Sec.20-504-3. Licensure or certification categories and scope of practice

(a) The following categories of appraiser licensure or certification are established:

(1) State certified general appraiser;

(2) State certified residential appraiser; and

(3) State provisional appraiser.

(b) No person shall act as a state certified general appraiser, state certified residential appraiser, or as a state provisional appraiser unless the person meets the requirements for that category of licensure or certification as established in chapter 400g of the Connecticut General Statutes and sections 20-504-1 to 20-504-12, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(c) No certified or provisional appraiser shall perform appraisal work that is beyond the scope of practice for such appraiser's category of licensure or certification except as provided under subsection (d) of this section. The scope of practice for each category is as follows:

(1) The state certified general appraiser scope of appraisal practice includes the appraisal of all types of real estate, without regard to transaction value, for all types of transactions including federally related transactions.

(2) The state certified residential appraiser scope of appraisal practice includes the appraisal of all residential real estate, without regard to transaction value, for all types of transactions including federally related transactions.

(3) The state provisional appraiser scope of appraisal practice includes the appraisal of real estate while under the direct supervision of a certified appraiser for the types of property and in the types of transactions the supervisory appraiser is permitted to appraise. The purpose for this category is to provide an entry level that will allow appraisers to develop the appraisal experience needed to qualify for a category of certified appraiser.

(d) When two or more appraisers work together, each taking responsibility for the appraisal services provided, including the signing of any resulting appraisal, appraisal review or appraisal consulting reports, the scope of appraisal practice includes all types of real estate and transactions available under the collective categories of licensure or certification held.

(e) Any person licensed under Chapter 392 of the Connecticut General Statutes as a real estate broker or a real estate salesman may estimate the value of real estate as part of a market analysis performed for the purpose of a prospective listing or sale of such real estate or any other purpose permitted under section 20-526 of the Connecticut General Statutes, without being a certified or provisional licensed appraiser, provided the estimate shall not be referred to or construed as an appraisal. Any real estate broker or salesman charging a fee or other valuable consideration, separate from any fees or sales commissions or potential sales commissions to be earned in connection with the listing or sale of real estate, for providing an estimate of value of such real estate, except as permitted under section 20-526 of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall be construed as engaging in the real estate appraisal business.

(Effective December 23, 1994; Amended October 15, 1999; Amended February 2, 2001; Amended December 7, 2004; Amended January 5, 2011; Amended December 9, 2015)