2005 Minnesota Statutes

     82B.13 Education prerequisites. 

    Subdivision 1.    Registered real property appraiser or 
 licensed real property appraiser.  As a prerequisite for 
 licensing as a registered real property appraiser or licensed 
 real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence 
 satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has 
 successfully completed at least 90 classroom hours of prelicense 
 courses.  The courses must consist of 75 hours of general real 
 estate appraisal principles and the 15-hour national USPAP 
 course.  

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1991 c 97 s 17 

    Subd. 3.    Commissioner's approval; rules.  The courses 
 and instruction and procedures of courses must be approved by 
 the commissioner.  The commissioner may adopt rules to 
 administer this section.  These rules must, to the extent 
 practicable, conform to the rules adopted for real estate and 
 insurance education.  The credit hours required under this 
 section may be credited to a person for distance education 
 courses that meet Appraiser Qualifications Board criteria. 

    Subd. 4.    Certified residential real property appraiser. 
  As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified residential 
 real property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence 
 satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has 
 successfully completed at least 120 classroom hours of 
 prelicense courses, with particular emphasis on the appraisal of 
 one to four unit residential properties.  Fifteen of the 120 
 hours must include successful completion of the 15-hour national 
 USPAP course. 

    Subd. 5.    Certified general real property appraiser.  
 As a prerequisite for licensing as a certified general real 
 property appraiser, an applicant must present evidence 
 satisfactory to the commissioner that the person has 
 successfully completed at least 180 classroom hours of 
 prelicense courses, with particular emphasis on the appraisal of 
 nonresidential properties.  Fifteen of the 180 hours must 
 include successful completion of the 15-hour national USPAP 
 course. 

    HIST: 1989 c 341 art 1 s 13; 1991 c 97 s 5-7; 1992 c 587 art 4 
 s 3; 1993 c 309 s 31; 1997 c 222 s 37-39; 2005 c 100 s 12-15