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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 8TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION BOARD
CHAPTER 153PROVISIONS OF THE TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION ACT
RULE §153.8Scope of Practice
ISSUE 03/16/2001
ACTION Final/Adopted
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)Certified General Real Estate Appraisers:

  (1)may appraise of all types of real property without regard to transaction value or complexity; and

  (2)are bound by the Competency Rule and all other provisions of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) in effect at the time of the appraisal.

(b)Certified Residential Real Estate Appraisers:

  (1)may appraise one-to-four residential units without regard to transaction value or complexity;

  (2)may appraise vacant or unimproved land for which the highest and best use is for one-to-four family purposes;

  (3)may not appraise subdivisions;

  (4)may associate with a state certified general real estate appraiser, who shall sign the appraisal report, to appraise non-residential properties; and

  (5)are bound by the Competency Rule and all other provisions of the USPAP in effect at the time of the appraisal.

(c)State Licensed Real Estate Appraisers:

  (1)may appraise non-complex one-to-four residential units having a transaction value less than $1 million and complex one-to-four residential units having a transaction value less than $250,000;

  (2)may appraise vacant or unimproved land for which the highest and best use is for one to four family purposes;

  (3)may not appraise subdivisions;

  (4)may associate with a state certified general real estate appraiser, who shall sign the appraisal report, to appraise non-residential properties; and

  (5)are bound by the Competency Rule and all other provisions of the USPAP in effect at the time of the appraisal.

(d)Provisional Licensed Real Estate Appraisers:

  (1)may appraise the same types of properties as a State Licensed Real Estate Appraiser; and

  (2)are bound by the Competency Rule and all other provisions of the USPAP in effect at the time of the appraisal.

(e)Appraiser Trainees:

  (1)may appraise those properties, under the active, personal and diligent supervision of their sponsoring certified appraiser, which the supervising certified appraiser sponsor is permitted to appraise; and

  (2)shall be subject to the USPAP in effect at the time of the appraisal.

This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on February 26, 2001

TRD-200101160

Renil C. Linér

Commissioner

Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board

Effective date: April 1, 2001

Proposal publication date: December 22, 2000

For further information, please call: (512) 465-3950



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