State Certified Property Mapper

The purpose of the requirements for certification are stated in the Administrative Rules to be:

• 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.
• To insure that property mappers have continual principles of property mapping and are cognizant of state laws and established standards pertaining to listing, appraisal, and assessment of real property, and
• To insure that the state's investments through grant awards are used wisely and expertly by the local government personnel who supervise large and small scale mapping projects which may be financed, in part, by these funds.

Applicants for state certification must complete the NCPMA Regular Mapping course and exam as well as the UNC School of Government's course in Fundamentals of Listing and Assessing.

The application fee for certification and for renewal of certification is $20.00. A property mapper's certification must be renewed every two (2) years by attending twenty-four (24) hours of continuing education.

The following is a list of courses and meetings pre-approved for continuing education credit toward renewal of state certification.

*No more than 12 hours will be credited during the re-certification period. Subject to public review.