Mo. Rev. Stat. § 339.503 — MO Code / Chapter 339 / Section 339.503
339.503 Definitions.
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339.503. Definitions. — As used in sections 339.500 to 339.549 , the following words and phrases mean, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

(1) "Appraisal" or "real estate appraisal" , an objective analysis, evaluation, opinion, or conclusion relating to the nature, quality, value or utility of specified interests in, or aspects of, identified real estate. An appraisal may be classified by subject matter into either a valuation or an analysis;

(2) "Appraisal assignment" , an engagement for which a person is employed or retained to act as a disinterested third party in rendering an objective appraisal;

(3) "Appraisal firm" , a person, limited liability company, partnership, association, or corporation whose principal is an appraiser licensed under sections 339.500 to 339.549 which for compensation prepares and communicates appraisals, reviews appraisals prepared by others, provides appraisal consultation services, and supervises, trains, and reviews work produced or certified by persons licensed under sections 339.500 to 339.549 who produce * appraisals;

(4) "Appraisal foundation" , the organization of the same name that was incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation on November 20, 1987, whose operative boards are the appraisal standards board and the appraiser qualifications board;

(5) "Appraisal management company" , an individual or business entity that utilizes an appraisal panel and performs, directly or indirectly, appraisal management services;

(6) "Appraisal management services" , to directly or indirectly perform any of the following functions on behalf of a lender, financial institution, client, or any other person:

(a) Administer an appraiser panel;

(b) Recruit, qualify, verify licensing or certification, and negotiate fees and service level expectations with persons who are part of an appraiser panel;

(c) Receive an order for an appraisal from one person and deliver the order for the appraisal to an appraiser that is part of an appraiser panel for completion;

(d) Track and determine the status of orders for appraisals performed by appraisers who are part of an appraisal panel;

(e) Conduct quality control of a completed appraisal performed by an appraiser who is part of an appraisal panel prior to the delivery of the appraisal to the person who ordered the appraisal; and

(f) Provide a completed appraisal performed by an appraiser who is part of an appraisal panel to one or more persons who have ordered an appraisal;

(7) "Appraisal report" , any communication, written or oral, of an appraisal. The purpose of an appraisal is immaterial, therefore valuation reports, real estate counseling reports, real estate tax counseling reports, real estate offering memoranda, mortgage banking offers, highest and best use studies, market demand and economic feasibility studies and all other reports communicating an appraisal analysis, opinion or conclusion are appraisal reports, regardless of title;

(8) "Appraisal standards board (ASB)" , the independent board of the appraisal foundation which promulgates the generally accepted standards of the appraisal profession and the uniform standards of professional appraisal practices;

(9) "Appraiser" , an individual who holds a license as a state-licensed real estate appraiser or certification as a state-certified real estate appraiser under sections 339.500 to 339.549 ;

(10) "Appraiser panel" , a network of licensed or certified appraisers that have:

(a) Responded to an invitation, request, or solicitation from an appraisal management company, in any form, to perform appraisals for persons who have ordered appraisals through the appraisal management company, or to perform appraisals for the appraisal management company directly; and

(b) Been selected and approved by an appraisal management company to perform appraisals for any client of the appraisal management company, or to perform appraisals for the appraisal management company directly;

(11) "Appraiser qualifications board (AQB)" , the independent board of the appraisal foundation which establishes minimum experience, education and examination criteria for state licensing of appraisers;

(12) "Boat dock" , a structure for loading and unloading boats and connecting real property to water, public or private. A boat dock is real property and has riparian rights, provided:

(a) The lender includes the boat dock as a fixture both in the lender's deed of trust and a uniform commercial code fixture filing under section 400.9-502 ;

(b) The boat dock is attached to the real property by steel cable, bar, or chain that is permanently imbedded in concrete or rock, and otherwise securely attached to the dock; and

(c) The owner of the dock has riparian rights by means of real estate rights bordering the body of water, including such rights by license, grant, or other means allowing access to the body of water, which access may be seasonal because the water may be reduced for electric power production or flood control;

(13) "Boat slip" or "watercraft slip" , a defined area of water, including the riparian rights to use such area, whether by grant, lease, or license, in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, which is a part of a boat dock serving a common interest community, including by way of example and not of limitation condominiums and villas; and the exclusive right to such use being allocated as a limited common element or being assigned to an owner of real estate in the common interest community in which the boat dock is located, whether by grant, lease, or otherwise. The rights of the real estate owner in such slip are included as collateral in any deed of trust and uniform commercial code filings of a lender, if any, taking a security interest in the owner's real estate;

(14) "Broker price opinion" , an opinion of value, prepared by a real estate licensee for a fee, that includes, but is not limited to, analysis of competing properties, comparable sold properties, recommended repairs and costs or suggested marketing techniques. A broker price opinion is not an appraisal and shall specifically state it is not an appraisal;

