recorder's Office records.
• Read and understand codes, statutes, and information related to Assessor
  - Recorder's Office support work and make decisions based on the analysis of legal documents processed by the Assessor-Recorder's Office.

• Follow oral and written directions.
• Gather and organize data and information.
• Assist with the preparation of reports.
• Make mathematical calculations quickly and accurately.
• Work with computerized information systems and use a computer for maintaining and updating assessment roll and property information.
• Deal tactfully and courteously with the public and other staff when explaining the functions and policies of the Assessor-Recorder's Office.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Type at a speed necessary for successful job performance.

Any combination of training or experience that would provide the knowledge and skills to successfully perform the listed duties is qualifying. A typical way, but not required, to obtain the required knowledge…