{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-2816","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 68, § 68-2816","heading":"Officers and personnel - Educational accreditation","body":"A. The Director of the Ad Valorem Division of the Oklahoma Tax\n\nCommission, the first deputy within such division, all field\n\nanalysts or equalization and assessment analysts within such\n\ndivision, each elected county assessor assuming office on or after\n\nJanuary 1, 1991, all first deputies within such assessors' offices\n\nand all personnel involved in the actual appraisal of property shall\n\nbe required to achieve educational accreditation as prescribed by\n\nthis section. Such accreditation shall be achieved within the time\n\nprescribed. Failure to achieve such accreditation shall result in\n\nforfeiture of office or termination of employment. A vacancy in a\n\npublic office created for failure to achieve such accreditation\n\nshall be filled in the manner provided by law.\n\nB. Accreditation for persons designated in subsection A of this\n\nsection shall consist of initial accreditation and advanced\n\naccreditation as follows:\n\n1. Within one (1) year from the date an assessor is elected to\n\noffice, the assessor shall be required to successfully complete\n\ninitial accreditation. If the assessor does not successfully\n\ncomplete testing or some part of the requirement, initial\n\naccreditation shall be completed within eighteen (18) months from\n\nthe date of the assessor's election to office. Initial\n\naccreditation shall consist of successful completion of two (2)\n\nacademic units. The first academic unit shall consist of basic ad\n\nvalorem taxation law, legal responsibilities of the assessor's\n\noffice, the role of the county assessor, valuation requirements and\n\nassessment administration. The second academic unit shall consist\n\nof basic appraisal and assessment processes.\n\n2. Within one (1) year from the completion date of initial\n\naccreditation, the assessor shall be required to successfully\n\ncomplete advanced accreditation. If the assessor does not\n\nsuccessfully complete advanced accreditation testing or some part of\n\nthe requirement, advanced accreditation shall be completed by July\n\n1, 1995, for persons holding office on May 27, 1993, or for persons\n\nassuming office after May 27, 1993, within eighteen (18) months from\n\nthe date initial accreditation is completed. Advanced accreditation\n\nshall consist of successful completion of five (5) academic units.\n\nEach unit shall consist of one of the following topics:\n\na. appraisal procedures,\n\nb. valuation of personal property,\n\nc. valuation of agricultural property,\n\nd. mass appraisal procedures, and\n\ne. cadastral mapping.\n\n3. A county assessor's deputy not previously accredited\n\npursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this subsection shall be subject\n\nto the same requirements as the county assessor. Failure to\n\ncomplete the accreditations within the times prescribed shall result\n\nin dismissal of the deputy.\n\n4. For any person required to achieve accreditation pursuant to\n\nthis section and for whom the period of time to complete the\n\naccreditation is not otherwise prescribed, the accreditation shall\n\nbe completed within eighteen (18) months of January 1, 1991, or\n\nwithin eighteen (18) months of the beginning date of employment if\n\nsuch person is initially employed after January 1, 1991.\n\nC. Each county assessor who has successfully completed advanced\n\naccreditation shall thereafter be required to complete a continuing\n\neducation requirement of thirty (30) hours every three (3) years.\n\nFailure to complete the continuing education requirement shall\n\nresult in forfeiture of any travel reimbursement until the\n\nrequirement is completed. Continuing education shall consist of\n\nsuccessful completion of academic units on changes in Oklahoma\n\nStatutes affecting ad valorem taxation, real estate or appraisal,\n\nvaluation and appraisal methods, mass appraisal methods or other\n\ntopics appropriate to the improvement of county assessor's offices.\nent shall\n\nresult in forfeiture of any travel reimbursement until the\n\nrequirement is completed. Continuing education shall consist of\n\nsuccessful completion of academic units on changes in Oklahoma\n\nStatutes affecting ad valorem taxation, real estate or appraisal,\n\nvaluation and appraisal methods, mass appraisal methods or other\n\ntopics appropriate to the improvement of county assessor's offices.\n\nA deputy who has completed advanced accreditation as required by\n\nthis section shall be subject to the continuing education\n\nrequirement.\n\nD. The Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government\n\nTechnology, in cooperation with the Oklahoma Tax Commission and the\n\nCounty Assessors' Association, shall develop educational\n\nrequirements, curriculum materials, appropriate study resources and\n\nexaminations for an education program for accreditation purposes\n\nestablished in this section. The Oklahoma State University Center\n\nfor Local Government Technology shall provide necessary classes,\n\nseminars and materials in support of the accreditation requirements.