Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter645C Appraisers of Real Estate and Appraisal Management Companies |
APPRAISERS OF REAL ESTATE |
Education to Obtain License or Certificate |
NAC645C.240. Certification as general appraiser: Required instruction and higher education.
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1. A course of instruction for an applicant for a certificate as a general appraiser must:
(a) Consist of at least the following:
(1) Thirty hours of instruction on basic appraisal principles;
(2) Thirty hours of instruction on basic appraisal procedures;
(3) Fifteen hours of instruction in the National USPAP Course;
(4) Thirty hours of instruction on general market analysis and analysis of the highest and best use of real estate;
(5) Thirty hours of instruction on valuation of a site and cost approach for a general appraiser;
(6) Thirty hours of instruction on a sales comparison approach for a general appraiser;
(7) Sixty hours of instruction on an income approach for a general appraiser;
(8) Thirty hours of instruction on report writing and case studies for a general appraiser;
(9) Fifteen hours of instruction on statistics, modeling and finance;
(10) Three hours of instruction on the laws of this State governing appraisals; and
(11) Thirty hours of instruction in elective courses relating to appraisals.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, be completed within the 5 years immediately preceding the submission of an application for a certificate.
2. The Division may allow credit for a course of instruction set forth in subsection 1 that is completed more than 5 years before the submission of an application for a certificate as a general appraiser if the course is successfully completed at an accredited college or university.
3. An applicant for a certificate as a general appraiser must:
(a) Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university; or
(b) Have earned at least a total of 30 semester credit hours or its equivalent in the following subjects, with a minimum of 3 semester credit hours or its equivalent in each of the following subjects, from an accredited college or university:
(1) English composition;
(2) Principles of microeconomics;
(3) Principles of macroeconomics;
(4) Finance;
(5) Algebra, geometry or a higher level of mathematics;
(6) Statistics;
(7) Computer science;
(8) Business or real estate law; and
(9) Two elective courses in accounting, geography, agricultural economics, business management or real estate.
(Added to NAC by Comm’n of Appraisers of Real Estate, eff. 1-26-90; A 11-19-91; R036-00, 5-4-2000; R100-03, 1-30-2004; R158-05, 9-18-2006, eff. 1-1-2008; R026-08, 8-26-2008; R196-08, 2-11-2009)