30 Miss. Code. R. 1501-2.10 - Appraisal Experience for State, County, or Municipal Public Officers

State, county or municipal public officers, or their salaried employees while performing their duties as mass appraisers, may satisfy the appraisal experience requirement under this rule by submitting a signed/notarized affidavit from the supervising tax assessor or other appropriate official, and as follows:

1. For the Licensed real estate appraiser credential, by affidavit and documentation as prescribed by the Board, certifying that the applicant has obtained the minimum number of hours of appraisal experience over the minimum period of time as established by the AQB while holding a valid Appraiser Trainee credential.

2. For the State Certified Residential real estate appraisal credential, by proper documentation as prescribed by the Board which indicates that the applicant holds or has held a credential as a State Licensed real estate appraiser or a State Certified General real estate appraiser and has obtained the minimum number of hours of credible appraisal work experience over the minimum period of time as established by the AQB for the Certified Residential appraiser credential. Up to one-half (1/2) of the minimum number of experience hours as established by the AQB may be satisfied by presenting proper documentation on an experience log sheet as prescribed by the Board of having performed in a supervisory capacity of the value estimating process for mass appraisal work. Any experience for the State Certified Residential credential beyond the real property mass appraisal experience which is acceptable under the provisions of this rule shall consist of residential category properties and shall be in compliance with the guidelines established in Rule 2.1(1)and shall have been obtained over the minimum period of time as would meet all requirements established by the AQB.

3. For the State Certified General real estate appraisal credential, by proper documentation as prescribed by the Board which indicates that the applicant holds or has held a credential as a State Licensed real estate appraiser or a State Certified Residential real estate appraiser and has obtained the minimum number of hours of credible appraisal work experience over the minimum period of time as established by the AQB for the Certified General appraiser credential. Up to one-half (1/2) of the minimum number of experience hours as established by the AQB may be satisfied by presenting proper documentation on an experience log sheet as prescribed by the Board of having performed in a supervisory capacity of the value estimating process for mass appraisal work. Any experience for the State Certified General credential beyond the real property mass appraisal experience which is acceptable under the provisions of this rule shall consist of non-residential category properties and shall be in compliance with the guidelines set forth in Rule 2.1(1) and shall have been obtained over the minimum period of time as would meet all requirements established by the AQB.

4. Any affidavit which is submitted for experience credit must set forth the applicant's job description, duties and/or role in the value estimating process if it is not already included in the job description and duties.

5. The affiant must be fully aware and understand that experience credit shall only be awarded to those applicants who demonstrate that they used techniques to value properties which are similar to those used by other appraisers; they effectively utilize the appraisal process and the only components of the mass appraisal process that shall be given credit are highest and best use analysis, model specification (developing the model) and model calibration (developing adjustments to the model). Other components, by themselves, shall not be eligible for experience credit.

6. Any experience which is claimed for mass appraisal work must be consistent with the most current guidelines of the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council and must be compliant with the Mass Appraisal Development and Reporting guidelines as set forth in Standard 6 of USPAP.

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30 Miss. Code. R. 1501-2.10

Miss. Code Ann. §§ 73-34-9(1)(i), 73-34-9(2)(f), 73-34-21

Amended 10/28/2015 Amended 1/10/2020