§34-27A-57. Duties of appraisal management company.

An appraisal management company shall do all of the following:

(1) Annually certify to the board, on a form prescribed by the board, that the appraisal management company verifies that any person added to the appraiser panel of the appraisal management company, for the purpose of completing appraisals in this state, is licensed or certified in good standing pursuant to Article 1.

(2) Annually certify to the board, on a form prescribed by the board, that the appraisal management company periodically reviews the work of all appraisers performing appraisals and appraisal reviews for the appraisal management company to verify that the appraisals are being conducted in accordance with Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.

(3) Annually certify to the board, on a form prescribed by the board, that the appraisal management company requires appraisers who receive assignments for appraisals and appraisal review have geographic competency.

(4) Maintain a detailed record of each service request received and each appraiser assigned to perform the appraisal. A copy of the record shall be retained for at least five years after the date the appraisal management company forwards the appraisal to the client.

(Act 2011-701, p. 2161, §3.)