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NY Exec L § 160-EEEE (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-EEEE - Denial of Registration.

§ 160-eeee. Denial of registration. The department may investigate the   good  character  of  applicants  for a certificate of registration under   this  article  and  may  deny  the  issuance  of  such  certificate   of   registration  based upon lack of good moral character which may include,   but is not limited to, any of the grounds enumerated  in  this  article.   For  the  purposes of this article, a non-substantive ground for denial,   revocation, or  surrender  of  an  appraiser's  license  should  not  be   construed as an automatic prohibition.
NY Exec L § 160-FFFF (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-FFFF - Expiration of License.

§  160-ffff.  Expiration  of  license.  A  certificate of registration   granted by the department pursuant to this article shall be valid for  a   period of two years from the date upon which it is issued.
NY Exec L § 160-GGGG (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-GGGG - Fees.

§ 160-gggg. Fees. 1. The department shall collect a fee of two hundred   fifty dollars for a certificate of registration issued or reissued under   the  provisions  of  this  article.  Additionally,  the department shall   assess twenty-five dollars for each  appraiser  added  to  an  appraisal   management company's appraiser panel.2. The department shall collect from each appraisal management company   seeking  to  be  registered,  the  amount  determined  by  the appraisal   subcommittee to be a national registry  fee  for  each  appraiser,  that   performs appraisal services within New York on the appraiser panel of an   appraisal  management  company  pursuant  to  Section  1109(a)(4) of the   federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act  of   1989  as  amended  by  the  Dodd-Frank  Wall  Street Reform and Consumer   Protection Act of 2010. The department may transmit the annual  registry   fee  to  the  appraisal  subcommittee.  The department shall provide its   roster of appraisal management companies to the appraisal  subcommittee.   These transmittals shall occur at least annually.3.  Except  for  changes  made  on  a  renewal  application, appraisal   management companies shall provide  the  department  with  notice  of  a   change  in  the  appraisal  management's  principal  address.  Change of   address notifications shall be accompanied by a fee of ten dollars.4. Except for changes made on a renewal  application,  the  department   shall  collect a fee of ten dollars for changing a name on a certificate   of registration.5. In lieu of the fee set forth in subdivision one  of  this  section,   the  department  shall  collect  a fee of three hundred fifty dollars to   reissue a certificate of  registration  under  this  article  which  was   submitted after the expiration of the immediately preceding registration   term.
NY Exec L § 160-HHHH (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-HHHH - Owner Requirements.

§  160-hhhh.  Owner  requirements.  An  appraisal  management  company   applying for a certificate of registration shall not be owned  in  whole   or  in  part, directly or indirectly, by a person who has had a license,   registration or certificate to act as a real  estate  appraiser  denied,   revoked, or surrendered in lieu of pending discipline in any state or by   a  person  holding  ten percent or more of the company where that person   has had a license, registration or certificate to act as a  real  estate   appraiser denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of possible discipline   in any state.
NY Exec L § 160-IIII (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-IIII - Controlling Persons.

§  160-iiii. Controlling persons. 1. Each appraisal management company   applying  for  a  certificate  of  registration  shall   designate   one   controlling  person  who shall be the main contact for all communication   between the  department  and  the  appraisal  management  company.  Such   designated  controlling  person  shall  never  have  had  a  license  or   certificate to act as an appraiser denied, revoked,  or  surrendered  in   lieu  of  possible  discipline  in  any state and shall be of good moral   character, as determined by the department. Applicants  shall  cooperate   with any such background investigation conducted by the department.2.  Each  person  that  owns  more  than  ten  percent of an appraisal   management company shall be of good moral character,  as  determined  by   the  department.  Applicants  shall  cooperate  with any such background   investigation conducted by the department.3. Each appraisal management company applying  for  a  certificate  of   registration  shall  certify to the department that it has reviewed each   entity that owns more than  ten  percent  of  the  appraisal  management   company  and  that  no  entity  that  owns  more than ten percent of the   appraisal management company is more  than  ten  percent  owned  by  any   person  that  has  had  a  license or certificate to act as an appraiser   denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of a pending revocation.
NY Exec L § 160-JJJJ (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-JJJJ - Employee Requirements.

