§ 40-60-34 — Identification numbers; requirements relating to apprentice appraiser and appraiser supervising apprentice; temporary permits for appraisers licensed in another state; retaining copies of appraisals; issuance of license following revocation.

(A) The board shall prescribe the form of a license and certificate containing an identification number that the appraiser shall use when signing appraisal reports. When an appraiser advertises or executes contracts or other instruments, the appraiser's name, appraiser classification, and number assigned by the board must be printed or typed adjacent to the appraiser's signature. (B) The apprentice appraiser performing appraisal work or seeking to establish experience for a state-licensed or state-certified designation shall: (1) perform appraisal assignments only under the direct supervision of a state-certified appraiser; (2) maintain, jointly with the supervising appraiser, a log containing the following for each assignment: (a) type of property; (b) date of report; (c) address of appraised property; (d) description of work performed by the apprentice and scope of review and supervision of the supervising appraiser; (e) number of actual work hours by the apprentice on the assignment; and (f) signature and state certification number of the supervising appraiser with a separate appraisal log maintained for each supervising appraiser, if applicable; (3) sign or be given credit in all appraisal reports for which the apprentice acts as an appraiser; (4) maintain or have access to complete copies of all appraisals. (C) The apprentice appraiser performing mass appraisal work seeking to establish credit for a licensed or certified mass appraiser designation shall: (1) perform appraisal assignments only under the direct supervision of a state-certified residential or state-certified general real estate appraiser, mass or otherwise; (2) maintain a log on a form provided by the board. (D) The supervisory appraiser supervising an apprentice appraiser shall: (1) personally review appraisal reports prepared by the apprentice and sign and certify the report as being independently and impartially prepared in compliance with the National USPAP and applicable statutory requirements; (2) provide a copy or access to final appraisal documents to any participating apprentice; (3) directly supervise no more than three apprentice appraisers at any one given time, unless board approval is received to supervise more than three apprentices subject to required progress monitoring as approved by the board; (4) be certified for a minimum of three years and not subject to any disciplinary action within the immediately preceding three years that affects the supervisory appraiser's legal eligibility to engage in appraisal practice; and (5) successfully complete a trainee/supervisor course conducted in compliance with Appraiser Qualifications Board requirements. (E) The supervisory appraiser supervising an apprentice appraiser performing mass appraisal work shall personally review and approve all work performed by the apprentice to ensure that the work is prepared in compliance with the National USPAP and applicable statutory requirements. (F) The board may issue to an appraiser who is licensed or certified in another state a temporary permit, which is only effective for one specific appraisal assignment. If the appraisal is not completed within six months from the date of the permit, the board may grant an extension upon request from the appraiser prior to the expiration of the current temporary permit. The appraiser shall place the following notation on all statements of qualification, contracts, or other instruments: "Practicing in the State of South Carolina under Temporary Permit No.". (G) Licenses and certifications issued by the board expire biennially on June thirtieth. As a condition of renewal, an appraiser shall provide evidence satisfactory to the board of having met the continuing education requirements established by this chapter. An apprentice appraiser may maintain his license for five years before applying for an upgrade, provided continuing education requirements are satisfied biennially at renewal. (H) Licenses and certifications not renewed by date of expiration are no longer valid but may be reinstated within twelve months after expiration upon proper application, payment of renewal fee, a late penalty, as established in the fee schedule, and proof of having met continuing education requirements as prescribed. (I) A license or certification that has expired and has not been reinstated by the last day of the twelfth month following expiration must be canceled. Such a canceled license or certification may be considered for reinstatement as provided by the board in regulation. (J) A license or certification may be placed on inactive status by informing the board in writing and must be renewed in the same manner as provided for active renewal. An expired or lapsed apprentice appraiser licensee can reapply for licensure if initial qualifying courses have been completed within five years of the application date. (K) An appraiser must retain the work file for a period of at least five years after preparation or at least two years after the final disposition of any judicial proceeding in which the appraiser provided testimony related to the assignment, whichever period expires last. The work file must include the original or exact copy of each appraisal report prepared or signed by the appraiser and all supporting data assembled and formulated by the appraiser in preparing each appraisal report. The five-year period for retention of records is applicable to each engagement of the services of the appraiser and commences on the date of delivery of each appraisal report to the client. (L) An appraiser who has had a license or certification revoked by the board may not be issued a new license or certification within two years after the date of the revocation or at any time thereafter except upon an affirmative vote of a majority of the board.

Legislative History

HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 257, SECTION 1; 2014 Act No. 180 (H.4644), SECTION 4, eff May 16, 2014; 2016 Act No. 243 (H.5023), SECTION 4, eff June 5, 2016; 2024 Act No. 196 (H.3278), SECTION 6, eff May 21, 2024. Editor's Note Prior Laws:2000 Act No. 335, SECTION 1; 1976 Code SECTION 40-60-110. Effect of Amendment 2014 Act No. 180, SECTION 4, rewrote subsection (B); in subsections (C), (E), (G), substituted "apprentice appraiser" for "appraiser apprentice"; rewrote subsection (D); and made other nonsubstantive changes. 2016 Act No. 243, SECTION 4, amended (I) and (L), revising requirements concerning expired and revoked licenses, certifications, and permits. 2024 Act No. 196, SECTION 6, rewrote the section.