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Florida Licensing Requirements for Appraisers

An applicant for Registered Assistant Appraiser, Licensed Appraiser, Certified Residential Appraiser, Certified General Appraiser, or Appraiser Instructor must be at least 18 years old, hold a high school diploma (more detailed information is available in Chapter 475.615, Florida Statutes), and fulfill the following:

Registered Assistant Appraiser

Successfully complete 75 classroom hours of Board-approved courses covering the topics required by the FREAB in subjects related to real estate appraisal. This must include 15 hours of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Past courses may be approved by the Board and substituted on an-hour-for-hour basis. However, a course on Uniform Standards of Professional Practice (or the USPAP portion of a course) that portion of a course will not be accepted after two years from the successful completion of the course.
Submit a completed application, fingerprint card, and appropriate fee (may submit this package prior to completing Step 1).
Submit a completed RE 2060-1 form with employment information if the information was not provided on the application, or visit DBPR's Online Services to apply online.

Licensed Appraiser

Successfully complete 90 classroom hours of board-approved courses covering the topics required by the FREAB in subjects related to real estate appraisal. This must include 15 hours of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Past courses may be approved by the board and substituted on an-hour-for-hour basis.
Submit a completed application, fingerprint card, and appropriate fee (may submit this package prior to completing Step 1).
Provide evidence of two years of experience (2,000 hours) in real property appraisal by furnishing under oath a detailed statement of the experience for each year of experience claimed. Upon request, the applicant must provide the appraisal board, for its examination, copies of appraisal reports to support the claim for experience.
Pass the Florida Licensed Real Estate Appraiser examination with a grade of at least 75.
Submit a completed RE 2060-1 form with employment information if the information was not provided on the application, or visit DBPR's Online Services to apply online.

Certified Residential Appraiser

Successfully complete 120 classroom hours of board-approved courses covering the topics required by the FREAB in subjects related to real estate appraisal. This must include 15 hours of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Past courses may be approved by the board and substituted on an-hour-for-hour basis.
Submit a completed application, fingerprint card, and appropriate fee (may submit this package prior to completing Step 1).
Provide evidence of 2,500 hours of real property appraisal experience obtained over a 24-month period in real property appraisal by furnishing under oath a detailed statement of the experience for each year of experience claimed. The experience claimed must have been acquired in no less than 24 months. Upon request, the applicant must provide the appraisal board, for its examination, copies of appraisal reports to support the claim for experience.
Pass the Florida Certified Residential Appraiser examination with a grade of at least 75.
Submit a completed RE 2060-1 form with employment information if the information was not provided on the application, or visit DBPR's Online Services to apply online.

Certified General Appraiser

Successfully complete 180 classroom hours of board-approved courses covering the topics required by the FREAB in subjects related to real estate appraisal. This must include 15 hours of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). Past courses may be approved by the board and substituted on an-hour-for-hour basis.
Submit a completed application, fingerprint card, and appropriate fee (may submit this package prior to completing Step 1).
Provide evidence of 3,000 hours of real property appraisal experience obtained over a 30-month period in real property appraisal by furnishing under oath a detailed statement of the experience for each year of experience claimed. The experience claimed must have been acquired in no less than 30 months. At least 50% (1,500 hours) of the claimed experience must be in nonresidential appraisal work. Upon request, the applicant must provide the appraisal board, for its examination, copies of appraisal reports to support the claim for experience.
Pass the Florida Certified General Appraiser examination with a grade of at least 75.
Submit a completed RE 2060-1 form with employment information if the information was not provided on the application, or visit DBPR's Online Services to apply online at your convenience, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Appraiser Instructor

I. Where the course or courses to be taught are prescribed by the board precedent to registration, licensure, certification, or renewal as a registered assistant appraiser, licensed appraiser, or certified residential appraiser.

Before commencing to instruct noncredit college courses in a college, university, or community college, or courses in an area technical center or proprietary real estate school, the applicant must certify their competency by meeting one of the following requirements:

Hold a valid certification as a residential real estate appraiser in this or any other state.
Pass an Appraiser Instructor examination, which tests knowledge of residential appraisal topics, with a grade of at least 75.
Submit a completed RE 2060-1 form with employment information if the information was not provided on the application, or visit DBPR's Online Services to apply online.

II. Where the course or courses to be taught are prescribed by the Board precedent to registration, licensure, certification, or renewal as a Registered Assistant Appraiser, Licensed Appraiser, or Certified Appraiser.

Before commencing to instruct noncredit college courses in a college, university, or community college, or courses in an area technical center or proprietary real estate school, the applicant must certify their competency by meeting one of the following requirements:

Hold a valid certification as a general real estate appraiser in this or any other state.
Pass an Appraiser Instructor examination, which tests knowledge of residential and nonresidential appraisal topics, with a grade of at least 75.
Submit a completed RE 2060-1 form with employment information if the information was not provided on the application, or visit DBPR's Online Services to apply online.

III. The continuing education requirement for a real estate appraiser instructor is a minimum of 21 classroom hours of instruction in real estate appraisal subjects or instructional techniques as prescribed by the board (Rule 61J1-4.008, Florida Administrative Code).

A school instructor is not required to complete the 21 hours of instructor continuing education as a condition for initial permit renewal if the time between the effective date on the initial permit as an instructor and the beginning of the initial renewal permit is less than 12 months. Of the required 21 classroom hours, up to 14 hours may be applied toward the continuing education requirement for registration, licensure, or certification pursuant to Rule 61J1-4.003, Florida Administrative Code