§  160-jjjj. Employee requirements. 1. An appraisal management company   that applies for a  certificate  of  registration  shall  not  knowingly   employ,  utilize,  or  engage,  for any real estate appraisal, valuation   service or appraisal review assignment, a person who has had  a  license   or  certificate  to  act  as  an appraiser in this state or in any other   state denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu  of  possible  discipline,   unless such license has been reinstated.2.  Prior  to  placing  an  assignment  for  an appraisal or valuation   service with an  appraiser  on  the  appraiser  panel  of  an  appraisal   management  company,  the appraisal management company shall verify that   the appraiser receiving the  assignment  is  a  competent  appraiser  as   defined by the USPAP Competency Rule with regards to geographic area and   the  type of property being appraised. An appraiser is deemed part of an   appraisal management company panel as of the earliest date on which: (a)   the appraisal management company accepts the appraiser for consideration   for  future  appraisal  assignments  in  covered  transactions  or   for   secondary  mortgage  market  participants  in  connection  with  covered   transactions; or (b) engages  the  appraiser  to  perform  one  or  more   appraisals  on  behalf  of  a  creditor  for  a  covered  transaction or   secondary  mortgage  market  participant  in  connection  with   covered   transactions.3.  An appraisal management company may not hire, employ or engage, or   in any way contract with  or  pay  a  person  who  is  not  licensed  or   certified  as  a  real  estate  appraiser  by the department pursuant to   article six-E  of  this  chapter  for  the  purposes  of  performing  an   appraisal  as  defined  in  this  article. Nothing in this section shall   prohibit  an  appraisal  management  company  from  hiring,   employing,   engaging  or  contracting  with or paying a person to perform a property   inspection, or property evaluation if they are licensed as an appraiser,   a real estate broker including associate real estate  brokers  and  real   estate  salespersons  pursuant  to article twelve-A of the real property   law or a home  inspector  pursuant  to  article  twelve-B  of  the  real   property  law, or a person to perform a broker price opinion if they are   licensed as a real estate broker including associate real estate brokers   and real estate salespersons pursuant to article twelve-A  of  the  real   property law.4.  An  appraiser  shall be considered part of an appraisal management   company's appraiser panel until: (a) the  appraisal  management  company   sends a written notice to such appraiser removing such appraiser with an   explanation; or (b) receives a written notice from such appraiser asking   to be removed or of the death or incapacity of such appraiser.
NY Exec L § 160-KKKK (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-KKKK - Restrictions.

§ 160-kkkk. Restrictions. An appraisal management company that applies   for a certificate of registration shall not knowingly:1.  Employ  any  person  in  a  position  in  which the person has the   responsibility to order appraisals or valuation services  or  to  review   completed  appraisals who has had a license, registration or certificate   to act as an appraiser in this state or  in  any  other  state,  denied,   revoked,  or  surrendered  in  lieu of a pending revocation, unless such   license has been reinstated;2. Enter into  any  independent  contractor  arrangement,  whether  in   verbal,  written,  or  by  other  form,  with  any  person who has had a   license, registration or certificate to act  as  an  appraiser  in  this   state  or in any other state, denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of   a pending revocation, unless such license has been reinstated; and3. Enter into any contract, agreement, or other business relationship,   whether in verbal, written, or other form, with any entity that employs,   has entered into an independent contract  arrangement,  or  has  entered   into any contract, agreement, or other business relationship, whether in   verbal,  written,  or any other form, with any person who has ever had a   license, registration or certificate to act  as  an  appraiser  in  this   state  or in any other state, denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of   a pending revocation, unless such license has been reinstated.
NY Exec L § 160-LLLL (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-LLLL - Recordkeeping.

§  160-llll.  Recordkeeping.  Each  appraisal management company shall   maintain a detailed record of each service request that it receives  and   the real estate appraiser that performs such appraisal for the appraisal   management company. Records shall be maintained for a period of at least   five  years  after  such appraisal is completed or two years after final   disposition  of  a  judicial  proceeding  related  to  such  assignment,   whichever  period  expires  later.  Appraisal management companies shall   make  records  available  to  the  department  upon  request.  Appraisal   management  companies  shall  also  allow  the department to examine the   books and records of the appraisal management company and require it  to   submit  reports,  information  and  documents  upon  request.  Appraisal   management companies shall also allow the department to verify that  the   appraisers on such panel hold a valid license or certification.
NY Exec L § 160-NNNN (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-NNNN - Mandatory Reporting.

§  160-nnnn. Mandatory reporting. An appraisal management company that   has a reasonable basis to believe  an  appraiser  within  the  appraisal   management  company's  appraisal  panel  is  failing  to comply with the   uniform standards  of  professional  appraisal  practice,  is  violating   applicable laws, or is otherwise engaging in unethical or unprofessional   conduct shall immediately refer such matter to the department.
NY Exec L § 160-PPPP (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-PPPP - Alteration of Appraisal Reports.

