A Simple USPAP Question On An " Appraisal Report"

[jay trotta]

The original post is at best a hypothetical that could only be answered by a State Board Investigator or State Reviewer. I have seen peer reviews done by one of the appraisal organizations and they may have asked for a work-file but that was many years ago.

While doing reviews we never requested an-appraisers work-file even on the ones where calculated deceit or fraud was in question. So who on this forum has actually ever seen or reviewed another appraisers complete work-file ? And under what circumstances did the appraiser release it ?

I know that in order to get my work-file they better have badges, guns, subpoenas, and even then I'm not letting anything go before I have consulted the attorneys LOL

Have not seen anyone else's, but many years back I had completed work for a company that was flipping & dipping (did not know until the 2nd job - then quit) and my files were required by the Fed and they wanted 6 months of work files; I hired my cousin Vinny to handle it and after all was said and done, it was disclosed I was not the Target. They did however bang (2) appraisers and a retired police guy who were all involved. The gist is, if they want your stuff you will need to surrender it at some point, even if your kicking & screaming like a little girl.