Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 18 Businesses And Professions - Chapter 18.140 Certified Real Estate Appraiser Act

• 18.140.005 Intent
  (1) It is the intent of the legislature that only individuals who meet and maintain minimum standards of competence and conduct established under this chapter ...
• 18.140.010 Definitions
  The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Appraisal" means the act or process of estimating value; ...
• 18.140.020 Use of title by unauthorized person
  (1) No person other than a state-certified or state-licensed real estate appraiser may receive compensation of any form for a real estate appraisal or an ...
• 18.140.030 Powers and duties of director
  The director shall have the following powers and duties: (1) To adopt rules in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW necessary to implement this chapter and ...
• 18.140.040 Immunity
  The director or individuals acting on behalf of the director are immune from suit in any action, civil or criminal, based on any acts performed ...
• 18.140.050 Fees and collection procedures
  The director shall establish fees by rule, under RCW 43.24.086 and chapter 34.05 RCW and establish collection procedures for the fees.[1989 c 414 § 9.] ...
• 18.140.060 Applications -- Original and renewal certification, licensure, or registration
  (1) Applications for examinations, original certification, licensure, or registration, and renewal certification, licensure, or registration shall be made in writing to the department on forms ...
• 18.140.070 Categories of appraisers
  There shall be two categories of state-certified real estate appraisers, one category of state-licensed real estate appraisers, and one category of state-registered appraiser trainee as ...
• 18.140.080 Education requirements
  As a prerequisite to taking an examination for certification or licensure, an applicant shall present evidence satisfactory to the director that he or she has ...
• 18.140.090 Experience requirements
  (1) As a prerequisite to taking an examination for certification or licensure, an applicant must meet the experience requirements adopted by the director. (2) The ...
• 18.140.100 Examination requirements
  An original certificate or license shall be issued to persons who have satisfactorily passed the written examination as endorsed by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of ...
• 18.140.110 Nonresident applicants -- Consent for service of process
  Every applicant for certification, licensing, or registration who is not a resident of this state shall submit, with the application for certification, licensing, or registration ...
• 18.140.120 Reciprocity
  An applicant for certification or licensure who is currently certified or licensed and in good standing under the laws of another state may obtain a ...
• 18.140.130 Expiration of certificate, license, or registration -- Renewal -- Failure to renew in timely manner
  (1) Each original and renewal certificate, license, or registration issued under this chapter shall expire on the applicant's second birthday following issuance of the certificate, ...
• 18.140.140 Certificate, license, or registration -- Required use of number
  (1) A certificate, license, or registration issued under this chapter shall bear the signature or facsimile signature of the director and a certificate, license, or ...
• 18.140.150 Use of term restricted -- Group certificates, licenses, or registrations prohibited
  (1) The term "state-certified real estate appraiser," "state-licensed real estate appraiser," or "state-registered appraiser trainee" may only be used to refer to individuals who hold ...
• 18.140.155 Temporary certification or licensing -- Extension
  (1) A real estate appraiser from another state who is certified or licensed by another state may apply for registration to receive temporary certification or ...
• 18.140.160 Disciplinary actions -- Grounds
  In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130, the director may take disciplinary action for the following conduct, acts, or conditions: (1) Failing ...
• 18.140.170 Violations -- Investigations
  The director may investigate the actions of a state-certified or state-licensed real estate appraiser or a state-registered appraiser trainee or an applicant for certification, licensure, ...
• 18.140.190 Duties of attorney general
  The attorney general shall render to the director opinions upon all questions of law relating to the construction or interpretation of this chapter, or arising ...
• 18.140.200 Certificate, license, or registration suspension -- Nonpayment or default on educational loan or scholarship
  The director shall suspend the certificate, license, or registration of any person who has been certified by a lending agency and reported to the director ...
• 18.140.202 Certificate, license, or registration suspension -- Noncompliance with support order -- Reissuance
  The director shall immediately suspend any certificate, license, or registration issued under this chapter if the holder has been certified pursuant to RCW 74.20A.320 by ...
• 18.140.210 Violation of chapter -- Procedure
  The director may refer a complaint for violation of any section of this chapter before any court of competent jurisdiction. Any violation of the provisions ...
• 18.140.220 Acting without certificate, license, or registration -- Penalty
  Any person acting as a state-certified or state-licensed real estate appraiser or state-registered appraiser trainee without a certificate, license, or registration that is currently valid ...
• 18.140.230 Real estate appraiser commission -- Establishment -- Composition
  There is established the real estate appraiser commission of the state of Washington, consisting of seven members who shall act to give advice to the ...
• 18.140.240 Commission/members -- Duties and responsibilities
  The members of the real estate appraiser commission and its individual members shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (1) To meet at the call ...
• 18.140.250 Commission member's compensation
  The commission members shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.240, plus travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 when they are in ...
• 18.140.260 Real estate appraiser commission account
  The real estate appraiser commission account is created in the state treasury. All fees received by the department for certificates, licenses, registrations, renewals, examinations, and ...
• 18.140.270 Uniform regulation of business and professions act
  The uniform regulation of business and professions act, chapter 18.235 RCW, governs unlicensed practice, the issuance and denial of licenses, and the discipline of licensees ...
• 18.140.280 Trainee real estate appraiser--Registration
  (1) The director may issue an original registration as a state-registered trainee real estate appraiser, to be valid for a term not exceeding two years ...
• 18.140.900 Short title
  This chapter may be known and cited as the real estate appraiser act.[1993 c 30 § 22; 1989 c 414 § 2.] ...
• 18.140.910 Severability -- 1989 c 414
  If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009