Out of State
Licensees
Those wishing to obtain a Nevada appraiser license and who
hold a valid appraiser license in another state, district, or US territory have
an abbreviated application process.
These individuals must:
1. Submit a completed application
- No log is required
- No verification of experience is required
2. Submit a copy of the appraiser license from their home state
and
3. Show proof of completing 3 hours of education in Nevada
Appraisal Law
Registered Intern
To become a registered intern, the applicant must meet the
following criteria:
1. Show proof of completion of the following education:
(courses must be approved by the Nevada Commission of Appraisers)
- 30 hours of basic appraisal principles
- 30 hours of basic appraisal procedures
- 15 hours of National USPAP
- 3 hours of Nevada Law
2. Submit a completed registration application; and
3. Submit required fees
- $100 application fee
- $190.00 registration fee
4. Applicants and the supervising appraiser MUST complete the Supervisor/Trainee course prior to submitting an application. This course is only required to be taken once
(Supervision of Interns, NAC 645C.108-NAC 645C.120)
***ATTENTION INTERNS***
Pursuant to NAC 645C.068 Registered interns are required to
attend 6 hours of a Commission hearing prior to applying for a
license/certification.
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schedule of meetings.
NAC 645C.068
Requirement for registered intern to attend meetings of Commission. (NRS 645C.210) A registered intern must
attend at least 6 hours of meetings of the Commission before he may apply for a
license or certificate. The Commission will certify to the attendance of the
registered intern.
(Added to NAC by Comm’n of Appraisers of Real Estate by
R158-05, eff. 9-18-2006)
(NAC 645C.243 Required instruction: Registration as intern)
Licensed Residential Appraiser
Applicants for a residential appraiser license must:
1. Show proof of completion of the following education
(courses must be approved by the Nevada Commission of Appraisers):
- 30 hours basic
appraisal principles;
- 30 hours basic
appraisal procedures;
- 15 hours National
USPAP;
- 15 hours
residential market analysis and analysis of the highest and best use of real
estate;
- 15 hours valuation
of a site and cost approach for a residential appraiser;
- 30 hours
residential sales comparison and income approaches;
- 15 hours of
instruction on residential report writing and case studies; and
- 3 hours of Nevada
Law.
2. Show proof of at least 2 years and 2,400 hours of
experience working as an appraiser or intern; and
Submit a completed license application; and
Show proof of passing the Appraisal examination or proof of
active licensure in another state.
Submit required fees:
- $100.00 application fee; and
- $240.00 license fee; and
- $80.00 Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council
fee
2-year valid period.
* EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO TAKING
THE STATE LICENSING EXAM *
(NAC 645C.235 Required instruction: Licensure as residential appraiser)
Certified
Residential Appraiser
Applicants must:
Show proof of completion of the following courses: (courses
must be approved by the Nevada Commission of Appraisers)
- 30 hours basic
appraisal principles;
- 30 hours basic
appraisal procedures;
- 15 hours National
USPAP;
- 15 hours market
analysis and analysis of the highest and best use of real estate;
- 15 hours
residential appraiser valuation of a site and cost approach;
- 30 hours
residential sales comparison and income approaches;
- 15 hours
residential report writing and case studies;
- 15 hours
statistics, modeling and finance;
- 15 hours advanced
residential applications and case studies;
- 3 hours Nevada Law;
and
- 20 hours of
instruction in elective courses relating to appraisals.
An applicant for a certificate as a residential appraiser must meet at least one of the following criteria:
(a) Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university. (Official transcript required)
(b) Hold an associate degree in a field of study related to the following:
(1) Business administration;
(2) Accounting;
(3) Finance;
(4) Economics; or
(5) Real Estate
(c) Has successfully completed 30 semester hours of college-level courses which must include not less than:
(1) 3 semester hours of English composition;
(2) 3 semester hours of microeconomics;
(3) 3 semester hours of macroeconomics;
(4) 3 semester hours of finance;
(5) 3 semester hours of algebra, geometry or higher mathematics;
(6) 3 semester hours of statistics;
(7) 3 semester hours of computer science;
(8) 3 semester hours of business or real estate law; and
(9) 2 elective courses each consisting of three semester hours in any of the areas listed in this paragraph or in accounting, geography, agricultural economics, business management or real estate.
(d) Has successfully completed at least 30 semester hours of College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) examinations in each of the following areas:
(1) 3 semester hours of college algebra;
(2) 6 semester hours of college composition;
(3) 3 semester hours of college composition modular;
(4) 6 semester hours of college mathematics;
(5) 3 semester hours of macroeconomics;
(6) 3 semester hours of microeconomics;
(7) 3 semester hours of introductory business law; and
(8) 3 semester hours of information systems.
(e) Successfully completed any combination of paragraphs (c) and (d) that ensure coverage of all areas and semester hours pursuant to paragraph (c).
Show proof of at least 2 years of and 2,500 hours experience
working as an appraiser or intern, including not less that 500 hours of
experience relating to complex property (NRS 645C 0.55 "Complex
property" defined);
Submit a completed license application;
Show proof of passing the Appraisal examination or proof of
active licensure in another state; and
Submit required fees:
- $100.00 application
fee; and
- $240.00 license
fee; and
- $80.00 Federal
Financial Institutions Examination Council fee
2-year valid period.
* EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO TAKING
THE STATE LICENSING EXAM *
(NAC 645C.237 Required instruction: Certification as residential appraiser)
Certified General
Appraiser
Applicants must:
Show proof of completion of the following education: (courses must be approved by the Nevada
Commission of Appraisers)
- 30 hours basic
appraisal principles;
- 30 hours basic
appraisal procedures;
- 15 hours National
USPAP;
- 30 hours general
market analysis and highest and best use;
- 30 hours general
appraiser valuation of a site and cost approach;
- 30 hours general
appraiser sales comparison approach;
- 60 hours general
appraiser income approach;
- 30 hours general
appraiser report writing and case studies;
- 15 hours statistics,
modeling and finance;
- 3 hours of Nevada
Law; and
- 30 hours of
instruction in elective courses relating to appraisals.
Hold a
bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university. (Official
transcript required); and
Show proof
of at least 3 years working as an appraiser or intern and 3,600 hours
experience, including not less than 1,500 hours of experience of appraising
commercial real estate of experience ;
Submit a completed
license application; and
Show proof
of passing the Appraisal examination or proof of active licensure in another
state; and
Submit
required fees:
- $100.00 application fee;
- $340.00 license fee; and
- $80.00
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council fee
- 2-year valid
period
* EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO TAKING
THE STATE LICENSING EXAM *
(NAC 645C.240 Required instruction: Certification as general appraiser)
Education Providers
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