\n\nNothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit use of the\n\nInternational Association of Assessing Officers' course work, where\n\napplicable, or any of its professional designations, as a substitute\n\nfor or supplement to the accreditation program requirements.\n\nE. For purposes of the administration of the accreditation\n\nrequirements, the Oklahoma State University Center for Local\n\nGovernment Technology shall be responsible for keeping an official\n\nrecord as to the accreditation of individual county assessors and\n\ndeputies and others who are required to achieve accreditation. Such\n\nrecord shall be the sole responsibility of Oklahoma State University\n\nand shall be defined as an open record under Section 24A.1 et seq.\n\nof Title 51 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The Oklahoma State University\n\nCenter for Local Government Technology shall be responsible for\n\nforwarding only the pass/fail results of individual testing to the\n\nTax Commission. The Tax Commission shall issue the accreditations\n\nto all persons who have so qualified. All expenses incurred in the\n\nperformance of the duties imposed upon the Oklahoma State University\n\nCenter for Local Government Technology shall be paid out of funds\n\ndeposited in the County Government Education-Technical Revolving\n\nFund as provided in Section 6 of this act, appropriated or otherwise\n\nmade available to the Tax Commission, or the University may charge a\n\nreasonable fee to defray the cost of sponsoring the educational\n\naccreditation academic units required by this section.\n\nF. The Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government\n\nTechnology, in cooperation with the County Assessors' Association\n\nand the County Treasurers' Association shall provide computer\n\nsoftware programs, support of software and hardware including\n\ninstallation, maintenance, data management and training, to counties\n\ncurrently using the services previously provided by the State\n\nAuditor and Inspector. All expenses incurred in the performance of\n\nthe duties imposed upon the Oklahoma State University Center for\n\nLocal Government Technology shall be paid out of funds deposited in\n\nthe County Government Education-Technical Revolving Fund as provided\n\nby Section 6 of this act, appropriated or otherwise made available\n\nto the Tax Commission, or the University may charge a reasonable fee\n\nto defray the cost of sponsoring the County Computer Assistance\n\nProgram support services required by this section.\n\nG. The Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government\n\nTechnology, in cooperation with the County Assessors' Association,\n\nshall provide the administration, support, training and\n\nimplementation of the Oklahoma State University Center for Local\n\nGovernment Technology-sponsored computer-assisted mass appraisal\n\ncomputer software system to any county using the services provided\nthis section.\n\nG. The Oklahoma State University Center for Local Government\n\nTechnology, in cooperation with the County Assessors' Association,\n\nshall provide the administration, support, training and\n\nimplementation of the Oklahoma State University Center for Local\n\nGovernment Technology-sponsored computer-assisted mass appraisal\n\ncomputer software system to any county using the services provided\n\nby the Ad Valorem Division of the Oklahoma Tax Commission and other\n\ncounties upon request on the effective date of this act, if such\n\ncounty elects to adopt the Oklahoma State University Center for\n\nLocal Government Technology-sponsored program. All expenses\n\nincurred in the performance of the duties imposed upon the Oklahoma\n\nState University Center for Local Government Technology for the\n\ncomputer-assisted mass appraisal program shall be paid out of funds\n\ndeposited in the County Government Education-Technical Revolving\n\nFund as provided by Section 6 of this act, appropriated or otherwise\n\nmade available to the Oklahoma Tax Commission.\n\nH. All powers, duties, responsibilities, property, assets,\n\nliabilities, fund balances, encumbrances and obligations of the Ad\n\nValorem Division of the Oklahoma Tax Commission relating to the\n\ncomputer-assisted mass appraisal system, referenced in subsection G\n\nof this section, including, but not limited to, program management,\n\nsupport and training, are hereby transferred to the Oklahoma State\n\nUniversity Center for Local Government Technology.","path":["OK Code","Title 68"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os68.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"0012a4bd774c4dc38d4fbff469e25d2aed03fa8addf7ac9fb6a8b6543a046494","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-2815.2","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-68-68-2817"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}