2015 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 76 - REAL PROPERTY
76-2232 Credential as a certified general real property appraiser; applicant; qualifications; fingerprints; national criminal history record check; scope of practice.

76-2232. Credential as a certified general real property appraiser; applicant; qualifications; fingerprints; national criminal history record check; scope of practice.

(1) To qualify for a credential as a certified general real property appraiser, an applicant shall:

(a) Be at least nineteen years of age;

(b) Hold a bachelor's degree, or higher, from an accredited degree-awarding college or university;

(c) Have his or her education evaluated for equivalency by one of the following if the college degree is from a foreign country:

(i) An accredited degree-awarding college or university;

(ii) The American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers;

(iii) A foreign degree credential evaluation service company that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services; or

(iv) A foreign degree credential evaluation service company that provides equivalency evaluation reports accepted by an accredited degree-awarding college or university;

(d)(i) Have successfully completed and passed examination for no fewer than three hundred class hours in Real Property Appraiser Board-approved qualifying education courses as prescribed by rules and regulations of the Real Property Appraiser Board and completed the fifteen-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Course. The fifteen-hour course shall be taught by a Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice Instructor who is certified by the Appraiser Qualifications Board and who is a state-certified appraiser in good standing. The qualifying education courses shall be conducted by an accredited degree-awarding community college, college, or university, an appraisal society, institute, or association, a state or federal agency or commission, a proprietary school, or such other education provider as may be approved by the Real Property Appraiser Board, and shall be, at a minimum, fifteen class hours in length. Each course shall be conducted in a classroom and not online or by correspondence. Each course shall include a closed-book examination pertinent to the material presented; or

(ii) Hold a bachelor's degree or higher in real estate from an accredited degree-awarding college or university that has had all or part of its curriculum approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board as required core curriculum. If the degree in real estate as approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board does not satisfy all required qualifying education for credentialing, the remaining class hours shall be completed in Real Property Appraiser Board-approved qualifying education pursuant to subdivision (d)(i) of this subsection;

(e) Have no fewer than three thousand hours of experience, of which one thousand five hundred hours shall be in nonresidential appraisal work, as prescribed by rules and regulations of the Real Property Appraiser Board. The required experience shall be acceptable to the Real Property Appraiser Board and subject to review and determination as to conformity with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. The experience shall have occurred during a period of no fewer than thirty months. If requested, evidence acceptable to the Real Property Appraiser Board concerning the experience shall be presented by the applicant in the form of written reports or file memoranda;

(f) Certify that he or she has not surrendered an appraiser credential, or any other registration, license, or certification, held for any other regulatory agency or in any other jurisdiction, in lieu of disciplinary action pending or threatened within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application;

(g) Certify that his or her appraiser credential, or any other registration, license, or certification, held for any other regulatory agency or in any other jurisdiction, has not been revoked or suspended within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application;

(h) Not have been convicted of, including a conviction based upon a plea of guilty or nolo contendere:

(i) Any felony or, if so convicted, has had his or her civil rights restored;

(ii) Any crime of fraud, dishonesty, breach of trust, money laundering, misrepresentation, or deceit involving real estate, financial services, or in the making of an appraisal within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application; or

(iii) A crime which is related to the qualifications, functions, or duties of a real property appraiser within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application;

(i) Certify that no civil judicial actions, including dismissal with settlement, in connection with real estate, financial services, or in the making of an appraisal have been brought against him or her within the five-year period immediately preceding the date of application;

(j) Demonstrate character and general fitness such as to command the confidence and trust of the public;

(k) Submit two copies of legible ink-rolled fingerprint cards or equivalent electronic fingerprint submissions to the Real Property Appraiser Board for delivery to the Nebraska State Patrol in a form approved by both the Nebraska State Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A fingerprint-based national criminal history record check shall be conducted through the Nebraska State Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation with such record check to be carried out by the Real Property Appraiser Board; and

(l) Within the twelve months following approval of the applicant's education and experience by the Real Property Appraiser Board, pass a certified general real property appraiser examination, approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board, prescribed by rules and regulations of the Real Property Appraiser Board, and administered by a contracted testing service.

(2) An appraiser holding a valid certified general real property appraiser credential shall satisfy the requirements for the trainee real property appraiser credential, licensed residential real property appraiser credential, and certified residential real property appraiser credential for a downgraded credential. If requested, evidence acceptable to the Real Property Appraiser Board concerning the experience shall be presented along with an application in the form of written reports or file memoranda.

(3) The scope of practice for the certified general real property appraiser is the appraisal of all types of real property that appraiser is competent to appraise.

Source

• Laws 1990, LB 1153, § 32;
• Laws 1991, LB 203, § 34;
• Laws 1994, LB 1107, § 30;
• Laws 1997, LB 29, § 3;
• Laws 1997, LB 752, § 207;
• Laws 2001, LB 162, § 24;
• Laws 2006, LB 778, § 54;
• Laws 2007, LB186, § 17;
• Laws 2008, LB1011, § 12;
• Laws 2010, LB931, § 15;
• Laws 2012, LB714, § 8;
• Laws 2014, LB717, § 19;
• Laws 2015, LB139, § 51.
• Effective Date: August 30, 2015