(1) Assign an identification number to each item of personal property that is a capitalized asset;

(2) Maintain original vehicle and equipment titles except titles to vehicles and equipment purchased or maintained through the equipment rental and revolving fund, which shall be maintained by the fleet management division of the department of facilities and fleet;

(3) Conduct inventory audits and maintain inventory records for county property;

(4) Consolidate personal property into lots when doing so provides an advantage with respect to its management or disposition;

(5) Determine the fair market value of surplus property by appraisal, market study, or other means appropriate to the type of property and determine whether, based on such fair market value and disposition costs, the surplus property is worthless;

(6) Maintain all original deeds, easements, reservations of mineral rights and other documents evidencing title to real property except those documents relating to property held for county road purposes, which shall be maintained by the department of public works;

(7) Maintain all original lease and license agreements except:

(8) Act as the designee of the county treasurer under RCW 36.34.080 as now enacted or hereafter amended;

(9) Recommend removing the tax title status of property by paying the outstanding taxes as provided in RCW 36.35.150(1) if the property may have use for a public purpose;

(10) Advertise the disposition of surplus property as provided in SCC 4.46.250 or as otherwise required by applicable law;

(11) Upon request from the public, provide verification or status of county ownership or placement in county inventory for county real and personal property;

(12) Initiate requests to utilities to start or stop service delivery to county real property;

(13) Execute form trespass enforcement requests to local law enforcement agencies having jurisdiction where county real property is located;

(14) Execute all documents for which the property management division is granted signature authority;

(15) Conduct or approve the conduct of the disposition of all surplus county property except disposition of property approved and conducted by the purchasing manager or fleet manager pursuant to SCC 4.46.201;

(16) Execute on behalf of Snohomish County documents that are administrative in nature for the management of county-owned property which do not obligate the county monetarily or for which sufficient appropriations already exist and which do not otherwise give rise to new or additional liabilities, including but not limited to applications and forms required for development of county-owned property, owner association documents related to county-owned property, forms required for acknowledgment of and responsibilities associated with county-owned property ownership; and

(17) Execute all documents necessary to complete transactions for which the property officer has approval authority. (Added by Ord. 93-137, Dec. 22, 1993, Eff date Jan. 1, 1994; Amended by Ord. 95-123 § 1, Jan. 3, 1996, Eff date Jan. 15, 1996; Amended by Ord. 95-123 § 1, Jan. 3, 1996, Eff date Jan. 15, 1996; Amended by Amended Ord. 07-102, Oct. 24, 2007, Eff date Nov. 8, 2007; Amended by Ord. 14-080, Sept. 24, 2014, Eff date Oct. 10, 2014; Amended by Ord. 16-122, Jan. 11, 2017, Eff date Jan. 27, 2017; Amended by Ord. 19-013, May 8, 2019, Eff date May 19, 2019; Amended by Ord. 19-077, Jan. 8, 2020, Eff date Jan. 19, 2020).