The Florida Senate

475.622  Display and disclosure of licensure or certification.--

(1)  Each appraiser registered, licensed, or certified under this section shall place her or his registration, license, or certification number adjacent to or immediately beneath the designation "state-registered real estate appraiser," "state-licensed real estate appraiser," "state-certified residential real estate appraiser," or "state-certified general real estate appraiser," or their appropriate abbreviations as defined by rule, as applicable, when such term is used in an appraisal report or in a contract or other instrument used by the appraiser in conducting real property appraisal activities. The applicable designation shall be included in any newspaper, telephone directory, or other advertising medium, as defined by rule, used by the appraiser.

(2)  A registered, licensed, or certified appraiser may not sign any appraisal report or communicate same without disclosing in writing that she or he is a state-registered, state-licensed, state-certified residential, or state-certified general appraiser, as applicable, even if the appraisal performed is outside of the scope of the appraiser's registration, licensure, or certification as an appraiser.

History.--ss. 9, 11, ch. 91-89; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s. 152, ch. 92-149; s. 389, ch. 97-103.