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Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.05 - Applications

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Applications for
			 an appraiser classification, for an appraisal management company registration,
			 for renewal of an appraiser classification, for renewal of an appraisal
			 management company registration, for any change in status of an appraiser
			 classification, for approval of schools and instructors, for renewal of school
			 and instructor approvals, and for any change of information required to be filed
			 with the Board, except a name change or a change of address, must be on Board
			 approved forms. Each Board approved form may require the email address of an
			 applicant if an email address is maintained by such applicant.
(a) Any such application, change of
			 information, or fee required to be filed with the Board may be filed with the
			 Board by:
1. personal delivery to the Board's
			 offices during regular business hours;
2. mail in a letter postmarked by the United
			 States Postal Service; or
3. private
			 courier or delivery service.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.06 - Certified Copies of Convictions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Whenever a candidate for classification or
			 approval or an applicant for classification, approval, or renewal of a
			 classification reveals, or the Board discovers, that such candidate for
			 classification or approval or applicant for classification or approval or renewal
			 of a classification has a criminal conviction, as that term is defined in
			 O.C.G.A. §
								43-39-14(b)(1)(A), such person must supply to the Board a certified copy of:
(a) the citation, accusation, information, or
			 indictment that led to the conviction; and
(b) a certified copy of the sentence.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.07 - Reactivation of Inactive Appraiser Classification

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Any appraiser who seeks to activate an
			 appraiser classification which has been on inactive status and who is not current
			 in meeting continuing education requirements shall be required to attend any
			 Board approved course or courses of study necessary to bring such appraiser's
			 continuing education requirements current.
(2) Any nonresident appraiser who seeks to
			 activate an appraiser classification which has been on inactive status and who is
			 current in meeting the continuing education requirements in his or her state of
			 residence shall not be required to attend any additional education courses in
			 order to activate such nonresident's appraiser classification.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3;
				  43-39A-8;
				  43-39A-13.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.09 - Notification of Legal Actions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Every appraiser shall notify the Board in writing of the final
				disposition of any administrative, civil, or criminal action filed in any court
				of competent jurisdiction or any administrative agency whenever that final
				disposition involves the subject matter of the offenses cited in O.C.G.A.
				Sections
				  16-13-111,  43-39A-14 or 
				  43-39A-17. Such
				notice of any administrative or civil action shall be given to the board within
				ten (10) days of the conclusion of the court or administrative proceedings and
				shall include a copy of any final order entered by the court or agency. Such
				notice of any criminal action shall be given to the board within ten days of any
				conviction and shall include a copy of the indictment, or accusation, and the
				conviction.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  16-13-111;
				  43-39A-3;
				  43-39A-7;
				  43-39A-13;
				  43-39A-18.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.10 - Certifications of Appraiser Classification History

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Upon written request the board shall provide a certification of
				the history of an appraiser's records with the board only for the five years
				immediately preceding the written request. However, regardless of the date of
				occurrence, the board shall provide a certification of any records that it
				maintains of any disciplinary sanctions taken against the appraiser
				classification of any appraiser. Whenever the certification is to be utilized in
				a court of law, the party making the written request for the certification shall
				also indicate the name of the case, its case number, and the name of the court in
				which the certification will be used.
Authority O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-6,  43-39A-13.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.11 - Retention of Certificate of Appraiser Classification

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Upon making such request in writing to the board, any appraiser
				who retires after twenty years of active appraiser classification or the family
				of any appraiser who is deceased shall be allowed to retain the appraiser's wall
				certificate of appraiser classification for non-appraisal
				purposes.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-10,  43-39A-13.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.12 - Paying Compensation to an Out of State Appraiser

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
An appraiser classified in this state is hereby permitted to
				divide or share compensation with an appraiser classified in another
				state.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-13,  43-39A-18.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.13 - Appraiser's Duties Upon Surrender, Suspension, or Revocation of an Appraiser Classification

