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What Texas Appraiser Licensing Law Says
Here's what these passages tell us: Texas has an independent board that licenses and certifies appraisers, and that board and its governing law are currently set to expire on September 1, 2033, unless the legislature extends them. To get a license or certification, appraisers must show they have the right education and experience, then agree to follow professional standards and keep their skills current. Once licensed, appraisers must obey all Texas and federal laws including fair housing rules, keep their licenses current, and lenders who use them have to check their licensing status every year and be ready to remove appraisers who don't meet standards—lenders can't hand off that responsibility to someone else and wash their hands of it.
Straight from Texas Appraiser Licensing Law (TALCB — Occ. Code Ch. 1103/1104, TAC Title 22), IAAO Standards, Fannie Mae Selling Guide, and HUD/FHA Single Family Handbook 4000.1 — nothing added.
Here's what these passages tell us: Texas has an independent board that licenses and certifies appraisers, and that board and its governing law are currently set to expire on September 1, 2033, unless the legislature extends them. To get a license or certification, appraisers must show they have the right education and experience, then agree to follow professional standards and keep their skills current. Once licensed, appraisers must obey all Texas and federal laws including fair housing rules, keep their licenses current, and lenders who use them have to check their licensing status every year and be ready to remove appraisers who don't meet standards—lenders can't hand off that responsibility to someone else and wash their hands of it.
Straight from Texas Appraiser Licensing Law (TALCB — Occ. Code Ch. 1103/1104, TAC Title 22), IAAO Standards, Fannie Mae Selling Guide, and HUD/FHA Single Family Handbook 4000.1 — nothing added.
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→ Ch1103 Appraiser Licensing and Certification Act (Chief Appraiser Document Library)
→ IAAO-Glossary 3rd-Ed final (Chief Appraiser Document Library)
→ Handbook 4000.1 Transmittal (2023-01-18) (official agency copy)
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by that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter and Chapter 1104 expire September 1, 2033. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by:…
Texas Appraiser Licensing Law (TALCB — Occ. Code Ch. 1103/1104, TAC Title 22) · Ch1103_Appraiser_Licensing_and_Certification_Act.txt · Page 13
by that chapter, the board is abolished and this chapter and Chapter 1104 expire September 1, 2033. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 950 (S.B. 1007), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2016. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 334 (S.B. 624), Sec. 19, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 850 (S.B. 713), Sec. 5.02, eff. June 16, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 941 (S.B. 1659), Sec. 2.17, eff. June 18, 2023. SUBCHAPTER B. TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION BOARD Sec. 1103.051. TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION BOARD. The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board is an independent subdivision
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BOARD Sec. 1103.051. TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION BOARD. The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board is an independent subdivision of the Texas Real…
Texas Appraiser Licensing Law (TALCB — Occ. Code Ch. 1103/1104, TAC Title 22) · Ch1103_Appraiser_Licensing_and_Certification_Act.txt · Page 14
BOARD Sec. 1103.051. TEXAS APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION BOARD. The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board is an independent subdivision of the Texas Real Estate Commission. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Sec. 1103.052. BOARD MEMBERSHIP. (a) The board consists of nine members as follows: (1) the executive secretary of the Veterans' Land Board or the executive secretary's designee; and (2) eight members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate as follows: (A) four members who are certified or licensed appraisers actively engaged in the practice of appraising real property; and (B) four public members who qualify for appointment based on their recognized business ability. (b) The
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— The estimate of the value of a property. See Value. Appraiser — The professionally skilled individual who estimates the monetary value of property. Appraiser Licensing and…
IAAO Standards · IAAO-Glossary_3rd-Ed_final.pdf · Page 16
— The estimate of the value of a property. See Value. Appraiser — The professionally skilled individual who estimates the monetary value of property. Appraiser Licensing and Certification — A procedure whereby appraisers gain permission from the United States, state, and territorial licensing agencies to practice without supervision by demonstrating appropriate (pre — licensing) experience and education skills and by agreeing to maintain and improve their skills and to conduct themselves in accordance with professional standards set by either The Appraisal Foundation’s Appraisal Standards Board or an appraisal organization. Appraiser Qualifications Board — The independent division of The Appraisal Foundation that establishes education, experience, and other criteria for licensing, certification, and reclassifi- cation of qualified appraisers. See Appraiser. Appreciation —