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I am interested in becoming licensed as a
Real Estate Appraiser Trainee, but have been unable to find a State
Certified Real Estate Appraiser willing to supervise me. Can I receive a
license without a supervisory appraiser? |
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No. Real Estate Appraiser Trainees must work
under the direct and personal supervision of a Certified
General/Certified Residential Appraiser in good standing with the board.
Bear in mind that your supervising appraiser need not reside in the same
community as you. You are also permitted to have more than one supervisory
appraiser. |
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Can qualifying education course work be
completed through distance education and, if so, is there a limit to the
number of hours one can take online? |
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The board has approved several education
providers who offer qualifying education courses online. There is no limit
to the number of hours that can be completed through distance learning.
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After I receive my license as an Appraiser
Trainee, am I limited to the types of property I can appraise? |
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The scope of work for the Appraiser Trainee is
the appraisal of those properties that his or her
supervisory appraiser is licensed to appraise. |
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Must my supervising appraiser also sign on
appraisals that are not being prepared for loan purposes? |
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Yes. Any appraisal report prepared by you must
also include the signature of your supervisory appraiser. |
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Must my supervisory appraiser accompany me
to inspect the properties I will be appraising? |
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If your supervisor feels you are competent to
appraise the properties on your own, it is not
necessary that he or she accompany you, although
this must disclosed in the appraisal report. |
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I have two supervisory appraisers, one of
whom is licensed as a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser. I have
passed the Certified Residential Real Property Examination and am ready to
submit my experience credit application to the board. Can I include my
commercial appraisal reports for credit? |
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Commercial appraisals cannot be included for
experience credit toward licensure as a Certified Residential Real Estate
Appraiser. |
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I am training under a Certified Residential
Real Estate Appraiser. Although I now appraise the residential properties
without assistance, one of our clients will not allow trainees to sign the
report. How can I receive experience credit for those reports I cannot
sign? |
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Standards Rule 2-2 of the Uniform Standards of
Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) requires anyone providing
significant professional assistance in the preparation of an appraisal
report to either sign the report or be named as having provided such
assistance, the extent of which must be defined in the signed certification
disclosure. Thus, your supervising appraiser must identify your exact
contribution of work in the appraisal report certification. |
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I am interested in becoming licensed as an
appraiser, but have been convicted of a felony. How does this affect my
application? |
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Prior to enrolling in any required appraisal
classes, it is recommended that you contact the Investigative Division to
discuss this issue. The board has the authority to determine whether or not
you will be allowed to proceed with your application to obtain your
appraiser license and has implemented specific procedures which must be
followed. |
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I completed the required number of
qualifying education hours for the Certified Residential Real Estate
Appraiser license six (6) years ago, but never applied to sit for the
Certified Residential Appraiser Examination. Will these hours be accepted
for my Appraiser Trainee license? |
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Qualifying education hours must be obtained
within the five-year period immediately preceding application for the
license. |
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Prior to mandatory licensing, I completed
approximately 200 residential appraisals under the supervision of a
Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser. I am aware that I must now
have a license to do any type of real property appraisal. Will I be able to
claim the appraisals done prior to August 15, 2003 for experience credit
toward a Certified Residential license? |
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Provided the appraisals comply with the
Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), they may be
applied toward the experience requirement. |
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I passed the Certified Residential
Appraiser Examination on June 15, 2002 and obtained my trainee license when
the new law was implemented. If I am unable to satisfy the experience
requirement by June 15, 2004, will I be required to retake the exam? |
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Yes. Subsection 3398.B of the Louisiana Real
Estate Appraiser Law requires any applicant not licensed within two years of
passing the examination to retake and pass the test. |
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As a licensed Real Estate Appraiser
Trainee, will I be subject to continuing education? |
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In order to renew your license, you must
complete 30 hours of continuing education in courses that have been approved
by the board, including the mandatory 7-Hour National USPAP Update
Course. |