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Upon surrendering an appraiser classification or upon notice of
				suspension or revocation of an appraiser classification, an appraiser shall
				forward his or her wall certificate and pocket card at once to the Board. No
				refund of fees will be made upon any appraiser classification when surrendered,
				suspended, or revoked. Any appraiser who surrenders an appraiser classification
				to the Board or whose appraiser classification is revoked by the Board and who
				later seeks reinstatement of that appraiser classification must apply as an
				original applicant.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-10,  43-39A-13.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.14 - Investigations

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Whenever a
			 request for investigation involves an appraisal report which varies from a sales,
			 lease, or exchange price by 20% or less, the Board may in its discretion decline
			 to conduct an investigation.
(2)
			 Whenever a request for investigation is based on a disagreement with an
			 appraiser's opinion of value, the Board may request that the party requesting the
			 investigation supply it with an appraisal report on the property conducted by
			 another appraiser regulated by the Board before the Board initiates an
			 investigation.
Authority O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-8,  43-39A-11,  43-39A-13,  43-39A-14,  43-39A-18.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.15 - Experience Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 All applicants for state licensed real property appraiser, state certified
			 residential real property appraiser, or state certified general real property
			 appraiser must have experience in real property appraisal activity as provided by
			  539-1-.16. Such experience must have
			 been acquired prior to the filing of an application for state licensed real
			 property appraiser, state certified residential real property appraiser, or state
			 certified general real property appraiser. Real property appraisal activity (a)
			 means both the act or process of valuation of real estate or real property and
			 preparing an appraisal report and (b) includes fee and staff appraisals, ad
			 valorem tax appraisals, review appraisals, appraisal analysis, highest and best
			 use analysis, feasibility analysis/study, and market analysis/study. In order to
			 count toward meeting the experience requirements for any classification,
			 appraisal experience obtained after January 1, 1991, must be real property
			 appraisal activity conducted in compliance with the Standards for Appraisals in
			 Chapter 539-3 and experience must have been obtained while classified as an
			 appraiser in this or another state.
(2) Applicants may not count work in the
			 following areas toward meeting the requirement for at least two years of
			 experience:
(a) market value estimates as a real
			 estate licensee in connection with the listing and/or sale of real
			 estate;
(b) mass appraisals of real
			 estate for ad valorem tax purposes (credit will be given for appraisals of
			 individual parcels for such purposes);
(c) appraisals of businesses;
(d) appraisals of personal property;
			 or
(e) a feasibility or market
			 analysis except to the extent that the applicant estimated the market value or
			 the market rent of a proposed real estate project.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.16 - Appraiser Classifications and Their Education, Examination, and Experience Requirements

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
(a) State Trainee appraiser classification
In order to qualify as a State Trainee appraiser, an applicant
				must:
1. have attained the age of 18
			 years old;
2. be a resident of the
			 state of Georgia, unless that applicant has fully complied with the provisions of
			 Code Section
			  43-39A-9;
3. be a high school graduate or the holder of a
			 general educational developmental equivalency diploma; and
4. furnish evidence of having successfully
			 completed at least 90 creditable classroom hours of qualifying education as
			 specified in the required core curriculum in a Board approved course or courses
			 which includes passing the 15 hour National Uniform Standards of Professional
			 Appraisal Practice (USPAP) course. There is no state examination for the State
			 Trainee appraiser classification but the State Trainee appraiser must pass the
			 appropriate qualifying education end of course examinations in all the
			 prerequisite courses in order to earn credit for those courses. All qualifying
			 education must be completed within the five (5) year period prior to the date of
			 submission of a State Trainee appraiser application. No appraiser experience is
			 required as a prerequisite for the State Trainee appraiser
			 classification.
5. Furnish evidence
			 of having successfully completed a course that, at minimum, complies with the
			 specifications for course content established by the Appraiser Qualifications
			 Board (AQB), which is specifically oriented to the requirements and
			 responsibilities of Supervisory Appraisers and Trainee Appraisers. The course
			 must be completed by the State Trainee appraiser prior to obtaining a State
			 Trainee appraiser classification in Georgia. Further, the State Trainee appraiser
			 course is not eligible towards the ninety (90) hours of qualifying education
			 required.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.17 - Disclosure of Appraiser Classification and Number

