As Amended
SEC. 73-34-21. Prerequisites to taking examinations for licensing; experience requirements for license.
(1) As a prerequisite to taking the examination for licensing as a licensed certified residential real estate appraiser, an applicant shall present acceptable evidence that such applicant has successfully completed not less than one hundred five (105) classroom hours in courses of study approved by the board. The one hundred five (105) classroom hours must be in courses of study approved by the board which relate to real estate appraisal and shall include coverage of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. The courses of study referred to above must be conducted by an accredited university, college or junior college; an approved appraisal society, institute or association; or such other school as may be approved by the board and in compliance with federal requirements; or the courses of study must consist of courses relating to appraisal education that were approved by the Mississippi Real Estate Commission prior to July 1, 1990.
(2) As a prerequisite to taking the examination for licensing as a licensed certified general real estate appraiser, an applicant shall present acceptable evidence that such applicant has successfully completed not less than one hundred sixty-five (165) classroom hours in courses of study approved by the board. The one hundred sixty-five (165) classroom hours must be in courses of study approved by the board which relate to real estate appraisal and shall include coverage of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. The courses of study referred to above must be conducted by an accredited university, college or junior college; an approved appraisal society, institute or association; or such other school as may be approved by the board and in compliance with federal requirements; or the courses of study must consist of courses relating to appraisal education that were approved by the Mississippi Real Estate Commission prior to July 1, 1990.
(3) As a prerequisite to taking the examination for licensing as a licensed timberland real estate appraiser, an applicant shall present acceptable evidence that such applicant has successfully completed not less than seventy-five (75) classroom hours in courses of study approved by the board. The seventy-five (75) classroom hours must be in courses of study approved by the board which relate to real estate appraisal and shall include coverage of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. The courses of study referred to above must be conducted by an accredited university, college or junior college; an approved appraisal society, institute or association; or such other school as may be approved by the board and in compliance with federal requirements.
(4) A license as a licensed certified real estate appraiser shall not be issued to any person who does not possess the equivalent of two (2) years of experience in real property appraisal supported by adequate written reports or file memoranda.
SOURCES: Laws, 1990, ch. 576, Sec. 11; 1993, ch. 559, Sec. 8, eff from and after passage (approved April 9, 1993).