2019 Mississippi Code
Title 73 - Professions and Vocations
Chapter 34 - Real Estate Appraisers
Mississippi Appraisal Management Company Registration Act
§ 73-34-113. Prohibited acts; required acts
(1) An appraisal management company doing business in this state as an appraisal management company shall not:
(a) Knowingly employ any individual to perform appraisal services, who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser in this state or in any other state, refused, denied, cancelled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked; or
(b) Knowingly enter into any independent contractor arrangement for the performance of appraisal services, in verbal, written, or other form, with any individual who has had a license or certificate to act as an appraiser in this state or in any other state, refused, denied, cancelled, surrendered in lieu of revocation, or revoked.
(2) Before assigning appraisal orders, the appraisal management company shall have a system in place to verify that a person being added to the appraiser panel holds the appropriate appraiser credential in good standing.
(3) Each appraisal management company doing business as an appraisal management company shall certify to the commission on an annual basis on a form prescribed by the commission that the appraisal management company has systems in place to verify that:
(a) An individual on the appraiser panel has not had a license or certification as an appraiser refused, denied, cancelled, revoked or surrendered in lieu of a pending revocation in the previous twelve (12) months; and
(b) Only licensed or certified appraisers are used to complete appraisal assignments in connection with federally related transactions.