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) When signing an appraisal report, an
			 appraiser shall, adjacent to his or her signature, print or type his or her name,
			 appraiser classification, and number assigned by the Board.
(2) When an appraiser makes reference to his or
			 her appraiser classification status in any advertisement, statement of
			 qualification, contract, or other instrument used by the appraiser, the appraiser
			 shall print or type his or her name, appraiser classification, and number
			 assigned by the Board. If the appraiser signs such document or advertisement, the
			 appraiser shall, adjacent to his or her signature, print or type his or her name,
			 appraiser classification and number assigned by the Board. Such disclosure is
			 usually most clearly accomplished by spelling out the name of the key words in
			 classification name: e.g.,"Registered," "Licensed," "Certified Residential," or
			 "Certified General."
(3) A State
			 Registered Real Property Appraiser must clearly disclose such Registered
			 appraiser's classification type on any appraisal report form that calls for
			 inserting a classification number beside the names of such non-Registered
			 classification types as licensed or certified. Thus, a State Registered Real
			 Property Appraiser who draws a line through the name of the non-Registered
			 classification type and enters the word "Registered" followed by such Registered
			 appraiser's number issued by the Board shall be deemed to have complied with the
			 requirements of this Rule.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-8,  43-39A-13.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.18 - Preliminary Decisions Regarding Prior Criminal Convictions or Disciplinary Actions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 The Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section
			  43-39A-14 provides in part that the Board may deny a classification to an applicant who has
			 a prior criminal conviction(s) or a disciplinary action(s) imposed by any
			 occupational licensing body. An applicant for classification is a person who has
			 met all experience, education, and examination requirements for the
			 classification sought.
(2) Because of
			 the time and expense involved in becoming an applicant for classification, the
			 Board affords an individual who has not yet become an applicant the opportunity
			 to request that the Board make a preliminary decision on the conviction(s) or the
			 prior disciplinary action(s) before the individual takes the required education
			 and examination for classification. The purpose of a preliminary decision is
			 merely to provide advisory guidance. Preliminary decisions are not binding.
			 However, the Board may elect to allow a favorable preliminary decision to become
			 its final decision without further investigation or hearing when the individual
			 becomes an applicant for classification.
(3) An individual seeking a preliminary
			 decision must submit to the Board a certified copy of any indictment and
			 conviction or a disciplinary action imposed by another licensing regulatory
			 authority. An individual seeking a preliminary decision may also provide the
			 Board with any additional information that the individual believes may assist the
			 Board in rendering a preliminary decision.
(4) A preliminary decision by the Board that is
			 unfavorable to the individual shall not prevent the individual from becoming an
			 applicant for classification by successfully completing all education,
			 experience, and examination requirements for the classification. Whenever the
			 Board denies a classification based on a prior conviction or prior disciplinary
			 action, it must provide the applicant the opportunity for notice and a
			 hearing.
Authority O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-13,  43-39A-14.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.19 - Significant Professional Assistance

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Whenever an appraiser utilizes the
			 assistance of an unclassified person in the development or reporting of an
			 apprisal assignment, the appraiser is responsible for the acts of the
			 unclassified person and therefore subject to disciplinary action by the Board if
			 the acts of the unclassified person violate any of the provisions of this
			 Chapter. Unclassified persons may perform only duties and tasks that are
			 ministerial in nature and that do not require discretion or the exercise of
			 judgement independent of the appraiser's specific instruction. Unclassified
			 persons may not render significant professional assistance in arriving at a real
			 estate appraisal analysis, opinion, or conslusion.
(2) In order to provide reasonable guidelines
			 for appraisers and those persons who assist appraisers but without defining every
			 permitted or prohibited activity, the Board has identified the following tasks
			 that unclassified persons assisting an appraiser can and can not perform.
(a) Permitted activities (those which do not
			 involve significant professional assistance) for unclassified persons assisting
			 appraisers and under the supervision of the appraiser include:
1. typing an appraiser's research
			 notes;
2. typing an appraisal
			 report;
3. accompanying an appraiser
			 on an inspection visit to a property;
4. assisting an appraiser in measuring a
			 property;
5. taking photographs of
			 specific areas and views of specific properties selected by the
			 appraiser;
6. performing routine
			 calculations;
7. obtaining copies of
			 tax cards, deeds, maps, and data from real property data bases relating to
			 properties selected by the appraiser;
8. checking for accuracy data selected by the
			 appraiser;
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.20 - Property Tax Consultants

