Section 82B.14 Experience Requirement
82B.14 EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT.
(a) As a prerequisite for licensing as a licensed real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has obtained 2,000 hours of experience in real property appraisal obtained in no fewer than 12 months.
As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified residential real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has obtained 2,500 hours of experience in real property appraisal obtained in no fewer than 24 months.
As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified general real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has obtained 3,000 hours of experience in real property appraisal obtained in no fewer than 30 months. At least 50 percent, or 1,500 hours, must be in nonresidential appraisal work.
(b) Each applicant for license under section 82B.11, subdivision 3, 4, or 5, shall give under oath a detailed listing of the real estate appraisal reports or file memoranda for which experience is claimed by the applicant. Upon request, the applicant shall make available to the commissioner for examination, a sample of appraisal reports that the applicant has prepared in the course of appraisal practice.
(c) Notwithstanding section 45.22, a college or university real estate course may be approved retroactively by the commissioner for appraiser prelicense education credit if:
(1) the course was offered by a college or university physically located in Minnesota;
(2) the college or university was an approved education provider at the time the course was offered;
(3) the commissioner's approval is made to the same extent in terms of courses and hours and with the same time limits as those specified by the Appraiser Qualifications Board.
(d) Applicants may not receive credit for experience accumulated while unlicensed, if the experience is based on activities which required a license under this section.
(e) Experience for all classifications must be obtained after January 30, 1989, and must be USPAP compliant.
History:
1989 c 341 art 1 s 14; 1991 c 97 s 8; 1992 c 587 art 4 s 4; 1993 c 309 s 26; 1997 c 222 s 40; 2000 c 483 s 47; 2001 c 208 s 19; 2005 c 100 s 16; 2006 c 235 s 9; 2010 c 384 s 82