§  160-pppp.  Alteration of appraisal reports. An appraisal management   company shall  not  alter,  modify,  or  otherwise  change  a  completed   appraisal  or  valuation  service  report  submitted  by an appraiser by   removing such appraiser's signature or seal or by adding information to,   or removing information from such  report  with  intent  to  change  the   valuation  conclusion. An appraisal management company shall not require   an appraiser to provide such  appraisal  management  company  with  such   appraiser's digital signature or seal.
NY Exec L § 160-QQQQ (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-QQQQ - Enforcement.

§  160-qqqq.  Enforcement.  The  department  may revoke or suspend the   license of an appraisal management  company,  or  in  lieu  thereof  may   impose a fine, per violation, not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars   if   the  department  finds  that  the  licensee  has  made  a  material   misstatement in the application for such license, or  if  such  licensee   has been found guilty of fraud or fraudulent practices, or for dishonest   or  misleading  advertising,  or  has  demonstrated untrustworthiness or   incompetency to act as an appraisal management company, or has  violated   any  provision  of  this article or a regulation promulgated thereunder.   The department shall report any such violations by appraisal  management   companies to the appraisal subcommittee.
NY Exec L § 160-RRRR (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-RRRR - Disciplinary Hearing.

§  160-rrrr.  Disciplinary  hearings.  The  department  shall,  before   revoking or suspending any license or imposing any fine or reprimand  on   the  holder  thereof, and at least twenty days prior to the date set for   the hearing, notify, in writing, the  holder  of  such  license  of  any   charges  made  and shall afford such licensee an opportunity to be heard   in person or by counsel in reference thereto. Such written notice may be   served by personal delivery to the licensee, or by certified mail to the   last known business address of such licensee or unlicensed person, or by   any method authorized by the civil practice law and rules.  The  hearing   on  such charges shall be at such time and place as the department shall   prescribe.
NY Exec L § 160-SSSS (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-SSSS - Power to Suspend a License.

§  160-ssss.  Power  to  suspend a license. In cases where the health,   safety, or welfare of the public is  endangered,  the  department  shall   have  the  authority  to immediately suspend a license pending a hearing   before an administrative law judge.
NY Exec L § 160-TTTT (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-TTTT - Investigation.

§  160-tttt.  Investigation.  The  department  shall have the power to   enforce the provisions of this article and upon complaint of any person,   or on its own initiative, to investigate any  violation  thereof  or  to   investigate  the business, business practices and business methods of an   appraisal management company, if in the opinion of the  department  such   investigation  is  warranted.  Each  such applicant or licensee shall be   obliged, on request of the department, to supply such information as may   be required concerning  his  or  its  business,  business  practices  or   business methods, or proposed business practices or methods.For  the  purpose  of enforcing the provisions of this article, and in   making investigations relating to any violation  thereof,  and  for  the   purpose  of investigating the character, competency and integrity of the   applicants or licensees hereunder, and for the purpose of  investigating   the  business,  business practices and business methods of any applicant   or licensee, or of the  officers  or  agents  thereof,  the  department,   acting  by  such officer or person in the department as the secretary of   state may designate, shall have the power to subpoena and  bring  before   the officer or person so designated any person in this state and require   the  production  of any books, records or papers which he deems relevant   to the inquiry and administer an oath  to  and  take  testimony  of  any   person  or  cause  his  or  her  deposition to be taken, except that any   applicant or licensee or officer or agent thereof shall not be  entitled   to  fees  and/or  mileage. A subpoena issued under this section shall be   regulated by the civil practice law and rules.
NY Exec L § 160-UUUU (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-UUUU - Rule-Making Authority.

§  160-uuuu. Rule-making authority. The department may adopt rules not   inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter which may be reasonably   necessary to implement, administer, and enforce the provisions  of  this   chapter.
NY Exec L § 160-VVVV (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-VVVV - Violations.

§ 160-vvvv. Violations. 1. Any person or company who fails to obtain a   certificate  of  registration required pursuant to this article shall be   guilty of a misdemeanor.2.  Criminal  actions  for  failure  to  obtain   a   certificate   of   registration  may  also be prosecuted by the attorney general, or his or   her deputy, in the name of the people of the  state,  and  in  any  such   prosecution the attorney general, or his or her deputy, may exercise all   the powers and perform all the duties the district attorney is otherwise   authorized to exercise or to perform therein.
NY Exec L § 160-WWWW (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-WWWW - Severability.

