2017 Mississippi Code
Title 73 - Professions and Vocations
Chapter 34 - Real Estate Appraisers
Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Act
§ 73-34-17. Qualifications to be licensed real estate appraiser

Universal Citation: MS Code § 73-34-17 (2017)
  • To qualify to be a licensed real estate appraiser, an applicant must:
    • (a) Successfully complete not less than seventy-five (75) classroom hours in courses of study approved by the board. Those seventy-five (75) classroom hours shall include coverage of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice and not less than thirty (30) classroom hours of study relating to the basic principles of land economics and/or the basic principles of real estate appraising.
    • (b) Pass an exam administered by the commission that is based upon required appraisal study and is designed to test an individual's knowledge of the basic principles of land economics and the basic principles of real estate appraising.
    • (c) Be trustworthy and competent to transact the business of real estate appraising.
    • (d) Comply with such other requirements as may be prescribed by the board.
  • The courses of study referred to in paragraph (a) above must (i) be conducted by an accredited university, college or junior college; (ii) be conducted by an approved appraisal society, institute or association; or (iii) be conducted by such other school as may be approved by the board; or (iv) consist of courses relating to appraisal education that were approved by the Mississippi Real Estate Commission prior to July 1, 1990.
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