Appraiser Qualifications and Standards Q&As

The Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) of The Appraisal Foundation establishes the minimum education, experience and examination requirements for real property appraisers to obtain a state certification.  The AQB Q&As are a form of guidance issued by the AQB to respond to questions raised by appraisers, enforcement officials, users of appraisal services and the public to illustrate the applicability of the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria and Interpretations of the Criteria in specific situations and to offer advice from the AQB for the resolution of appraiser issues and problems. The AQB Q&As may not represent the only possible solution to the issues discussed nor may the advice provided be applied equally to seemingly similar situations. AQB Q&As do not establish new Criteria and are approved by the AQB without public exposure and comment. 

NEW Q&As from Appraisal Standards Board on USPAP:

• Restrictions on Inspecting the Subject of a Personal Property Appraisal.  NEW!
• Disclosing Assistance from a Non-Appraiser. NEW!
• Unintentional Mistakes in an Appraisal Report.  NEW!
• Personal Inspection of Exterior plus Remote or Virtual Inspection of Interior.
• Real Property Interior Inspections during a National Health Emergency
• Personal Property Inspections during a National Health Emergency 
• Modification of a “Standard” Appraisal Form with a Fixed Certification and Scope of Work 
• Calculation Engagements
• Comparison of Content – Appraisal Report vs. Restricted Appraisal Report (Personal Property)
• Comparison of Content – Appraisal Report vs. Restricted Appraisal Report (Business Valuation)
  

Q&A Forum

If you cannot locate your question by clicking on the currently available Q&As below, please visit our Q&A Forum, available at appraisal.answerbase.com. We have also detailed instructions on how to register for the Q&A Forum.   

Q&A Video: Inspections & Hybrid Appraisal Assignments

Learn about Inspections and Hybrid Appraisal Assignments in the recently published Q&As by the Appraisal Standards Board:
   
- Can I Perform an Appraisal if the Property Inspection was done by Someone Else?
- Does USPAP Require Disclosure of Assistance by a Non-Appraiser?
- Employing an Extraordinary Assumption when a Client Provides Inspection Data

Appraiser Qualifications Q&As

The Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) has compiled Q&As based on the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria booklet. A link to that booklet is located below, as well as a link to the latest Q&As issued by the AQB.

Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria
NEW! Q&As (effective May 1, 2018)

Appraisal Standards Q&As

The Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) periodically issues Q&As that address questions related to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). The Q&As are provided to appraisers, enforcement officials, and users of appraisal services in response to questions received by the ASB. Before each new edition of USPAP is published, the ASB determines whether the Q&As remain relevant to the new edition of USPAP. If so, the Q&As are adopted as Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and published with the USPAP document. The below Q&As may be incorporated into the next edition of USPAP as FAQs. 

Additional USPAP Q&As:

November 2019: Q&A 1-2