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 A property tax consultant is an appraiser employed or retained to act in an
			 advocacy capacity in a property tax appeal matter in which the appraiser acts as
			 an advocate, not as a disinterested third party, in rendering an analysis,
			 opinion, or conclusion relating the nature, quality, value, or utility of
			 identified real estate or identified real property and in which any final
			 determination of value is to be made by an authorized governmental entity or
			 statutory process.
(2) A property tax
			 consulting assignment is one in which the appraiser provides specialized services
			 and is therefore subject to the requirements of the Official Code of Georgia
			 Annotated 43-39A-20(3).
(3) In
			 performing property tax consulting assignments, an appraiser must:
(a) obtain any occupational or professional
			 license required to perform such specialized services;
(b) be aware of, understand, and correctly
			 employ those recognized consulting methods and techniques that are necessary to
			 produce credible results;
(c) not
			 commit a substantial error of omission or commission that significantly affects
			 the results of a property tax consulting assignment; and
(d) not render property tax consulting
			 assignments in a careless or negligent manner, such as a series of errors that,
			 considered individually, may not significantly affect the results, but which,
			 when considered in the aggregate, would be misleading.
Departure from the requirements of this paragraph is not
				permitted in property tax consulting assignments.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.22 - Maintenance of Records

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
Copies of appraisals and other records which appraisers are
				required by law and the Board's rules to maintain may be maintained in any
				records storage system that utilizes paper, film, electronic, or other media
				provided that:
(a) the appraiser can
			 produce true and correct copies of such documents and records and
(b) copies of such documents and records can be
			 made available to an authorized representative of the Board upon reasonable
			 request and at reasonable cost to the Board.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-13,  43-39A-18.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-1 - SUBSTANTIVE REGULATIONS › Rule 539-1-.24 - Hearing Officers and Arbitrators

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
An appraiser who serves as a Hearing Officer or an Arbitrator as
				allowed by O.C.G.A. §§
								48-5-311(e)(1)(A)(ii)
				& (iii) and who renders a decision regarding the value of real property in ad
				valorem tax appeals shall not be construed to be engaged in "real estate
				appraisal activity" as defined in O.C.G.A. §
								43-39A-2(23) and  shall not be required to comply with the Standards for Developing and
				Reporting an Appraisal as required by Rule
				  539-3-.02  herein.
Authority O.C.G.A.
				§§
									43-39A-8,  43-39A-13, &  43-39A-18.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.01 - College and Equivalent Courses

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) An applicant for state licensed real
			 property appraiser who has successfully completed any course or courses of at
			 least one hundred fifty (150) credit hours of prelicense appraiser education
			 which was approved by another appraiser licensing and certification agency in any
			 state, district, territory, possession, or province of the United States or
			 Canada may submit with the applicant's application for examination evidence of
			 that completion from such agency in order to meet the education requirement to
			 sit for a licensing examination and to apply for state licensed real property
			 appraiser. An applicant for a state certified residential real property appraiser
			 who has successfully completed any course or courses of at least two hundred
			 (200) credit hours of prelicense appraiser education which was approved by
			 another licensing and certification agency in any state, district, territory,
			 possession, or province of the United States or Canada may submit with the
			 applicant's application for examination evidence of that completion from such
			 agency in order to meet the education requirement to sit for a certification
			 examination and to apply for state certified residential real property appraiser.
			 An applicant for state certified general real property appraiser who has
			 successfully completed any course or courses of at least three hundred (300)
			 credit hours of prelicense appraiser education approved by another appraiser
			 licensing and certification agency in any state, district, territory, possession,
			 or province of the United States or Canada may submit with the applicant's
			 application for examination evidence of that completion from such agency in order
			 to meet the education requirement to sit for the certification examination and to
			 apply for state certified general real property appraiser.
(1.1) An applicant who has taken a college
			 course, the content of which is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board to
			 include subject matters authorized by Code Section
			  43-39A-8(d) and  enumerated in Chapter 539-2 of the Rules, may count such college course
			 toward meeting the education requirements for state licensed real property
			 appraiser, state certified residential real property appraiser, or state
			 certified general real property appraiser at a rate of 8 classroom hours per
			 quarter hour or 13.3 classroom hours per semester hour of credit
			 earned.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.03 - Courses

