2021 Wyoming Statutes
Title 33 - Professions and Occupations
Chapter 39 - Real Estate Appraisers
Article 1 - Certified Real Estate Appraiser Act
Section 33-39-102 - Definitions.

33-39-102. Definitions.

(a) As used in this act:

(i) "Appraisal" or "real estate appraisal" means a supportable opinion or conclusion relating to the nature, quality, value or utility of specified interests in, or aspects of, identified real estate;

(ii) "Appraisal assignment" means an engagement for which an appraiser is employed or retained to act, or would be perceived by third parties or the public as acting, as a disinterested third party in rendering an unbiased supportable opinion or conclusion relating to the nature, quality, value or utility of specified interests in, or aspects of, identified real estate;

(iii) "Appraisal foundation" means the appraisal foundation incorporated as an Illinois corporation on November 30, 1987;

(iv) "Appraisal report" means any communication, written or oral, of an appraisal;

(v) "Board" means the certified real estate appraiser board;

(vi) "Commission" means the Wyoming real estate commission;

(vii) "Inactive permittee" means a permittee who has temporarily surrendered his license to the board, who can no longer function as a certified real estate appraiser, but who may reactivate his permit without having to take an examination. An inactive status permittee may be subject to disciplinary action and activation of an inactive permit may be subject to a denial action;

(viii) "Permit" means the document issued by the board certifying that the person named thereon has fulfilled all requirements for obtaining a permit to practice as a certified real estate appraiser or temporary certified appraiser under this act;

(ix) "Permittee" means any individual who has been issued a permit under this act to practice as a certified general or residential appraiser, a temporary certified appraiser or a certified appraiser trainee;

(x) "Market analysis" means a price opinion prepared by a real estate licensee for marketing purposes;

(xi) "Real estate" means leaseholds, as well as any other interest or estate in land, whether corporeal, incorporeal, freehold or nonfreehold, and whether the real estate is situated in this state or elsewhere;

(xii) "Certified real estate appraiser" means a person who develops and communicates real estate appraisals and who holds a valid permit issued to him for either general or residential real estate under the provisions of this act;

(xiii) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 63, § 2.

(xiv) "Salaried employee" means any person employed on a salaried basis or paid wages and the employee is subject to income tax and federal insurance contributions (FICA) withholding;

(xv) "Specialized services" means any activity that falls outside of the definition of appraisal or appraisal assignment;

(xvi) "Uniform standards of professional appraisal practices" (USPAP) means that edition of the standards of appraisal practice promulgated by the appraisal foundation as adopted by the board;

(xvii) "Certified appraiser trainee" means a person who drafts and communicates real estate appraisals and who holds a valid permit for either general or residential real estate training under this act;

(xviii) "Temporary permit" means written permission from the board to an actively certified appraiser in good standing in at least one (1) recognized permitting jurisdiction to conduct the number of appraisal assignments the board allows in the time frame set by the board. A temporary permit shall not require completion of a criminal history record background check and may be abbreviated in other respects as prescribed in board rule;

(xix) "Temporary certified appraiser" means a certified appraiser who has been granted a temporary permit by the board;

(xx) "This act" means W.S. 33-39-101 through 33-39-130.