Viewing an earlier, undated versionView current - (a) Beginning with the four-year period starting on July 1, 2000, every person licensed by the state board of assessors at the Accredited Minnesota Assessor level or higher, shall successfully complete a week-long Minnesota laws course sponsored by the department of revenue at least once in every four-year period. An assessor need not attend the course if they successfully pass the test for the course.
- (b) The commissioner of revenue may require that each county, and each city for which the city assessor performs the duties of county assessor, have (i) a person on the assessor's staff who is certified by the department of revenue in sales ratio calculations, (ii) an officer or employee who is certified by the department of revenue in tax calculations, and (iii) an officer or employee who is certified by the department of revenue in the proper preparation of abstracts of assessment. The commissioner of revenue may require that each county have an officer or employee who is certified by the department of revenue in the proper preparation of abstracts of tax lists.