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Board intends
			 that all approved courses be educational in nature. Schools should not
			 specifically orient approved courses to the passing of state examinations or
			 other examinations. The courses should introduce students to the language of the
			 profession and basic theory underlying the duties and responsibilities of a real
			 estate appraiser.
Approved courses shall require practice in the skills being
				taught and provide a significant number of exercises for practice of those
				skills. All courses should make students aware of the need for further study and
				the perfection of practical skills.
(2) The curriculum of courses approved under
			 this Rule should include at a minimum the following:
(a) for courses approved to meet the education
			 requirement for a State Trainee or State Registered real property appraiser:
1. 30 hours in Basic Appraisal Principles
			 covering topics such as real property concepts and characteristics, legal
			 considerations, influences on real estate values, types of value, economic
			 principles, an overview of real estate markets and analysis, the provisions of
			 the Appraisal Act and its Rules and Regulations, and ethics and how they apply in
			 appraisal theory and practice;
2. 30
			 hours in Basic Appraisal Procedures covering topics such as the provisions of
			 Georgia's Residential Mortgage Fraud law and methods for identifying possible
			 fraud in transactions and properly reporting alleged fraud, an overview of
			 approaches to value, valuation procedures, property description, and residential
			 applications;
3. 15 hours in
			 Residential Report Writing and Case Studies covering topics such as writing and
			 reasoning skills, common writing problems, form reports, report options, USPAP
			 compliance, and case studies or 15 hours in General Appraisal Report Writing and
			 Case Studies covering topics such as writing and reasoning skills, common writing
			 problems, and report options;
4. the
			 current version of the 15-Hour National (USPAP) course (or its AQB-approved
			 equivalent);
5. such other subject
			 matter as the Board may require or approve.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.04 - Course Examinations

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 Every approved course offered to meet preclassification education shall conclude
			 with an examination prepared and administered by the approved school.
(2) Schools must require that students achieve
			 a passing score (a score consistent with the passing score required on state
			 classification examinations) on final examinations administered for approved
			 courses. Schools may elect to allow any student who fails to achieve a passing
			 score to take another examination on another day without repeating in-class
			 instruction. If a student fails to achieve a passing score on a second final
			 examination, the student must repeat all in-class instruction of that course
			 before taking another examination.
(3) Schools shall maintain at least four forms
			 of a final examination for each course and shall provide the Board with
			 reasonable assurances that Board approved examinations are secure from
			 distribution to students except upon administration of an examination and that
			 the school will follow such instructions as the Board may prescribe covering the
			 administration, storage, and disposition of any Board approved examinations that
			 it receives. The Board may impose any disciplinary action permitted by law on the
			 approval of any school which fails to provide proper security for Board approved
			 examinations.
(4) Final examinations
			 for an approved course should attempt to measure the student's competence in the
			 knowledge or skills taught in the approved course. A school shall not be required
			 to submit a course final examination to the Board if the examination:
(a) consists of multiple-choice questions with
			 a minimum of four choices for each question; and
(b) includes no fewer than two multiple-choice
			 questions for each credit hour of the course. A school must submit to the Board
			 for approval any course final examination that does not meet the above criteria
			 prior to the examination's being administered for the approved course.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.05 - Continuing Education Courses

