You're the buyer, right? Normally, the only need for an appraisal is for financing. The bank picks the appraiser, buyer pays for it as part of his loan closing costs. If there is no need for appraisal for financing, why are you getting one? If seller wants one, let him pay for it. If you want one, for whatever reason, you pay for it.
A note of caution about using county tax values as substitute for an appraisal: Most assessor's offices are now underfunded and understaffed, and their values are getting further and further from reality. Oftentimes, they don't even look at the property, and just apply a percentage adjustment from the last go around. In my county, I know of a buildable 2 acre parcel with road frontage that the county values at $200, and a 1.7 acre abandoned railroad right of way that is landlocked and unusable, valued at $15,000. I have always maintained that our Assessor is the most incompetent in all the world, but then again, the world is a pretty big place. . .
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