When the duties of the county assessor are combined with the duties of another officer or employee as provided in section 331.323, subsection 1 , the person named to perform the combined duties shall be appointed as provided in sections 441.5 through 441.8 . [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81 , S81, §441.56 ; 81 Acts, ch 117, §1083 ] 2021 Acts, ch 80, §278