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) The Board shall deem an appraiser who
			 completes the seven hour course on the Uniform Standards of Professional
			 Appraisal Practice as required in Rule
			  539-1-.16(7)  to have
			 met the continuing education requirement of O.C.G.A. Section
			  43-39A-8(b) for
			 a renewal period if the appraiser also successfully completes in a renewal period
			 any of the following courses which have at least the total number of hours of
			 instruction that the appraiser is required to complete:
(a) any course of at least 3 semester hours or
			 5 quarter hours at an accredited college or university which deals with
			 principles, fundamentals, or essentials of valuation. College correspondence
			 courses and courses which qualify for continuing education units may not be used
			 to qualify under this Rule; or
(b)
			 any other course which the Board approves prior to an appraiser's taking the
			 course and which includes coverage of real estate appraisal related topics such
			 as:
1. ad valorem taxation;
2. arbitrations;
3. business courses related to practice of real
			 estate appraisal;
4. development cost
			 estimating;
5. ethics and standards
			 of professional practice;
6. land use
			 planning, zoning, and taxation;
7.
			 management, leasing, brokerage, and timesharing;
8. property development;
9. real estate appraisal;
10. real estate law;
11. real estate litigation;
12. real estate financing and
			 investment;
13. real estate appraisal
			 related computer applications;
14.
			 real estate securities and syndication;
15. real property exchange;
15.1. Georgia's Residential Mortgage Fraud law
			 and methods for identifying possible fraud in transactions and properly reporting
			 alleged fraud;
15.2. the provisions
			 of the Appraisal Act and its Rules and Regulations; and
16. any other topics to which the Board may
			 give prior approval.
(c)
			 Any course approved by another appraiser regulatory licensing and certification
			 agency in any state, district, territory, possession, or providence of the United
			 States or Canada which meets the requirements of paragraph (1)(b) of this
			 Rule.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.06 - Facilities and Instructors

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 Schools shall conduct all in-class instruction for courses approved under this
			 Chapter in classroom style facilities.
(2) Each school approved by the Board shall
			 conspicuously post the notification of its school approval in its classroom or in
			 its administration area.
(3) Only
			 instructors approved by the Board under the standards of Chapter 539-5 may
			 instruct courses offered to meet the preclassification education requirements.
			 Only instructors with appropriate experience and knowledge of the content areas
			 of continuing education course may teach continuing education courses. Schools
			 must maintain resumes or other biographical information documenting such
			 knowledge and experience for all continuing education instructors who have not
			 qualified as approved instructors under the standards of Chapter 539-5.
(4) Instructors may utilize no more than thirty
			 (30) minutes for every seven and one-half (71/2) hours of instruction of audio or
			 video material toward meeting any required classroom (or make-up) hours unless
			 the Board grants written authorization for such material prior to its
			 use.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-8,  43-39A-9,  43-39A-11,  43-39A-13,  43-39A-18,  43-39A-22.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.07 - Minimum Standards for Students

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 In order for a school to certify a student as passing an approved course, the
			 student must attend the required number of classroom hours of instruction
			 provided for in this Chapter.
(2) In
			 order for a school to certify a student as passing an approved course, the
			 student must complete all exercises and/or examinations required by the
			 school.
(3) Except with the prior
			 approval of the Board, students transferring from one course to another may not
			 count any portion of their attendance or work in the former course toward passing
			 the new course.
(4) In order for a
			 school to certify a student as passing an approved course, the student must meet
			 the minimum grading standards established by this Chapter and the school. On
			 graded exercises and examinations for which this Chapter sets specific
			 requirements, the school's policy shall at least equal those requirements. Other
			 grading standards shall be in accordance with generally accepted educational
			 standards. Schools shall publish these standards and give them to the students on
			 a written form at the beginning of the course.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-8,  43-39A-9,  43-39A-11,  43-39A-13,  43-39A-18,  43-39A-22.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.08 - Maintenance of Records

