(1) LISTER, COUNTY BOARDS MAY PROVIDE FOR. Any county board may appoint a county real property lister and may appropriate funds for the operation of the department of such lister. (2) DUTIES OF LISTER. The county board may delegate any of the following duties to the lister: (a) To prepare and maintain accurate ownership and description information for all parcels of real property in the county. That information may include the following: 1. Parcel numbers. 2. The owner’s name and an accurate legal description as shown on the latest records of the office of the register of deeds. 3. The owner’s mailing address. 4. The number of acres in the parcel if it contains more than one acre. 5. School district and special purpose district codes. (b) To provide information on parcels of real property in the county for the use of taxation district assessors, city, village and town clerks and treasurers and county offices and any other persons requiring that information. (c) To serve as the coordinator between the county and the taxation districts in the county for assessment and taxation purposes. (d) To provide computer services related to assessment and taxation for the assessors, clerks and treasurers of the taxation districts in the county, including but not limited to data entry for the assessment roll, notice of assessments, summary reports, tax roll and tax bills. (3) BASIC TAX FORMS. (a) The department of revenue shall prescribe basic uniform forms of assessment rolls, tax rolls, tax bills, tax receipts, tax roll settlement sheets and all other forms required for the assessment and collection of general property taxes throughout the state, and shall furnish each county designee a sample of the uniform forms. (c) If any county has reason to use forms for assessment and collection of taxes in addition to those prescribed under par. (a), the county real property lister and treasurer jointly may prescribe such additional forms for use in their county, upon approval of the department of revenue. (d) Each county designee who requires the forms prescribed in pars. (a) and (c) shall procure them at county expense and shall furnish such forms to the assessors, clerks and treasurers of the taxation districts within the county, as needed in the discharge of their duties.
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