Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 1501 - Mississippi Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board › Chapter 3 - Requirements for Licensing and Certification; Examinations; Fees › Rule 30-1501-3.3 - Requirements to Qualify as a State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser

Current through June 25, 2024
1. Education: All applicants for a State
				Certified General real estate appraiser credential must meet all education
				requirements as established by the AQB.
** Note: The Mississippi Appraisal Board requires all
				  individuals who apply for the State Certified General real estate appraiser
				  credential to have completed the 15-hour National USPAP course within sixty
				  (60) months of making their application.
2. Experience: All applicants must meet all
				experience requirement established by the AQB. Fifty (50) percent of the
				required experience hours as established by the AQB must be in non-residential
				appraisal work. Experience is calculated through work experience hours that are
				documented in Part 1501, Chapter 2 of the Administrative Rules of the
				Mississippi Appraisal Board. Applicants must list identifying terminology for
				each appraisal which is used to calculate the total number of hours being
				claimed. These appraisals must be available to the Board should they desire to
				review them in order to verify the experience being claimed by the applicant.
				Copies of two (2) appraisal reports, to be chosen by the Board from the
				experience log that is submitted with application, must be submitted for review
				prior to being approved to sit for the examination. In addition, other reports
				may be requested for review if required by the Board.
Note: The Ethics Rule, Confidentiality Section of USPAP,
				  allows the submission of appraisal reports for review to a state license
				  regulatory agency without obtaining permission from the client to release
				  confidential information.
3. Examination: All applicants must pass the
				Appraiser Qualification Board approved Certified General Real Property
				Appraiser Examination. An applicant will be instructed to contact the State
				approved Testing Provider and establish an examination date which will allow
				the examination to be completed within three (3) months of their application
				being approved by the Appraisal Board. The examination will consist of
				multiple-choice questions from a question bank and applicants will be allowed
				six (6) hours to complete the examination while using a silent calculator. The
				Appraisal Qualifications Board approved examination will include questions
				concerning the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP).
				There is no limitation to the number of attempts that an approved applicant may
				take in order to pass the Certified General Real Property Appraiser
				Examination, but the examination must be passed within three (3) months of the
				applicant being approved for testing by the Appraisal Board. For those
				applicants who pass the Certified General Real Property Examination, the
				results of the examination may be used to qualify for the credential for a time
				period of twenty-four (24) months. If the applicant does not pass the Certified
				General Real Property Appraiser Examination within three (3) months of their
				application being approved by the Board, they shall be ineligible for a similar
				examination until after the expiration of six (6) months from the date such
				applicant was last eligible to take the examination, and then only upon making
				full application as in the first instance and meeting all requirements for
				application that are in effect at the time of re-applying.
NOTE: Applicants must complete all Qualifying Education
				  requirements and all work experience requirements prior to making an
				  application for the Certified General Real Property Appraiser Examination.
An applicant must also schedule a testing date and pass the
				  Mississippi State specific portion of the examination within sixty (60) days of
				  passing the Appraisal Qualification Board approved Certified General Real
				  Property Appraiser Examination. The State examination will consist of
				  multiple-choice questions referencing the Mississippi Real Estate Appraiser
				  Licensing and Certification Act and the Administrative Rules and Regulations of
				  the Mississippi Appraisal Board. It will also include questions concerning the
				  Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Applicants will
				  be allowed two (2) hours to complete the State examination and may use a silent
				  calculator.
An applicant is allowed two (2) opportunities to pass the
				  examination. Any applicant who fails to pass the State examination upon two (2)
				  occasions shall be ineligible for a similar examination until after the
				  expiration of six (6) months from the date such applicant last took the
				  examination, and then only upon making a full application as in the first
				  instance and meeting all requirements for application in effect at the time of
				  re-applying. The State Examinations are administered by the Appraisal Board
				  Staff and the applicant will be notified of the available examination dates
				  after the application has been approved and the necessary requirements
				  satisfied.
Miss. Code Ann.
				  §§
										73-34-9(l)(a)(b)(c),
				  73-34-9(l)(i),
				  73-34-9(2)(f)(g)(j),
				  73-34-21,
				  73-34-45