76-2247.01 Services; authorized; contingent fee prohibited; when.
76-2247.01. Services; authorized; contingent fee prohibited; when.A person may retain or employ a real property appraiser credentialed under the Real Property Appraiser Act to provide appraisal services, including, but not limited to, valuation assignments and consulting services. In each case, the appraisal and the appraisal report shall comply with the Real Property Appraiser Act and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.In a valuation assignment, the real property appraiser shall remain an impartial, disinterested third party. When providing a consulting service, the real property appraiser may complete the evaluation assignment in a manner that responds to a client's stated objective but shall also remain an impartial, disinterested third party. Compensation of a real property appraiser for either a valuation assignment or consulting service shall not be contingent upon the real property appraiser reporting a predetermined analysis, opinion, or conclusion reached or upon the results achieved. SourceLaws 1991, LB 203, § 51; Laws 1994, LB 1107, § 45; Laws 2001, LB 162, § 39; Laws 2006, LB 778, § 67; Laws 2007, LB186, § 24.