Education required to apply for State Registration (trainee):
| Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) | 15 hrs |
| Basic Appraisal Principles | 30 hrs |
| Basic Appraisal Procedures | 30 hrs |
| TOTAL | 75 hrs |
| Residential Market Analysis & Highest and Best Use | 15 hrs |
| Residential Appraiser Site Valuation & Cost Approach | 15 hrs |
| Residential Sales Comparison & Income Approaches | 30 hrs |
| Residential Report Writing & Case Studies | 15 hrs |
| TOTAL | 75 hrs |
You must have completed 30 semester hours from an accredited college, junior college, community college or university. Applicants holding an Associate degree or higher from an accredited college, junior college, community college or university satisfy the 30-hour college level education requirement.
Required Experience
Two thousand (2,000) hours of experience are required to be obtained in no fewer than twelve (12) months.
| Residential Market Analysis & Highest and Best Use |
15 hrs |
| Residential Appraiser Site Valuation and Cost Approach |
15 hrs |
| Residntial Sales Comparison and Income Approaches |
30 hrs |
| Residential Report Writing & Case Studies |
15 hrs |
| Statistics, Modeling and Finance |
15 hrs |
| Advanced Residential Applications and Case Studies |
15 hrs |
| Appraisal Subject Matter Electives |
20 hrs |
| Total |
125 hrs |
You must have a Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
Required Experience
Two thousand five hundred (2,500) hours of experience obtained during no fewer than twenty-four (24) months is required. While the hours may be cumulative, the required number of months must accrue before an individual can be certified.
| General Appraiser Market Analysis and Highest and Best Use | 30 hrs |
| Statistics, Modeling and Finance | 15 hrs |
| General Appraiser Sales Comparison Approach | 30 hrs |
| General Appraiser Site Valuation & Cost Approach | 30 hrs |
| General Appraiser Income Approach | 60 hrs |
| General Appraiser Report Writing & Case Studies | 30 hrs |
| Appraiser Subject Matter Electives | 30 hrs |
| Total | 225 hrs |
You must have a Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university.
Required Experience
Three thousand (3,000) hours of experience obtained during no fewer than thirty (30) months is required, of which, one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours must be in non-residential appraisal work. While the hours may be cumulative, the required number of months must accrue before an individual can be certified.
