Georgia Administrative Code

(1) The Board shall deem an appraiser who completes the seven hour course on the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice as required in Rule 539-1-.16(7) to have met the continuing education requirement of O.C.G.A. Section 43-39A-8(b) for a renewal period if the appr…

(1) Schools shall conduct all in-class instruction for courses approved under this Chapter in classroom style facilities. (2) Each school approved by the Board shall conspicuously post the notification of its school approval in its classroom or in its administration area. (3) Onl…

(1) In order for a school to certify a student as passing an approved course, the student must attend the required number of classroom hours of instruction provided for in this Chapter. (2) In order for a school to certify a student as passing an approved course, the student must…

(1) All approved schools shall maintain, and upon reasonable request make available to any authorized representative of the Board, copies of all examinations with answer keys and copies of all texts or other instructional materials. Schools shall maintain these for a period of at…

(1) At the time a student enrolls in an approved course, the school shall provide that student with the following information in writing: (a) a statement of the Board's current approval of the course; (b) whether the Board has approved the course to meet registration, licensure, …

In order to renew the approval for any school, the board must receive an application from the school requesting renewal prior to the expiration of the current approval of the course. The application requesting renewal must be on a form approved by the board and accompanied by the…

(1) Schools shall notify the Board in writing immediately of any changes in its director/coordinator, its name, its phone number, or its location or mailing address. The school shall notify the Board in writing immediately if it terminates its relationship with an instructor beca…

(1) If a school, after approval, wishes to use the name of the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board in its advertising, it should indicate that the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board approves the course(s) as meeting the requirements of Georgia laws. Advertising includes any ty…

(1) Any violation of the provisions of this Chapter, any falsification or misrepresentation on the application for approval or renewal, or any falsification or misrepresentation of any other reports, certifications, or applications required to be submitted by this Chapter may res…

(1) Frequently, some applicants for appraiser classification have difficulty attending classes to meet the law's education requirements because they live at significant distances from approved schools offering these education courses, because of extended personal illness, because…

(1) Every course offered by an approved school for pre-classification or continuing education credit shall include acknowledgement and coverage of the provisions of the current editions of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and the Board's Standards …

(1) Distance education is a course(s) in which instruction does not take place in a traditional classroom setting but rather through other media in which teacher and student are separated by distance and sometimes by time. (2) The Board approves distance education courses: (a) th…

(1) A federally related transaction is any real estate related financial transaction that (A) a federal financial institutions regulatory agency or the Resolution Trust Corporation engages in, contracts for, or regulates; and (B) requires the services of an appraiser. (2) In deve…

(1) In developing and reporting an appraisal of real property, an appraiser shall not: (a) perform any appraisal assignment beyond the scope of authority granted in the appraiser classification held; (b) fail to disclose clearly and accurately the appraiser classification and num…

(1) An appraisal review assignment shall consist of developing and reporting an opinion of the quality of another appraiser's work. (2) In undertaking an appraisal review assignment, the appraiser must: (a) identify for the appraisal review assignment the client, the intended use…

(1) An "Evaluation Appraisal" is defined as follows: An appraisal which is limited in its scope and development to the requirements for Evaluations as set forth for a lender by a federal financial institutions regulatory agency and as defined in and consistent with the Interagenc…

(1) All hearings in "contested cases," as that term is defined in the Georgia Administrative Procedure Act (O.C.G.A. § 50-13-13), shall be conducted by the Office of State Administrative Hearings. All proceedings pending before the Office of State Administrative Hearings shall be…

(1) The following rules govern prehearing and posthearing procedures in "contested cases" pending before the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board. The following rules do not apply to matter filed or pending before the Office of State Administrative Hearings. (2) The Board shall m…

(1) Service of a proposed or final decision in a contested case shall be by personal delivery or by certified mail or statutory overnight delivery to the last known place of business of the appraiser. All other notices, pleadings, orders, motions, and other documents shall be ser…

(1) Upon issuance of an initial decision by the Office of State Administrative Hearings, any party may request a review of the initial decision by filing the request in accordance with the provisions of Rule 539-4-.02 of the Board within thirty (30) days from the date of filing o…

(1) Only instructors approved, by name, by the Board; guest instructors as provided for in paragraph (4) of this Rule; or instructors identified on the application for a course that is approved by the Board may teach courses approved by the Board to meet the educational requireme…

(1) The Board shall approve, disapprove, or request further information on all applications for instructor approval within sixty (60) days of the receipt of a completed application. (2) If an applicant for instructor or an instructor has an appraiser classification and that class…

All instructors must apply for renewal of approval by December 31st each year. Renewal applications must be on forms supplied by the Board and accompanied by: (a) the required renewal fee established in Rule 539-1-.02; (b) satisfactory evidence that the applicant has engaged in a…

(1) The school coordinator/director shall be responsible for consistent and regular evaluation of the school's instructors. The coordinator/director shall provide students with an opportunity to make unsigned, written evaluations of instructors. (2) Each time any school uses an i…

(1) Any violation of the provisions of this Chapter or any falsification or misrepresentation on the application for approval or renewal may result in withdrawal of approval or any sanction permitted by O.C.G.A. Section 43-39A-18 or any citation permitted in O.C.G.A.§ 43-39A-18.1…