Kansas Statutes Chapter 19. Counties and County Officers § 19-432. Same; list of persons eligible for appointment, removal from list; qualifications; training courses; continuing education required to retain certified status; notification when person no longer holds office

(a) The director of property valuation shall maintain a current list of persons eligible to be appointed to the office of appraiser. Periodic issuance of this list shall constitute the official list of eligible Kansas appraisers who are candidates for appointment. Inclusion on this list shall be made dependent upon successful completion of a written examination as adopted and administered by the director.

(b) The director of property valuation shall be required to conduct training courses annually for the purpose of training appraisal candidates. These courses shall be designed to prepare students to successfully complete the written examinations required for eligible Kansas appraiser status.

(c) Once certified, an eligible Kansas appraiser may retain that status only through successful completion of additional appraisal courses at intervals as determined by the director of property valuation. The director shall be required to conduct training courses annually for the purpose of providing the additional curriculum required for retention of Kansas appraiser status. The director may accept appraisal courses approved by the Kansas real estate appraisal board pursuant to K.S.A. 58-4105, and amendments thereto, as an alternative to courses conducted by the director's office to fulfill this requirement for the maintenance of eligible Kansas appraiser status.

(d) The board of county commissioners or governing body of any unified government of each county shall immediately notify the director of property valuation when a person no longer holds the office of county appraiser for such county. The notification shall be made on a form provided by the director. If the person no longer holds the office of county appraiser before the expiration of a four-year term or the person does not complete a four-year term, then the notification shall include the reason therefor, unless otherwise precluded by law. The director shall make a notation on any eligibility list record of the person when the person no longer holds the office of county appraiser before the expiration of a four-year term or the person does not complete a four-year term.