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. Must have an associate’s degree, or higher, from an
accredited college or university or successfully complete 30 semester hours of
college-level courses from an accredited college or university.
3. 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:
Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university. (Official
transcript required);
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
List of Accredited Pre-License Education Providers