§ 58-4717 — Prohibited acts

No AMC shall perform or attempt to perform any of the following acts:
(a) Require an appraiser to modify any aspect of an appraisal unless the modification complies with subsection (b) of K.S.A. 2024 Supp. 58-4716, and amendments thereto;
(b) require an appraiser to prepare an appraisal if the appraiser, in the appraiser's own independent professional judgment:
(1) Believes the appraiser does not have the necessary expertise for the assignment or for the specific geographic area; and
(2) the appraiser has notified the AMC and declined the assignment;
(c) require an appraiser to prepare an appraisal under a time frame that the appraiser, in the appraiser's own professional judgment:
(1) Believes does not afford the appraiser the ability to meet all the relevant legal and professional obligations; and
(2) the appraiser has notified the AMC and declined the assignment;
(d) prohibit or inhibit legal or other allowable communication between the appraiser and the lender, a real estate licensee, or any other person from whom the appraiser, in the appraiser's own professional judgment, believes information would be relevant;
(e) require the appraiser to do anything that does not comply with USPAP, the state certified and licensed real estate appraisers act or the regulations adopted thereunder, or any assignment conditions and certifications required by the client; or
(f) make any portion of the appraiser's fee or the AMC's fee contingent on a predetermined or favorable outcome, including, but not limited, to a loan closing or a specific dollar amount being achieved by the appraiser in the appraisal.

Legislative History

L. 2012, ch. 93, § 17; July 1.