Wisconsin Real Property Listers Association

About the Office: In addition to her listing duties, the Real Property Tax Lister, as part of the Waukesha County Register of Deeds Office, is also responsible for supervision and overseeing the entire Real Estate Departments work processes and staff . This includes (but is not limited to) hiring, termination, discipline, performance evaluation, training, maintenance of personnel/payroll records. The job functions of the thirteen Real Estate Department staff members are broken down between Tax Listing (three full time clerks and one regular part time clerk) and Real Estate (nine full time clerks). Aside from listing duties and supervision of the Real Estate Department, the Lister also oversees the Real Estate Department budget, assists with the office strategic planning and business continuity planning, acts as Deputy County Surveyor (accumulates and files Plats of Survey for public inspection, on behalf of the County Surveyor) and is involved in the development of any automation projects involving the Real Estate Department Tax Listing or Land Records work and/or processes.

About the City/ County: With its close proximity to Milwaukee, Waukesha County is becoming more urban than rural. The County (consisting of 7 Cities, 18 Villages and 12 Towns) comprises an area of approximately 576 square miles. The 2000 Census reflected that Waukesha County now has a population of 360,767. As of 1/1/2002, the real estate parcel count for Waukesha County was 138,339, with an additional 14,139 personal property accounts. During 2001, the Waukesha County Register of Deeds Office Recorded 122,897 documents. From January 1, 2002 through and including June 30, 2002, there have been 79,410 documents recorded. Real Estate transfer form counts have been averaging between 11,000 to 13,000 per year. This does not include all other recorded legal documents that are processed causing splits of land and changes being made to the tax listing on the assessment rolls.