37-54-301. Certification -- use of term -- standards of practice. (1) A person may not represent himself to be a certified real estate appraiser unless he is certified under this chapter.
     (2) Only a certified real estate appraiser may prepare and sign a certified appraisal report relating to real estate or real property in this state. If an appraisal report is prepared, signed, and certified by a certified real estate appraiser, a person licensed under this chapter who assisted in the preparation of the appraisal may cosign the appraisal report.
     (3) The term "certified real estate appraiser" may not be used to describe a firm, partnership, corporation, group, or anyone other than an individual certificate holder. However, a certified real estate appraiser may develop and communicate an appraisal on behalf of a firm, partnership, corporation, or group.

     History: En. Sec. 17, Ch. 409, L. 1991.