§  160-wwww. Severability. Should the courts of this state declare any   provision of this  article  unconstitutional,  or  unauthorized,  or  in   conflict  with  any  other  section  or  provision of this article, such   decision shall affect only such section or provision so declared  to  be   unconstitutional  or unauthorized and shall not affect any other section   or part of this article.
NY Exec L § 160-XXXX (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 6-H - Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies 160-XXXX - Judicial Review.

§ 160-xxxx. Judicial review. The actions of the department in granting   or  refusing  to  grant  or  to renew a license under this article or in   revoking or suspending such a license or imposing any fine or  reprimand   on the holder thereof or refusing to revoke or suspend such a license or   impose  any fine or reprimand shall be subject to review by a proceeding   brought under  and  pursuant  to  article  seventy-eight  of  the  civil   practice  law  and  rules  at  the  instance  of  the applicant for such   license, the holder of  a  license  so  revoked,  suspended,  fined,  or   reprimanded or the person aggrieved.
NY Exec L § 161 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 161 - Certain Searches, the Filing of Papers, and Certified Copies, Ordered by State Officers to Be Gratuitous.

§ 161. Certain  searches,  the filing of papers, and certified copies,   ordered by state officers to be gratuitous. 1.  Each  of  the  following   officers,   to  wit:  the  secretary  of  state,  the  comptroller,  the   commissioner of taxation and finance, the attorney general,  the  public   service  commission,  the  commissioner  of agriculture and markets, the   commissioner  of  transportation,  the  industrial   commissioner,   the   chairman  of  the state labor relations board, the chairman of the state   liquor authority, the superintendent of financial  services,  the  state   commissioner  of  human rights, the commissioner of general services and   the commissioner of housing and community renewal may require search  to   be  made, in the office of any of the others, or of a county clerk or of   the clerk of a court of record, for  any  record,  document,  or  paper,   where  he  or  she  deems  it  necessary for the discharge of his or her   official duties, and a copy thereof, or extracts therefrom, to  be  made   and  officially certified or exemplified, without the payment of any fee   or charge.2. No salaried officer of any city, county, or court, of  this  state,   or  any  public  officer  who  is  required  by  law to deposit the fees   collected in his office into any  city  or  county  treasury,  shall  be   entitled  to  receive  from  said  state officers, or from a division or   bureau of said state officers, any fee for entering, filing,  docketing,   registering  or  recording any paper, record or document required by law   to be filed in the office of any such city,  county,  court,  or  public   officer,  or  for  a certified copy, transcript or extract of any paper,   document or record on file in such office which he deems  necessary  for   the  discharge of his official duties, and every such officer must, upon   application therefor, furnish to said state officers, or a  division  or   bureau  of said state officers, for such official use, a certified copy,   extract or transcript of any paper, record or document on file  in  such   office  without  the  payment of the fee prescribed by law therefor; nor   shall any court clerk demand or receive from any of said state officers,   or from a division or bureau of said state officers, any trial  or  jury   fee upon filing in any court in this state a note of issue or demand for   a jury trial.3.  Such  salaried  officer  shall  also  furnish  the services herein   specified to any state department or a bureau or agency  thereof  acting   as  an  agent  of the state in the acquisition of real property, without   the payment of any fee or charge.
NY Exec L § 162 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EXC - Executive Article 7 - Miscellaneous Provisions 162 - Contracts for Professional Services of State and Municipal Employees.

§ 162. Contracts  for  professional  services  of  state and municipal   employees.  Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law,  general,   special  or  local,  the state and any municipal subdivision thereof and   any department, bureau, board, commission, authority or any other agency   or instrumentality of the state or any  municipal  subdivision  thereof,   are hereby severally authorized and empowered to enter into any contract   or  arrangement  with  the  United  States  of  America  or  any office,   department, agency or instrumentality thereof  for  the  performance  at   cost  by  engineers,  architects, draftsmen and chemists employed by the   state or such municipal subdivision, upon such terms and  conditions  as   may  be  mutually  agreed  upon, of any project or work authorized by or   pursuant to any act of congress or the cost of which has  been  provided   for  by  an  appropriation  or contract authorization made by any act of   congress which involves or requires the professional  services  of  such   employees. The making or performance of any such contract or arrangement   shall  in  no  wise  be  deemed  to  affect or result in the impairment,   diminution or abridgment of  the  compensation,  or  any  of  the  civil   service,  retirement  and other rights, privileges and immunities of any   employee engaged in the performance of any service thereunder.