Effective January 1, 2008 the General Series Requirements changed to the requirements described below. 1. Higher Education: A Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited college or university is now required of all General Appraiser Applicants; alternatively, 30 semester credit hours from an accredited college, university, junior or community college are considered an accepted equivalency, however these hours must consist of the following:
and two of the following five elective courses: Accounting, Geography, Agricultural Economics, Business Managment or Real Estate which must be included in the 30 credit hours.
2. NYS Qualifying Courses: The classroom hour requirement to become a Certified General Appraiser is now 300 hours consisting of the following courses specific to this area of study:
Appraisal Electives (30 hours) (2 of 3 must be taken) as follows: GE – 1 - Fair Housing/Fair Lending & Environmental Issues 15 hours [mandatory] and either GE – 2 - Specialty Appraisals (15 hours) or GE – 3 Using the HP12C Financial Calculator (15 hours) 3. Experience: State Certified General Appraiser 3,000 hours of experience over a period of not less than 30 months is required, 75% (2,250 hours) of which must be from appraisals of general properties listed on the Appraisal Experience Report (Attachment C). General experience must contain experience in multi-family, commercial/industrial, or other land/manufacturing/institutional. 60% (1,350 hours) of the general experience must be in one of the above categories. 20% (450 hours) of the general experience must be in each of the two remaining categories. Qualifying experience can never be more than 5 years old. See §1102.1 of the regulations.
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Last Updated 9/26/2008