§ 3541. Minimum Experience Requirements.

(a) To meet the minimum experience requirements, applicants for certified general shall have a minimum of 3,000 hours of real property appraisal experience obtained continuously over a period of not less than 30 months in one or more of the categories listed in Section 3542. Of the 3,000 hours, certified general applicants must have a minimum 1,500 hours of non-residential appraisal experience in one or more of the categories listed in Section 3542.

(b) To meet the minimum experience requirements, applicants for certified residential shall have a minimum of 2,500 hours of real property appraisal experience obtained continuously over a period of not less than 30 months in one or more of the categories listed in Section 3542.

(c) To meet the minimum experience requirements, applicants applying to be a state licensed real estate appraiser shall have 2,000 hours of real estate appraisal experience obtained over a period of not less than 12 months in one or more of the categories listed in Section 3542.

(d) To meet the minimum experience requirements, real estate brokers applying to be a residential licensed real estate appraiser shall have a valid California real estate brokers license and 1,000 hours of real estate appraisal experience in one or more of the categories listed in Section 3542.

(1) Appraisers licensed pursuant to subsection (d) who have not provided the Bureau with substantiation of the minimum 2,000 hours of experience are not in compliance with minimum AQB licensing criteria. Accordingly, such appraisers do not hold a federally recognized credential, are not authorized to perform federally related real estate appraisal activity as defined in Business and Professions Code section 11302(i), and will not be reported to ASC for inclusion on the National Registry.

(e) A maximum of 400 hours of experience in review of appraisals may be credited towards the minimum experience hours, no more than 50% of which may consist of desk reviews. Only those reviews performed after obtaining 1,600 hours of acceptable experience in other categories may be credited towards meeting minimum experience requirements.

(f) All experience claimed must be in conformance with USPAP and completed after January 30, 1989.

HISTORY

1. Renumbering and amendment of former section 3510 to new section 3541 and renumbering of former section 3541 to new section 3681 filed 11-1-96; operative 11-1-96 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 96, No. 44). For prior history, see Register 94, No. 23.

2. New section filed 11-1-96; operative 1-1-98 (Register 96, No. 44).

3. Editorial correction of italicized heading and History 1 (Register 96, No. 48).

4. Amendment of subsection (c), repealer of subsection (e), subsection relettering and new subsection (f) filed 8-8-2006; operative 9-7-2006 (Register 2006, No. 32).

5. Deletion of text that expired by operation of law December 31, 1997 and consolidation and renumbering of histories (Register 2006, No. 32).

6. New subsection (d)(1) filed 8-24-2010; operative 9-23-2010 (Register 2010, No. 35).

7. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d)(1) filed 2-11-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 7).

8. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d)(1) filed 4-23-2014 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2014, No. 17).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 11313, 11314 and 11340, Business and Professions Code. Reference: Section 11340, Business and Professions Code.