Georgia Administrative Code

(1) The public may obtain information regarding the operation of the Board or make submissions to the Board by addressing inquiries to the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board, Suite 1000 - International Tower, 229 Peachtree Street, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1605. (2) At its …

(1) Whenever an individual applicant activates an original appraiser classification, that applicant shall pay an activation fee that shall cover all fees due the Board until the last day of the month of the applicant's month of birth in the calendar year following the calendar ye…

(1) Any examinee, applicant, candidate for classification, approved instructor, or appraiser who without proper authorization supplies to others, or attempts to supply to others, any information concerning the content of any qualifying examination administered by or approved by t…

(1) Any candidate for classification who has taken an examination for an appraiser classification and successfully passed the examination must make application for an active or inactive appraiser classification within three months from the date of the examination date, or after t…

(1) Applications for an appraiser classification, for an appraisal management company registration, for renewal of an appraiser classification, for renewal of an appraisal management company registration, for any change in status of an appraiser classification, for approval of sc…

(1) Whenever a candidate for classification or approval or an applicant for classification, approval, or renewal of a classification reveals, or the Board discovers, that such candidate for classification or approval or applicant for classification or approval or renewal of a cla…

(1) Any appraiser who seeks to activate an appraiser classification which has been on inactive status and who is not current in meeting continuing education requirements shall be required to attend any Board approved course or courses of study necessary to bring such appraiser's …

(1) Any appraiser whose appraiser classification lapses due to nonpayment of fees or failure to complete satisfactorily any of the education requirements of O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-39A shall be prohibited from engaging in real estate appraisal activities as defined in O.C.G.A. Sectio…

Every appraiser shall notify the Board in writing of the final disposition of any administrative, civil, or criminal action filed in any court of competent jurisdiction or any administrative agency whenever that final disposition involves the subject matter of the offenses cited …

Upon written request the board shall provide a certification of the history of an appraiser's records with the board only for the five years immediately preceding the written request. However, regardless of the date of occurrence, the board shall provide a certification of any re…

Upon making such request in writing to the board, any appraiser who retires after twenty years of active appraiser classification or the family of any appraiser who is deceased shall be allowed to retain the appraiser's wall certificate of appraiser classification for non-apprais…

An appraiser classified in this state is hereby permitted to divide or share compensation with an appraiser classified in another state.

Upon surrendering an appraiser classification or upon notice of suspension or revocation of an appraiser classification, an appraiser shall forward his or her wall certificate and pocket card at once to the Board. No refund of fees will be made upon any appraiser classification w…

(1) Whenever a request for investigation involves an appraisal report which varies from a sales, lease, or exchange price by 20% or less, the Board may in its discretion decline to conduct an investigation. (2) Whenever a request for investigation is based on a disagreement with …

(1) All applicants for state licensed real property appraiser, state certified residential real property appraiser, or state certified general real property appraiser must have experience in real property appraisal activity as provided by 539-1-.16. Such experience must have been…

(1) (a) State Trainee appraiser classification In order to qualify as a State Trainee appraiser, an applicant must: 1. have attained the age of 18 years old; 2. be a resident of the state of Georgia, unless that applicant has fully complied with the provisions of Code Section 43-…

(1) When signing an appraisal report, an appraiser shall, adjacent to his or her signature, print or type his or her name, appraiser classification, and number assigned by the Board. (2) When an appraiser makes reference to his or her appraiser classification status in any advert…

(1) The Official Code of Georgia Annotated Section 43-39A-14 provides in part that the Board may deny a classification to an applicant who has a prior criminal conviction(s) or a disciplinary action(s) imposed by any occupational licensing body. An applicant for classification is…

(1) Whenever an appraiser utilizes the assistance of an unclassified person in the development or reporting of an apprisal assignment, the appraiser is responsible for the acts of the unclassified person and therefore subject to disciplinary action by the Board if the acts of the…

(1) A property tax consultant is an appraiser employed or retained to act in an advocacy capacity in a property tax appeal matter in which the appraiser acts as an advocate, not as a disinterested third party, in rendering an analysis, opinion, or conclusion relating the nature, …

(1) Whenever the Board determines from the evidence gathered in an investigation that an appraiser has violated one or more of the provisions of O.C.G.A. Chapter 43-39A or the rules and regulations adopted by the Board or a standard of conduct, the Board may issue a citation to t…

Copies of appraisals and other records which appraisers are required by law and the Board's rules to maintain may be maintained in any records storage system that utilizes paper, film, electronic, or other media provided that: (a) the appraiser can produce true and correct copies…

An appraisal management company shall not: (a) fail to preserve the data and format of the appraisal as submitted by the appraiser; (b) with the exception of review appraisals, redact any information on the appraisal, including but not limited to the name and classification numbe…

An appraiser who serves as a Hearing Officer or an Arbitrator as allowed by O.C.G.A. §§ 48-5-311(e)(1)(A)(ii)& (iii) and who renders a decision regarding the value of real property in ad valorem tax appeals shall not be construed to be engaged in "real estate appraisal activity" …

(1) An applicant for state licensed real property appraiser who has successfully completed any course or courses of at least one hundred fifty (150) credit hours of prelicense appraiser education which was approved by another appraiser licensing and certification agency in any st…

(1) The Board shall approve, disapprove, or request additional data on any application for a school approval within sixty (60) days of the submission of a completed application containing the data required by this Rule. The application, in addition to the name and address of the …

(1) The Board intends that all approved courses be educational in nature. Schools should not specifically orient approved courses to the passing of state examinations or other examinations. The courses should introduce students to the language of the profession and basic theory u…

(1) Every approved course offered to meet preclassification education shall conclude with an examination prepared and administered by the approved school. (2) Schools must require that students achieve a passing score (a score consistent with the passing score required on state c…