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 All approved schools shall maintain, and upon reasonable request make available
			 to any authorized representative of the Board, copies of all examinations with
			 answer keys and copies of all texts or other instructional materials. Schools
			 shall maintain these for a period of at least five years after use.
(2) Each school shall maintain for at least
			 five years, in a form which the Board approves, records which reflect the
			 attendance and scores earned by each student on all graded material and
			 examinations used to determine whether the student passed a course. For all
			 computer-based courses, each school shall maintain for at least five years, in a
			 form that the Board authorizes, records which reflect the following:
(a) the student's name, the course title, the
			 number of hours for the course, the particular software version of the course,
			 and the course serial number;
(b) a
			 Board authorized system of verification of the completion of each module of
			 instruction within the computer-based course and the date of completion of the
			 course;
(c) the scores for each
			 student for all final examinations for those courses requiring such examinations;
			 and
(d) verification of the above
			 data by the school director/coordinator.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.09 - Notice To Students

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 At the time a student enrolls in an approved course, the school shall provide
			 that student with the following information in writing:
(a) a statement of the Board's current approval
			 of the course;
(b) whether the Board
			 has approved the course to meet registration, licensure, certified residential,
			 or certified general appraiser educational requirements and how many hours toward
			 meeting those requirements the course contains;
(c) the approved instructors who will teach the
			 course and detailed information on their qualifications to instruct in that
			 course;
(d) the school's grading
			 policies for all graded work including, but not limited to, homework
			 examinations, oral or written practice appraisals;
(e) the school's attendance requirements and
			 how students may make-up absences (if allowed); and
(f) for computer based courses, the notice to
			 students must also include:
1. the name and
			 address of the approved school;
2.
			 the order in which the student must submit any homework assignments;
3. that the student must personally complete
			 all instructional modules required to demonstrate mastery of the material and
			 sign the certification statement required by Rule
			  539-2-.14(8);
4. that the student must successfully complete
			 all assignments before receiving credit for the course or before attending any
			 required in-class instruction; and
5.
			 when and where to complete any required in class instruction; and
(g) any other information which the
			 board may require.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.10 - Renewal of Approval

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
In order to renew the approval for any school, the board must
				receive an application from the school requesting renewal prior to the expiration
				of the current approval of the course. The application requesting renewal must be
				on a form approved by the board and accompanied by the required renewal fee
				established in Rule
				  539-1-.02.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-8,  43-39A-9,  43-39A-11,  43-39A-13,  43-39A-18,  43-39A-22.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.11 - Changes and Exceptions

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 Schools shall notify the Board in writing immediately of any changes in its
			 director/coordinator, its name, its phone number, or its location or mailing
			 address. The school shall notify the Board in writing immediately if it
			 terminates its relationship with an instructor because of the instructor's
			 violation of any provision of this Chapter.
(2) Schools may request exceptions,
			 modifications, or exemptions to the requirement of this Chapter whenever sound
			 educational reasons exist for such a request. Schools must submit such requests
			 in writing with supporting rationales and may implement them only after receiving
			 written approval from the Board.
O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-8,  43-39A-9,  43-39A-11,  43-39A-13,  43-39A-18,  43-39A-22.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.12 - Advertising

