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Glossary of terms for residential parcels

UNIFORM STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL APPRAISAL PRACTICE
	Annual publication of the Appraisal Standards board of the Appraisal Foundation: "These Standards deal with the procedures to be followed in performing an appraisal, review or consulting service and the manner in which an appraisal, review or consulting service is communicated….STANDARD 6 sets forth criteria for the development and reporting of mass appraisals for ad valorem tax purposes or any other universe of properties" (p.1).
UNIFORMITY
	The equality of the burden of taxation in the method of assessment.