18 NCAC 08 .1201. INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE

(a)  The Department of the Secretary of State (hereinafter referred to as Department), has developed minimum certification requirements for property mappers in North Carolina.  These requirements are set forth in the rules of this Section.  The purposes of these requirements are as follows:

(1)           to insure that property mappers employed by local governments have every opportunity to expand their professional knowledge of new and state‑of‑the‑art mapping technologies;

(2)           to insure that property mappers have continual access to recognized courses of instruction in the principles of property mapping, and are cognizant of state laws and established standards pertaining to listing, appraisal, and assessment of real property for taxation purposes; and

(3)           to insure that the State's investments through grant awards are used wisely and expertly by the local government personnel who are responsible for creating and maintaining large scale cadastral maps which may be financed, in part, by these funds.

(b)  Copies of the requirements contained in this Section, as well as related laws, may be viewed or obtained by contacting the Land Records Management Division, Department of the Secretary of State, P.O. Box 27687, Raleigh, NC 27611, (919) 733‑7006.  The cost of copies will be twenty cents ($.20) per page to cover re‑production and postage.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 147‑37; 147‑54.4(e);

Eff. March 1, 1994.