Only in North Carolina

[Mr Rex]

That's all well and good David. But, the many appraisers who hold a recipricol license in Virginia and live in North Carolina have a distinct advantage. They can use their CE for North Carolina for renewal in Virginia and Virginia appraisers cannot. For the record.....I took the exam in North Carolina. I was forced by North Carolina to be treated as a having a license by reciprocity when the 2 states finally agreed to recipricate with each other several years ago. I also own a home in Kitty Hawk, and have been doing appraisals in North Carolina for 20 years, so, I am no mere "come'ere" seeking to pilfer the fruit of some locals labor and sneak back over the border. Given the size of the 2 counties I do business in, the population of each, and the growth rate of each it is likely the other way around for those who wander over the Virginia border from carolina.

Well, this will give me something to talk to the Virginia Appraisal Board about when next they meet.

Sure they can, it jsut has also to be approved in NC. AI, McKissock etc are accepted in both places. Don, I understand your standpoint as an instructor, but having been exposed to some pizz poor CE in NC, I can understand that the board doesn't want to accept any and every CE class taught anywhere in the US. Much of the "local" instructor CE in NC should also be tossed as useless IMHO.

 

[NC Appraising]

Sure they can, it jsut has also to be approved in NC. AI, McKissock etc are accepted in both places. Don, I understand your standpoint as an instructor, but having been exposed to some pizz poor CE in NC, I can understand that the board doesn't want to accept any and every CE class taught anywhere in the US. Much of the "local" instructor CE in NC should also be tossed as useless IMHO.

 

[Don Clark]

Sure they can, it jsut has also to be approved in NC. AI, McKissock etc are accepted in both places. Don, I understand your standpoint as an instructor, but having been exposed to some pizz poor CE in NC, I can understand that the board doesn't want to accept any and every CE class taught anywhere in the US. Much of the "local" instructor CE in NC should also be tossed as useless IMHO.

Understood. I have addressed my concerns to the Virginia Real Estate Appraisal Board, re the unfair advantage this gives the NC appraisers who recipricate with VA.

 

[Don Clark]

Cleared up. My error. I was wrong

Don - I received the attached email from an appraiser who lives out of state. The rule for CE for appraisers who obtained their license by reciprocity and who still live out of state is the same. You may renew by letter of good standing. The only change was for appraisers who originally get their license by reciprocity, then move to North Carolina. Our records show that you live in Virginia, so this change does not apply to you. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Roberta Ouellette

Assistant Attorney General
North Carolina Appraisal Board
5830 Six Forks Road
Raleigh, NC 27609
(919) 870-4854 (phone)
(919) 870-4859 (fax)

PS - here is the actual rule.

i) A trainee, licensee or certificate holder who resides in another state and is currently licensed by the appraiser certification board of that state may satisfy the requirements of this section by providing a current letter of good standing from the resident state showing that the licensee has met all continuing education requirements in the resident state. A trainee, licensee or certificate holder who became licensed in North Carolina by reciprocity and now resides in North Carolina may renew by letter of good standing for his or her first renewal as a resident of North Carolina only if the trainee or appraiser moved to North Carolina on or after January 1 of an odd numbered year. If a trainee or appraiser was a resident of this state before January 1 of an odd-numbered year, the trainee or appraiser must comply with the requirements of this section regardless of how the registration, license or certificate was obtained.

 

[David Beasley]

Well, DUH. It was pretty much laid out in the "rule" wasn't it? lol I skimmed it in the Appraisereport when it came out and didn't catch the part about reciprocity licensees - > that then MOVE to NC part of it. I live here, was born here, so I glossed over the "rule" because it has/will not ever apply to me.

It actually makes perfect sense now. An NC appraiser, living in NC, must take CE per NC's rules. They do give reciprocity appraisers that eventually move here 1 cycle's grace it sounds like.

Glad it isn't going to change how you have to work your license(s). Sorry that I perpetuated your worry by not being able to point out our collective misinterpretation at the get-go.

It was very smart to email the board BTW. They tend to get back with folks ASAP when they get legit questions.

 

[Couch Potato]

Somebody in NC has been talking to people in FL.

You can only imagine how the tightrope I have to walk as someone certified in both NC and FL.

It's really not that hard to do, but I do have to be particular when choosing a CE provider. I also have to time my classes just right; for instance I need more hours for my NC renewal next June, but I can't take the classes until after the end of November if I want to use them for my FL renewal in 2012.

Even when I lived in FL and could have just sent a letter to NC I just made sure my CE qualified for both states. It's just easier that way, and cheaper too since there is a fee for the letter. :new_all_coholic: