Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 400g · 36 active provisions
As used in this section and sections 20-501 to 20-529f, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Appraisal” means the practice of developing, in conformance with the USPAP, an opinion of the value of real property. (2) “Appraisal Foundation” means the not-for-profit corporation referred to in Section 1121…
No person shall act as a real estate appraiser or provisional appraiser or engage in the real estate appraisal business without the appropriate certification or provisional license issued by the commission, unless exempted by the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive.
(a) There is created in the Department of Consumer Protection the Connecticut Real Estate Appraisal Commission. (b) The commission shall consist of eight persons, electors of the state, appointed by the Governor. Five of the members shall be certified appraisers. Three of the members shall be public members. Not more t…
(a) Within thirty days after the appointment of the members of the commission, the commission shall meet in the city of Hartford for the purpose of organizing by selecting such officers other than a chairman as the commission may deem necessary and appropriate. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitu…
The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with advice and assistance from the commission, may adopt such reasonable regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive. Such regulations shall, at a minimum, address appraiser…
The chairperson of the commission shall be bonded under the provisions of section 4-20, in such sum as the State Insurance and Risk Management Board may prescribe, with the condition that the chairperson faithfully perform the duties of the office and account for all funds received pursuant to the office.
The commission shall deposit all moneys received by it from fees in accordance with the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, with the State Treasurer, and, unless otherwise provided by said sections, they shall become part of the General Fund.
A certified appraiser or licensed provisional appraiser shall not be considered an employee under the provisions of section 31-275 if substantially all of the remuneration for the services performed by such appraiser, whether paid in cash or otherwise, is directly related to sales or other output rather than to the num…
Any person possessing the qualifications prescribed in sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, and in any regulations adopted in accordance with said sections, who desires to engage in the real estate appraisal business shall make application to the commission, in writing, as provided in section 20-509, for the specific…
(a) Certifications and provisional licenses issued under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, shall be granted only to persons who bear a good reputation for honesty, truthfulness and fair dealing and who are competent to transact the business of a real estate appraiser in such manner as to safeguard…
In order to determine the competency of any applicant for a real estate appraiser's certification or provisional license, the commission shall, and, in the case of an applicant for a provisional license, may, subject such applicant to personal written examination as to the applicant's competency to act as a real estate…
(a) In order to obtain an appraiser certification or a provisional license, each person who has met, to the satisfaction of the commission, the minimum requirements established by the commission for such certification or provisional license shall pay to the commission, in addition to the application fee described in su…
(a) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the commission, may adopt such reasonable regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as the commissioner may deem necessary relating to the approval of schools offering courses in real estate appraisal principles and practice and related su…
Any person holding a certification or provisional license under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, shall be permitted to perform the work covered by such certification or provisional license in any municipality of this state without further examination or the imposition of any additional requiremen…
(a) No certification or provisional license, as the case may be, shall be denied by the commission under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, to any applicant who has been convicted of forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretenses, extortion, criminal conspiracy to defraud, or other li…
(a) A person who is certified or provisionally licensed in another state as a real estate appraiser may become a certified or provisionally licensed real estate appraiser in this state by conforming to all of the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive. The commission shall recognize a current, valid certifi…
(a) The Department of Consumer Protection shall issue to each certified and provisionally licensed appraiser a certificate or provisional license, as the case may be, in such size and form as it determines, evidencing the real estate appraiser's status. (b) A fee of twenty-five dollars shall be paid to the commission f…
(a) There is hereby established an annual renewal certification and provisional license to be issued by the Department of Consumer Protection. (b) The commission shall authorize the Department of Consumer Protection to issue a renewal certification or provisional license, as the case may be, to any applicant who posses…
The Department of Consumer Protection may, upon the request of the commission or upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, provided such complaint, or such complaint together with evidence, documentary or otherwise, represented in connection with such complaint, shall make out a prima facie case, investigat…
Before refusing, suspending or revoking any certification or provisional license, or imposing any fine, the commission shall give notice and afford an opportunity for hearing as provided in the regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. Any such refusal, suspension or revocation of a certification…
Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the commission may appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
Any certification holder or provisional licensee convicted of a violation of any of the offenses enumerated in subdivision (4) of section 20-518 shall incur a forfeiture of his or her certification or provisional license and all moneys that may have been paid for such certification or provisional license. The clerk of…
Any person wilfully misrepresenting any fact required to be disclosed in any application or in any other form, paper or document required to be filed with the commission in connection with an application for a certification or provisional license shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more…
(a) Any person who engages in the real estate appraisal business without obtaining a certification or provisional license, as the case may be, as provided in sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, shall be: (1) Fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both; (2) subject to civil…
The commission shall submit to the Governor, as provided in section 4-60, a report of its official acts under the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive. The commission shall keep a record of proceedings and orders pertaining to the matters under its jurisdiction and of certifications, licenses, limited lic…