Certifications

The Johnson County Appraiser's Office encourages and supports its staff in obtaining the highest standards of education, including certification and designation, through recognized professional organizations such as the International Association of Assessing Officers.  Below are the names of employees who have earned a professional designation (title).  Click on any designation to view its related guidelines or criteria.

AAS     ASA     CAE     CAP     CPA     CPS     PPS     RES     RMA

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• Paul A. Welcome, County Appraiser - CAE, ASA, RMA

• Darla Frank, Residential Valuation Manager - CAE, RMA

• Linda Clark, Commercial Real Estate Valuation Specialist - CAE, RMA, RES

• Stan Moulder, Commercial Real Estate Research Specialist - CAE, RMA

• Gary Dunn, Residential Real Estate Appraiser - CAE

• Jeff Holsapple, Residential Valuation Manager - RES, RMA, CAE

• Jeff Ramsey, Residential Real Estate Regional Coordinator - RES, RMA, CAE

• Scott Porter, Senior Commercial Real Estate Appraiser - RMA

• Karen Solis, Commercial Real Estate Appraiser - RMA

• Kara Endicott, Commercial Real Estate District Appraiser - RMA, RES, CAE

• Jim Hendrickson, Commercial Real Estate District Appraiser - RMA, RES

• Larry Hoover, Residential Real Estate District Appraiser - RMA, RES

• David Knight, Residential Real Estate Regional Coordinator - RMA, RES

• Bill Neal, Residential Real Estate Valuation Specialist - RMA, RES

• Matt Nolte, Residential Real Estate District Appraiser - RMA

• Janna Holden, Commercial Real Estate Appraiser - RMA, RES

• Webb Siemens, Commercial Real Estate Appraiser - RMA

• Kyle Blanz, Residential Real Estate District Appraiser - RMA, RES

• Darin LaBarge, Residential Real Estate Appraiser - RMA

• Karen Rhoads, Residential Real Estate Appraiser - RMA

• Eric Beer, Residential Real Estate Appraiser - RMA

• Mark Boettcher, Commercial Real Estate Valuation Specialist - MAI, CCIM, SRA, GRI

CAE

To earn the Certified Assessment Evaluator, the candidate must:

• Have a high school diploma or its equivalent

• Have five years experience in assessment or appraising

• Complete IAAO courses 1, 2, 7 and 201 or equivalents (250 hours)

• Complete a residential demonstration report

• Complete a commercial project or demonstration report

• Complete a Standards of Practice workshop

• Pass an eight-hour comprehensive examination
  

CAP

To earn the Certified Administrative Professional, the candidate must:

• Complete appropriate combination of education and work experience

• Complete the CAP examination

CPA

To earn the Certified Public Accountant, the candidate must:

• Complete baccalaureate degree with 150 college hours

• Have appropriate work experience

• Pass the Uniform CPA examination

CPS

To earn the Certified Professional Secretary, the candidate must:

• Complete appropriate combination of education and work experience

• Complete examination on finance, business law, office systems, administration, and management

PPS

To earn the Personal Property Specialist (PPS), the candidate must:

• Be an IAAO member

• Be a candidate in the PPS program

• Have three years of experience in the personal property valuation system

• Complete three educational courses

• Perform a demonstration appraisal report

• Complete the PPS Master Examination

RES

To earn the Residential Evaluation Specialist (RES), a candidate must:

• The candidate must be an IAAO member and a candidate in good standing in the RES program

• The candidate must have at least three (3) years of experience in appraising residential real property

• The candidate must have credit for the following five (5) educational courses or their equivalents
  
  1. IAAO Course 101: Fundamentals of Real Property Appraisal
  2. IAAO Course 102: Income Approach to Valuation
  3. IAAO Course 300: Fundamentals of Mass Appraisal
  4. IAAO Course 311: Residential Modeling Concepts
  5. IAAO 151 Workshop: Standards of Practice and Professional Ethics (Examination can not be challenged). 

• The candidate must have satisfactorily completed either: 
  1. A real property demonstration appraisal report, using all recognized approaches to value, on a single-family residence
  
  If a candidate for a RES is also on an equivalent real property appraiser certification or licensing track administered by an organization, country, province or state requiring successful completion of a real property demonstration appraisal report, the candidate may seek a waiver of the IAAO requirement by submitting the appraisal report approved by his/her organization, country, province or state satisfying section D.1. provided that the organization, country, province or state has previously entered into a real property demonstration appraisal report and grading standards waiver agreement with the IAAO.
   
  2. Or Case Study Exam and IAAO 20.1 
  
  3. A real property demonstration appraisal report on the computer-assisted valuation of a group of residential properties 
  
  4. The candidate must pass a four-hour RES Master Examination. This examination can be given only after all other requirements have been met.
  
  5. Upon successfully completing the RES Master Examination, the candidate must submit an affidavit attesting to experience before the designation can be conferred.
  
  6. The candidate must be a high school graduate or the equivalent. 

RMA

To earn the Registered Mass Appraiser (RMA), the candidate must:

• Complete IAAO Course 1 and 2 or equivalent

• Complete IAAO Standards & Ethics

• Complete Property Tax Law Course

• Complete Personal Property course

• Complete Mass Appraiser course

• Have additional education totaling 30 hours for a total of 180 hours

• Be experienced with 6,000 hours of mass appraisal experience

• Complete Kansas Property Valuation Department's eligibility examination

• Complete case studies in residential and commercial

• Complete continuing education of 120 hours every four years