No prior service unless you do another appraisal.
211. RECERTIFICATION OF VALUE AND APPRAISAL UPDATE
Question: The terms recertification of value and appraisal update are often used interchangeably. Do
they have the same meaning?
Response: No, these terms do not have the same meaning. The terms update and recertification of value are
discussed in Advisory Opinion 3, Update of a Prior Appraisal.
An update is a new appraisal assignment involving a property that was previously appraised. An
update is subject to the same USPAP requirements as any other appraisal assignment.
A recertification of value is performed to confirm whether or not the conditions of a prior
assignment have been met. One example of a recertification of value is a final inspection. When
an appraiser is asked to complete a final inspection, the appraiser is confirming that conditions
established in an assignment have, or have not, been met.
Final inspections are commonly used in the case of proposed construction where an appraisal is
completed subject to completion per plans and specifications.
See AO-3 for additional information.
ADVISORY OPINION 3
A New Assignment of a Prior Assignment
Regardless of the nomenclature used, when a client seeks a more current value or analysis of a property that was
the subject of a prior assignment, this is not an extension of that prior assignment that was already completed – it
is simply a new assignment. An “assignment” is defined in USPAP as:
a valuation service that is provided by an appraiser as a consequence of an agreement with a client.
The same USPAP requirements apply when appraising or analyzing a property that was the subject of a prior
assignment. There are no restrictions on who the appraiser is in such a circumstance, who the client is,1 what