# COMAR Title 09 — Maryland Department of Labor

## Subtitle 19 — Commission of Real Estate Appraisers, Appraisal Management Companies, and Home Inspectors — Real Estate Appraisers

### Chapter 03 — Work Experience Requirements

**Authority:** Business Occupations and Professions Article, §§16-208(a), 16-216, 16-220, 16-302(d)(1) and (2) and (g), and 16-503(b)(1)(iii) and (2), (e), and (f), Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: September 30, 1991 (18:19 Md. R. 2099)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01 amended effective January 13, 2022 (49:1 Md. R. 13)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01A amended effective March 15, 2004 (31:5 Md. R. 447)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .01B, C amended effective August 24, 1998 (25:17 Md. R. 1360)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02 amended effective May 23, 2005 (32:10 Md. R. 924)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 repealed effective January 14, 2019 (46:1 Md. R. 11)

#### Regulation .01 Eligibility to Take Examination.

*COMAR 09.19.03.01*

A. Except as provided in COMAR 09.19.04, to be eligible to sit for the licensed real estate appraisers examination, an applicant shall have 1,000 hours of appraisal work experience which complies with this regulation. This experience shall have been acquired over a period of no less than 6 months.

B. To be eligible to sit for the certified residential real estate appraisers examination, an applicant shall have a minimum of 1,500 hours of appraisal work experience which complies with this regulation. This experience shall have been acquired over a period of no less than 12 months.

C. To be eligible to sit for the certified general real estate appraisers examination, an applicant shall have a minimum of 3,000 hours of appraisal work experience which complies with this regulation. This experience shall have been acquired over a period of no less than 18 months. Of the 3,000 required hours, at least 1,500 shall have been in nonresidential real property appraisal work.

#### Regulation .02 Acceptable Work Experience.

*COMAR 09.19.03.02*

Acceptable work experience includes but is not limited to the following:

A. Fee and staff appraisals;

B. Ad valorem tax appraisals;

C. Review appraisals which are performed in accordance with Standard 3 of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice which is incorporated by reference under 55 FR 53613 (December 31, 1990);

D. Appraisal analysis;

E. Real estate counseling;

F. Highest and best use analysis;

G. Feasibility analysis or study; and

H. Market analyses that are prepared in accordance with Standards 1 and 2 of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice which are incorporated by reference under 55 FR 53613 (December 31, 1990).