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Historical Rule for the Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 22EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 8TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION BOARD
CHAPTER 153PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION ACT
RULE §153.9Applications

(a) A person desiring to be certified or licensed as an appraiser or approved as an appraiser trainee or registered as a temporary non-resident appraiser shall file an application using forms prescribed by the board. The commissioner shall review the application and make a recommendation for final action to the board. The board may decline to accept for filing an application which is materially incomplete or which is not accompanied by the appropriate fee. Except as provided by the Act, the board may not grant a certification, license or approval of trainee status to an applicant unless the applicant:

  (1) pays the fees requested by the board;

  (2) satisfies any experience and education requirements established by the Act or by these sections;

  (3) successfully completes any qualifying examination prescribed by the board; and

  (4) provides all supporting documentation or information requested by the board in connection with the application.

(b) The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board adopts by reference the following forms approved by the board and published and available from the board, P.O. Box 12188, Austin, Texas 78711-2188:

  (1) TALCB Form 1.4, Application for Appraiser Certification or Licensing;

  (2) TALCB Form 2.2, Appraisal Experience Affidavit;

  (3) TALCB Form 3.2, Appraisal Experience Log;

  (4) TALCB Form 4.4, Application for Approval as an Appraiser Trainee;

  (5) TALCB Form 5.0, Request for Course Approval and Renewal;

  (6) TALCB Form 6.3, Temporary Non-Resident Appraiser Registration;

  (7) TALCB Form 8.3, Change of Office Address;

  (8) TALCB Form 9.1, Addition or Termination of Appraiser Trainee Sponsorship;

  (9) TALCB Form 10.0, Supplement to Application for Appraiser Certification or Licensing by Reciprocity.

(c) An application may be considered void and subject to no further evaluation or processing if an applicant fails to provide information or documentation within 60 days after the board makes written request for the information or documentation.

(d) A certification, license, or appraiser trainee approval is valid for the term for which it is issued by the board unless suspended or revoked for cause and unless revoked, may be renewed in accordance with the requirements of §153.17 of this title (relating to Renewals and Continuing Education).

(e) The board may deny certification, licensing, or approval as an appraiser trainee to an applicant who fails to satisfy the board as to the applicant's honesty, trustworthiness, and integrity.

(f) An application shall be considered void and subject to no further evaluation or processing if the applicant fails to provide acceptable documentation that all requirements for licensure, certification, or approval as an appraiser trainee have been met within one year of the date the application was received by the board, or within one year of the date of the applicant's last examination, whichever occurs later.


Source Note: The provisions of this §153.9 adopted to be effective March 2, 1992, 17 TexReg 1231; amended to be effective April 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 1680; amended to be effective November 10, 1993, 18 TexReg 7542; amended to be effective July 21, 1994, 19 TexReg 5354; amended to be effective March 1, 1995, 19 TexReg 10357; amended to be effective March 1, 1997, 22 TexReg 1717.

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