Title 20 — Title 20: Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards

Sec. 20-500. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 20-501 to 20-529f, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Appraisal” means the practice of developing, in conformance with the USPAP, an opinion of the value of real property. (2) “Appraisal Foundation…

Sec. 20-501. Certification or provisional license requirement. No person shall act as a real estate appraiser or provisional appraiser or engage in the real estate appraisal business without the appropriate certification or provisional license issued by the commission, unless exe…

Sec. 20-502. Real Estate Appraisal Commission. (a) There is created in the Department of Consumer Protection the Connecticut Real Estate Appraisal Commission. (b) The commission shall consist of eight persons, electors of the state, appointed by the Governor. Five of the members …

Sec. 20-503. Duties of the Real Estate Appraisal Commission. (a) Within thirty days after the appointment of the members of the commission, the commission shall meet in the city of Hartford for the purpose of organizing by selecting such officers other than a chairman as the comm…

Sec. 20-504. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with advice and assistance from the commission, may adopt such reasonable regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, i…

Sec. 20-505. Bond for the chairperson. The chairperson of the commission shall be bonded under the provisions of section 4-20, in such sum as the State Insurance and Risk Management Board may prescribe, with the condition that the chairperson faithfully perform the duties of the …

Sec. 20-506. Deposit of fees. The commission shall deposit all moneys received by it from fees in accordance with the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, with the State Treasurer, and, unless otherwise provided by said sections, they shall become part of the Gener…

Sec. 20-507. Certified appraiser or licensed provisional appraiser not considered an employee under section 31-275. A certified appraiser or licensed provisional appraiser shall not be considered an employee under the provisions of section 31-275 if substantially all of the remun…

Sec. 20-508. Application for appraiser certification or provisional license. Any person possessing the qualifications prescribed in sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, and in any regulations adopted in accordance with said sections, who desires to engage in the real estate appr…

Sec. 20-509. Certifications and provisional licenses. Issuance. Renewals. Competency. Application fees. Examination. (a) Certifications and provisional licenses issued under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, shall be granted only to persons who bear a good r…

Sec. 20-510. Competency of applicant. Examination. In order to determine the competency of any applicant for a real estate appraiser's certification or provisional license, the commission shall, and, in the case of an applicant for a provisional license, may, subject such applica…

Sec. 20-511. Minimum requirements for appraiser certification or provisional license. Fees. Renewal. Notice and hearing. (a) In order to obtain an appraiser certification or a provisional license, each person who has met, to the satisfaction of the commission, the minimum require…

Sec. 20-512. Regulations concerning approval of schools. Registration prior to offering approved courses. Fees. Course approval. (a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the commission, may adopt such reasonable regulations, in accordance wit…

Sec. 20-513. Validity of certification or provisional license. Any person holding a certification or provisional license under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, shall be permitted to perform the work covered by such certification or provisional license in an…

Sec. 20-514. Grounds for refusal of certification or provisional license. (a) No certification or provisional license, as the case may be, shall be denied by the commission under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, to any applicant who has been convicted of fo…

Sec. 20-515. Persons certified or provisionally licensed in another state. Consent to suits and actions. Fees. Regulations. (a) A person who is certified or provisionally licensed in another state as a real estate appraiser may become a certified or provisionally licensed real es…

Sec. 20-516. Evidence of real estate appraiser status. Fee. (a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall issue to each certified and provisionally licensed appraiser a certificate or provisional license, as the case may be, in such size and form as it determines, evidencing th…

Sec. 20-517. Renewals. Continuing education requirements. Regulations. Certification. (a) There is hereby established an annual renewal certification and provisional license to be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection. (b) The commission shall authorize the Department o…

Sec. 20-518. Suspension or revocation of certification or provisional license. Fines. The Department of Consumer Protection may, upon the request of the commission or upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, provided such complaint, or such complaint together with ev…

Sec. 20-519. Notice and hearing. Refusal, suspension or revocation of certification or license. Before refusing, suspending or revoking any certification or provisional license, or imposing any fine, the commission shall give notice and afford an opportunity for hearing as provid…

Sec. 20-520. Appeal. Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the commission may appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183. (P.A. 93-354, S. 45, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42.) History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed e…

Sec. 20-521. Revocation of certification or provisional license upon conviction of crime. Any certification holder or provisional licensee convicted of a violation of any of the offenses enumerated in subdivision (4) of section 20-518 shall incur a forfeiture of his or her certif…

Sec. 20-522. Misrepresentation; penalty. Any person wilfully misrepresenting any fact required to be disclosed in any application or in any other form, paper or document required to be filed with the commission in connection with an application for a certification or provisional …

Sec. 20-523. Engaging in business without certification or provisional license. Misrepresentation. Hearing. Fines and civil penalties. (a) Any person who engages in the real estate appraisal business without obtaining a certification or provisional license, as the case may be, as…

Sec. 20-524. Report to Governor. The commission shall submit to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, a report of its official acts under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive. The commission shall keep a record of proceedings and orders pertaining to the ma…

Sec. 20-525. Periodic publication of information and material. The Department of Consumer Protection, at the request of the commission, may periodically compile and publish a bulletin containing information and material relating to the commission, its functions and certifications…

Sec. 20-526. Exceptions. The provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, concerning the certification or provisional licensing of real estate appraisers shall not apply to (1) any person under contract with a municipality who performs a revaluation of real estate for asse…

Sec. 20-527. Federal transactions. Section 20-527 is repealed. (P.A. 93-354, S. 52, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 95-186, S. 3.)

Sec. 20-528. Regulations. Effective date. (a) On or before May 1, 1994, the Department of Consumer Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the purposes of sections 20-311 to 20-311b, inclusive, 20-311d, 20-311e, 20-312, 20-312b to 20-314b, …

Sec. 20-529. Registration of appraisal management companies. Fees. (a) No appraisal management company, other than a federally regulated appraisal management company, shall, without first obtaining a registration from the Department of Consumer Protection, (1) engage or attempt t…

Sec. 20-529a. Certification to commissioner. Audits. Disclosures to client. Appraisal management company not to prohibit inclusion of certain information in appraisal report. (a) Each appraisal management company, other than a federally regulated appraisal management company, sha…

Sec. 20-529b. Appraisal management company prohibitions and requirements. Payment to appraisers. (a) No appraisal management company applying for a certificate of registration shall: (1) Be owned by any person who has had an appraiser license or certificate denied, refused to be …

Sec. 20-529c. Removal of appraiser from appraiser panel. Appraiser complaints. (a) After an appraiser is initially added to an appraiser panel of an appraisal management company, other than a federally regulated appraisal management company, such company shall not remove an appra…

Sec. 20-529d. Investigations. Penalty. Appeal. (a) Upon the verified complaint, in writing, of any person concerning a violation by an appraisal management company, other than a federally regulated appraisal management company, of the provisions of sections 20-529 to 20-529c, inc…

Sec. 20-529e. Regulations. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 20-529 to 20-529d, inclusive, and section 20-529f. (P.A. 10-77, S. 7; P.A. 24-142, S. 12.) History: P.A. 24-142 added r…

Sec. 20-529f. Federally regulated appraisal management companies. Registration exemption. Report. Payment of annual registry fee. (a) No federally regulated appraisal management company shall be required to register with the Department of Consumer Protection. (b) A federally regu…

Secs. 20-530 to 20-539. Reserved for future use.