Title 16. Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors — Subtitle 5A. Real Estate Appraiser Trainees

submit an application to the Commission on the form that the Commission requires;

be of good character and reputation;

be at least 18 years old;

provide evidence, as required by the Commission, that the applicant has successfully completed 75 tested hours of Commission–approved real estate appraisal courses of which 15 hours shall be classroom hours in the subject of the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice; and

pay to the Commission an application fee set by the Commission.

If an applicant is not a resident of the State, the applicant shall submit to the Commission an irrevocable consent as provided under this subsection.

The consent required under this subsection shall specify that service of process on the Secretary shall bind the applicant in any action about the provision of real estate appraisal services brought against the applicant in any county of the State.

review, sign, and certify that the real estate trainee’s appraisal report complies with the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice;

physically inspect each appraised property with the real estate appraiser trainee until the supervising appraiser determines that the real estate appraiser trainee is competent in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection;

determine that the real estate appraiser trainee meets the competency requirements of the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice;

at least once a month, sign and affix the supervising appraiser’s license or certification number to the real estate appraiser trainee’s experience log;

ensure that the tasks assigned a real estate appraiser trainee will, over time, provide the full range of experience required by the Commission;

provide the real estate appraiser trainee with a copy of all appraisal reports prepared by the real estate appraiser trainee that the Commission requests for review; and

keep copies of appraisal reports prepared by the real estate appraiser trainee for the later of:

keep separate experience logs for each supervising appraiser;

sign appraisal reports that the real estate appraiser trainee prepares; and

upon request, provide experience logs to the Commission.

Before a real estate appraiser trainee license expires, the licensee periodically may renew the license for an additional 3–year term if the licensee:

At least 1 month before a real estate appraiser trainee license expires, the Commission shall mail or electronically transmit to the licensee:

If an electronic transmission under paragraph (2) of this subsection is returned to the Commission as undeliverable, the Commission shall mail to the licensee, at the last known address of the licensee, the materials required under paragraph (2) of this subsection within 10 business days of the date the Commission received the notice that the electronic transmission was undeliverable.

The failure of a licensee to receive the notice under this subsection does not prevent the license from expiring as specified under subsection (a) of this section.