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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="16-5B-15" title_number="16" title_name="Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors" subtitle_number="5B" subtitle_name="Real Estate Appraisal Management Companies">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An appraisal management company may not change a completed appraisal report submitted by an appraiser by:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>permanently removing the appraiser’s signature or seal; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>adding information to, or removing information from, the appraisal report with an intent to change the valuation conclusion.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>An appraisal management company may not require an appraiser to provide the appraisal management company with the appraiser’s digital signature or seal.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the restrictions in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice, an appraiser may voluntarily provide the appraiser’s digital signature to another person.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