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) If a school,
			 after approval, wishes to use the name of the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers
			 Board in its advertising, it should indicate that the Georgia Real Estate
			 Appraisers Board approves the course(s) as meeting the requirements of Georgia
			 laws. Advertising includes any type of solicitation, and advertisements may not
			 indicate in any fashion that the board has any interest in the school other than
			 insuring that it complies with the standards imposed by Georgia law. In no event
			 can the phrase "Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board" appear anywhere in the
			 advertisement in larger type than the words and phrases preceding or following
			 the phrase "Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board."
(2) An approved school shall not advertise
			 courses approved under this Chapter with non-approved courses that it may offer
			 in such a manner as to lead the public to believe that the non-approved courses
			 bear board approval or meet any registration, license, or certification
			 requirements. An approved school shall not name and/or advertise non-approved
			 courses in such a manner as to lead the public to believe that the non-approved
			 courses bear board approval or meet any registration, license, or certification
			 requirements.
(3) An approved school
			 shall not advertise a course as being offered, sponsored, or conducted by or in
			 conjunction with a real estate appraisal firm or other organization or individual
			 which is not an approved school. However, a school may advertise that it will
			 offer a course at the location of a real estate appraisal firm or other
			 organization provided that only personnel of the approved school:
(a) provide students and prospective students
			 with information concerning course offerings except that the school may allow
			 other persons to distribute written information prepared by the school's
			 director/coordinator. Such printed information shall include no telephone number
			 other than the school's number and the following statement:
"This information provided by (name of school). Direct any
				questions concerning this information to (name of school).";
(b) handle paperwork for registering and
			 enrolling students and for certifying students' completion of the course;
			 and
(c) maintain all records required
			 by the board.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.13 - Violations

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Any violation of
			 the provisions of this Chapter, any falsification or misrepresentation on the
			 application for approval or renewal, or any falsification or misrepresentation of
			 any other reports, certifications, or applications required to be submitted by
			 this Chapter may result in withdrawal of approval or any other sanction permitted
			 by O.C.G.A. § 43- 39A-18 or citation permitted by O.C.G.A. §
								43-39A-18.1.
(2) Any school whose annual percentage of
			 students passing the state examinations falls ten percentage points or more below
			 the percent of total examinees passing a state examination in any calendar year
			 may have its approval withdrawn or have one of the sanctions allowed by O.C.G.A.
			 §
								43-39A-18 imposed on it or citation permitted by O.C.G.A. §
								43-39A-18.1.
(3) Before imposing any sanction for a
			 violation of this Chapter, the board shall afford a hearing in accordance with
			 the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act" O.C.G.A. §
								50-13 to  the school allegedly
			 violating this Chapter.
Authority O.C.G.A. Secs.
				  43-39A-3,  43-39A-8,  43-39A-9,  43-39A-11,  43-39A-13,  43-39A-18,  43-39A-22.
Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 539 - RULES OF GEORGIA REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS BOARD › Chapter 539-2 - STANDARDS FOR APPRAISAL COURSES › Rule 539-2-.14 - Computer-Based Courses

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
			 Frequently, some applicants for appraiser classification have difficulty
			 attending classes to meet the law's education requirements because they live at
			 significant distances from approved schools offering these education courses,
			 because of extended personal illness, because of induction into the armed forces,
			 or because of other similar extraordinary circumstances. To meet these types of
			 problems, the Board approves the offering of independent-based courses.
(2) Every course approved under this Rule shall
			 teach to mastery. Teaching to mastery means that the course shall, as a minimum:
(a) divide the material into major units as
			 approved by the Board;
(b) divide
			 each of the major units of content into modules of instruction for delivery on a
			 computer or other approved interactive audio or audiovisual programs;
(c) specify the learning objectives for each
			 module of instruction. The learning objectives must be comprehensive enough to
			 insure that if all the objectives are met, the entire content of the course will
			 be mastered;
(d) specify an
			 objective, quantitative criterion for mastery used for each learning
			 objective;
(e) implement a structured
			 learning method by which each student is able to attain each learning
			 objective;
(f) provide means of
			 diagnostic assessment of each student's performance on an ongoing basis during
			 each module of instruction;
1. this assessment
			 process shall measure what each student has learned and not learned at regular
			 intervals throughout each module of instruction, and
2. the diagnostic assessment must specifically
			 assess the mastery of each concept covered in the content material.
(g) provide a means of tailoring the
			 instruction to the needs of each student as identified in (e) above. The process
			 of tailoring the instruction shall insure that each student receives adequate
			 remediation for specific deficiencies identified by the diagnostic
			 assessment;
(h) continue the
			 appropriate remediation on an individualized basis until the student demonstrates
			 achievement of each mastery criterion; and
(i) require that the student demonstrate
			 mastery of all material covered by the learning objectives for the module before
			 the module is completed.