About the Course

This is a two-hour course for appraisal recertification that covers required topics of the Pennsylvania Real Estate Appraisers Act and the Rules and Regulations of the PA State Board of Certified Appraisers.

This course starts with a quick quiz covering a number of topics to see if participants are aware of the required day-to-day compliance with Pennsylvania appraisal laws. It always sparks some heated discussion! The second part of the course emphasizes changes to the laws during the past two years, and offers a refresher on common provisions that are most often violated by certified PA appraisers; these, again, often generate heated discussion. The remaining time is spent reviewing other provisions of the Act, and Rules and Regulations. Each participant receives copies of both documents as a current guide and future reference source.

About Recertification

All Pennsylvania certified appraisers must participate in twenty-eight (28) hours of continuing education to renew their certification by the 30th of June in each odd-numbered year. The current renewal cycle is for 2003-2005.

The Rules and Regulations of the PA State Board of Certified Appraisers mandate that nine (9) of the 28 hours must be in required topics. Of the 9 hours in required topics, two (2) hours must cover the Pennsylvania Real Estate Appraisers Act and the Rules and Regulations of the PA State Board of Certified Appraisers; and the remaining 7 hours must cover updated information on the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.

Nineteen (19) other hours of appraiser continuing education may be fulfilled with electives approved by the PA State Board of Certified Appraisers.