Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 39a - Real Estate Appraisers
- § 43-39a-1 - Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Real Estate Appraiser and Real Estate Appraisal Management Company Classification and Regulation Act."
- § 43-39a-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (1) "Analysis" means a study of real estate or real property other than one estimating value. (2)...
- § 43-39a-3 - Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board; Membership; Qualifications; Recusal for Conflict of Interest; Terms; Removal; Meetings; Compensation
(a) There is created the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board, which shall consist of five members. All members must be residents of Georgia. One...
- § 43-39a-4 - Fees
The board is authorized to establish the amount of any fee which it is authorized by this chapter to charge and collect. Each fee...
- § 43-39a-4.1 - Rules and Regulations
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, with respect to any form or application required to be completed by an applicant or an...
- § 43-39a-5 - Status of Appraiser Classification Issued by Board to Employee of Commission
Any appraiser classification issued to an employee of the commission by the board shall be on inactive status during the time of the employee's...
- § 43-39a-6 - Seal; Records
(a) The board shall adopt a seal, which may be either an engraved or ink stamp seal, with the words "Real Estate Appraisers Board,...
- § 43-39a-7 - Applications for Appraiser Classification; Registration; Confidentiality
(a) Any person desiring to act as a real estate appraiser must file an application for an appraiser classification with the board. All original...
- § 43-39a-8 - Establishment of Appraiser Classifications Complying With Federal Law; Continuing Education Courses Required for Renewal of Classification; Approval of Instructors
(a) The board is authorized to establish through its rules and regulations such appraiser classifications as are necessary to comply with federal law in...
- § 43-39a-9 - Requirements for Nonresident Applicants; Service of Process; Reciprocity; Temporary Permits
(a) Every applicant for an appraiser classification under this chapter who is not a resident of Georgia shall submit, with the application for an...
- § 43-39a-10 - Wall Certificates and Pocket Cards; Disclosure of Classification and Number
(a) The board shall prescribe the form of a wall certificate to denote an individual's appraiser classification. The board shall mail the wall certificate...
- § 43-39a-11 - Fees for Examination, Activation, and Renewal; Reactivation of Lapsed or Inactive Appraiser Classifications; Other Fees; Extensions for Appraisers Suffering Uninsured Losses in Disaster Areas
(a) To pay its share of the expense of the maintenance and operation of the office of the commission and the enforcement of this...
- § 43-39a-12 - Disposition of Fees Collected
Except as provided for in subsection (l) of Code Section 43-39A-11, all fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited by the board...
- § 43-39a-13 - Power of Board to Regulate, Discipline, and Establish Standards; Power to Enter Contracts
The board, through its rules and regulations, shall have the full power to regulate the issuance of appraiser classifications and registrations, to discipline appraisers...
- § 43-39a-14 - Required Conduct of Applicants; Refusal of Classification; Imposition of Sanctions; Revocation of Classification; Noncompliance With Child Support Orders; Borrowers in Default
(a) Appraiser classifications shall be granted only to persons who bear a good reputation for honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, and competence to transact real estate...
- § 43-39a-14.1 - Requirements for the Establishment and Maintenance of a Real Estate Appraisal Management Company
(a) Each appraisal management company applying to the board for registration shall designate a controlling person who shall be the main contact for all...
- § 43-39a-15 - Hearings in Accordance With "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
(a) If the board, after an application in proper form has been filed with it, accompanied by the proper fee, shall refuse to issue...
- § 43-39a-16 - Notification by Appraiser of Change of Address; Professional Corporations
(a) If an appraiser changes a residence or place of business address, such appraiser shall notify the board, in writing, within 30 days of...
- § 43-39a-17 - Civil Actions
(a) After July 1, 1991, no person engaged in the business of real estate appraisal activity in Georgia or acting in the capacity of...
- § 43-39a-18 - Penalties for Violations; Unfair Trade Practices; Civil Judgments
(a) In accordance with the hearing procedures established for contested cases by Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act," whenever an...
- § 43-39a-18.1 - Alternative Disciplinary Procedures; Citations
(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide the board with disciplinary measures to use as alternatives to the sanctions provided...
- § 43-39a-19 - Use of Title or Terms Denoting Appraiser Classification; Federally Related Transactions; No Issuance of Classification to Business Entity
(a) No appraiser who holds an appraiser classification may use any title, designation, or abbreviation likely to create the impression that such appraiser holds...
- § 43-39a-20 - Use of Appraiser As Disinterested Third Party for Rendering Unbiased Valuation or Analysis; "Specialized Services"; Contingent Fees
(a) A client or employer may retain or employ an appraiser to act as a disinterested third party in rendering an unbiased valuation or...
- § 43-39a-21 - Hearings on Imposition of Sanctions Against Appraisers; Judicial Review
(a) Before the board shall impose on any appraiser or appraisal management company any sanction permitted by this chapter, it shall provide an opportunity...
- § 43-39a-22 - Investigations; Subpoenas; Confidentiality; Access to Records; Publication of Names of Disciplined Appraisers and Schools; Closed Meetings
(a) The board may, upon its own motion, and shall, upon the sworn written request of any person, investigate the actions of any appraiser,...
- § 43-39a-22.1 - Conviction Data Defined; Fingerprint Records Check; Disclosure
(a) As used in this Code section, the term "conviction data" means a record of a finding or verdict of guilty or plea of...
- § 43-39a-23 - Injunctions
Whenever, in the judgment of the board, any person has engaged in any acts or practices which constitute or will constitute a violation of...
- § 43-39a-24 - Unlawful to Operate Without Appraiser Classification; Exceptions
(a) Except as provided in this Code section, on and after July 1, 1991, it shall be unlawful for anyone to engage in real...
- § 43-39a-25 - Certain Actions Relating to Appraisal Activity As Constituting Crimes; Cease and Desist Orders; Fine
(a) Any person who, directly or indirectly, with the intention or upon the promise of receiving any valuable consideration, offers, attempts, or agrees to...
- § 43-39a-26 - Penalty
Any person acting as an appraiser within the meaning of this chapter without an appraiser classification and any person who violates any other provision...
- § 43-39a-27 - Termination
Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, ยง 32, effective July 1, 1992.
Last modified: October 14, 2016