(15) "Certificate" , the document issued by the Missouri real estate appraisers commission evidencing that the person named therein has satisfied the requirements for certification as a state-certified real estate appraiser and bearing a certificate number assigned by the commission;

(16) "Certificate holder" , a person certified by the commission pursuant to the provisions of sections 339.500 to 339.549 ;

(17) "Certified appraisal report" , an appraisal prepared or signed by a state-certified real estate appraiser. A certified appraisal report represents to the public that it meets the appraisal standards defined in sections 339.500 to 339.549 ;

(18) "Commission" , the Missouri real estate appraisers commission, created in section 339.507 ;

(19) "Comparative market analysis" , the analysis of sales of similar recently sold properties in order to derive an indication of the probable sales price of a particular property undertaken by a licensed real estate broker or agent, for his or her principal. A comparative market analysis is not an appraisal and shall specifically state it is not an appraisal;

(20) "Controlling person" :

(a) An owner, officer, or director of a corporation, partnership, or other business entity seeking to offer appraisal management services in this state;

(b) An individual employed, appointed, or authorized by an appraisal management company that has the authority to enter into a contractual relationship with other persons for the performance of appraisal management services and has the authority to enter into agreements with appraisers for the performance of appraisals; or

(c) An individual who possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an appraisal management company;

(21) "Disinterested third party" shall not exclude any state-certified real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser employed or retained by any bank, savings association, credit union, mortgage banker or other lender to perform appraisal assignments, provided that the appraisal assignments are rendered with respect to loans to be extended by the bank, savings association, credit union, mortgage banker or other lender, and provided further that the state-certified real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser is not requested or required to report a predetermined analysis or opinion of value;

(22) "License" or "licensure" , a license or licensure issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 339.500 to 339.549 evidencing that the person or other legal entity named therein has satisfied the requirements for licensure as a state-licensed real estate appraiser or licensed appraisal management company and bearing a license number assigned by the commission;

(23) "Licensed appraisal management company" , a person or other legal entity who holds a current valid license as a licensed appraisal management company under sections 339.500 to 339.549 ;

(24) "Real estate" , an identified parcel or tract of land, including improvements, if any;

(25) "Real estate appraiser" or "appraiser" , a person who for a fee or valuable consideration develops and communicates real estate appraisals or otherwise gives an opinion of the value of real estate or any interest therein;

(26) "Real estate appraising" , the practice of developing and communicating real estate appraisals;

(27) "Real property" , the interests, benefits and rights inherent in the ownership of real estate;

(28) "Residential real estate" , any parcel of real estate, improved or unimproved, that is primarily residential in nature and that includes or is intended to include a residential structure containing not more than four dwelling units and no other improvements except those which are typical residential improvements that support the residential use for the location and property type. A residential unit is a condominium, town house or cooperative complex, or a planned unit development is considered to be residential real estate. Subdivisions are not considered residential real estate. Individual parcels of property located within a residential subdivision shall be considered residential property;

(29) "Specialized appraisal services" , appraisal services which do not fall within the definition of appraisal assignment. The term "specialized services" may include valuation work and analysis work. Regardless of the intention of the client or employer, if the appraiser is acting as a disinterested third party in rendering an unbiased analysis, opinion or conclusion, the work is classified as an appraisal assignment and not specialized services;

(30) "State-certified general appraiser trainee" , a person who holds a current valid certificate as a state-certified general appraiser trainee issued under sections 339.500 to 339.539 ;

(31) "State-certified general real estate appraiser" , a person who holds a current, valid certificate as a state-certified general real estate appraiser issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 339.500 to 339.549 ;

(32) "State-certified residential appraiser trainee" , a person who holds a current valid certificate as a state-certified residential appraiser trainee under sections 339.500 to 339.539 ;

(33) "State-certified residential real estate appraiser" , a person who holds a current, valid certificate as a state-certified residential real estate appraiser issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 339.500 to 339.549 ;

(34) "State-licensed appraiser trainee" , a person who holds a current valid license as a state-licensed appraiser trainee under sections 339.500 to 339.549 ;

(35) "State-licensed real estate appraiser" , a person who holds a current, valid license as a state-licensed real estate appraiser pursuant to the provisions of sections 339.500 to 339.549 ;

(36) "Subdivision" , a tract of land that has been divided into blocks or plots with streets, roadways, open areas and other facilities appropriate to its development as residential, commercial or industrial sites;

(37) "Temporary appraiser licensure or certification" , the issuance of a temporary license or certificate by the commission to a person licensed or certified in another state who enters this state for the purpose of completing a particular appraisal assignment.

(L. 1990 H.B. 1456 § 3, A.L. 1998 H.B. 1601, et al., A.L. 2009 H.B. 842, A.L. 2010 H.B. 1692, et al., A.L. 2012 H.B. 1103) *Word "produces" appears in original rolls.