Total Hours Required: 28
Elective Hours: 19
Mandatory Hours: 9 (7 hour USPAP and 2 hour either fair housing or appraisal bias)
License Renewal Period: 2 years
Education Cycle: 24 months
18VAC130-20-110. Qualifications for renewal.
A. As a condition of renewal, and under § 54.1-2014 of the Code of Virginia, all active certified general real estate appraisers, certified residential real estate appraisers, and licensed residential real estate appraisers, resident or nonresident, shall be required to complete continuing education courses satisfactorily within each licensing term as follows:
1. All real estate appraisers must satisfactorily complete continuing education courses or seminars offered by accredited colleges, universities, or junior and community colleges; adult distributive or marketing education programs; local, state, or federal government agencies, boards, or commissions; proprietary schools; or real estate appraisal or real estate related organizations of not less than 28 classroom hours during each licensing term.
2. All real estate appraisers may also satisfy up to one half of an individual’s continuing education requirements by participation other than as a student in educational processes and programs approved by the board to be substantially equivalent for continuing education purposes, including teaching, program development, or authorship of textbooks.
3. Seven of the classroom hours completed to satisfy the continuing education requirements shall be the National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice update course or its equivalent.
4. Aside from complying with the requirement to complete the seven-hour National USPAP Update Course, or its equivalent, appraisers may not receive credit for completion of the same continuing education course within a licensing term.
5. As part of the required hours, all real estate appraisers must complete a minimum two-hour course on either fair housing or appraisal bias. Such course must be (i) a fair housing or appraisal bias course approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board; (ii) approved by the Real Estate Board in its fair housing category; or (iii) approved by the board in accordance with Part V (18VAC130-20-200 et seq.) of this chapter.
Online Limitations
Virginia has no limit on the number of continuing education hours that may be completed online.
State Reporting of CE Credit
The education provider does NOT report completed continuing education to the Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation.
State Contact Information
Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation
Perimeter Center
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 400
Richmond, VA 23233
Phone: 804-367-2039
Fax: 804-367-2475
Website: http://www.dpor.virginia.gov/Boards/Appraisers/
Note: This information is provided as a convenience only and is subject to change at any time. It is the responsibility of the licensee to be sure that he or she is meeting state board requirements.