California Licensing Fees Increased to $1,030 Every Two Years

[glenn walker]

Raising my fees $20 per assignment starting now. The consumer can pay for this.

I said we should have merged into the BRE years ago they have a budget that is supported by thousands of Realtors, they are really nice people and they can handle it at a way lower cost

 

[CANative]

And be under the control of a bunch of bombastic and vacuous yayhoos?

 

[George Hatch]

Calif's BREA is different than any of the other states in that it is staffed with full-time state employees. Not so easy to expand/contract according to market conditions.

 

[Elliott]

$544

A license in California will cost $544 after adding a variety of fees, an Assembly Judiciary Committee analysis said. It's the first time in 20 years that fees were increased for the state's more than 266,000 attorneys, including 190,000 lawyers who are actively practicing.

$585

California CPA Exam and Licensure Fees
The total cost to get a CPA license in California is $585 including a $120 annual renewal fee.

 

[Randolph Kinney]

No doubt the state needs the money. So many problems need funding from affordable housing, homeless to climate change.

 

[glenn walker]

And be under the control of a bunch of bombastic and vacuous yayhoos?

I have a brokers license for over 30 years and they are really nice people. I pay almost nothing to renew license and they are not heavy handed like the Tar-Pit : )

 

[djd09]

Go
Fund
Me
@
California
Appraiser
License
Renewal
Fee.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

OK and AR combined are about $650 per year. AR reduced their fee and we pay on line, get our license in days and CE goes to the state from the provider and is posted on the website. OK still takes a check but turned my license around in 10 days. Efficiency? What is the issue in CA with 10 jillion computer experts there?

And Bert, a reviewer of your report might start with spell checking... "Pitty"???

 

[RCA]

I have a brokers license for over 30 years and they are really nice people. I pay almost nothing to renew license and they are not heavy handed like the Tar-Pit : )

One interesting result would be on semi-retired appraisers like myself. I think there are a good number of these and growing. I'm sure many just keep their license because they don't want to lose it. The real cost of maintaining a license is the insurance cost + license cost. Throw in the fact that for many appraisers, retirement income is going to be minimal and we might expect the impact of these fee increases will be to force more experienced appraisers out of the field sooner, rather than later. It will mean less income for the BREA.

What the BREA should do is force all California appraisals through them for monitoring and charge a minimal 1% fee or $10 whichever is the greater. That would greatly increase their income while keeping a reserve of experienced appraisers for periods when there is extra demand for appraisals. In fact, as I have always said going back many years, all orders should be routed through the BREA ... which would make them the one and only AMC. That would, believe it or not, be very good for appraisers - except for those running AMCs.

 

[mike32716]

For North Carolina: Renewals are due each year by June 30th. The renewal fee is $200.00. If you want to be included on the National Registry, you must include an additional fee of $60.00.

The ASC national registry? Is that even an option not to be listed on it? I thought it was required for all states to send in the info.