Section 308-125-070 - Experience requirements(1) State licensed applicants must accumulate 1,000 hours within a minimum of six months and a maximum of seven years. Certified residential applicants must accumulate 1,500 hours within a minimum of one year (12 months) and a maximum of seven years. Certified general applicants must accumulate 3,000 hours within a minimum of 18 months and a maximum of seven years.(2) Any work product claimed for experience credit dated January 1, 1990, and later shall conform to the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice in effect at the time the appraisal is completed.(a) Reports shall be in writing.(b) An appraisal work file must be available to the director to substantiate work performed.(c) Appraisal experience must have been performed as a licensed or certified appraiser or a registered trainee to qualify. Appraisal experience accrued through a Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program is exempt from the requirements of this subsection (2)(c) of this section.(3) A registered trainee may gain experience under the supervision of no more than six supervisory appraisers during his/her trainee period.(4) The department may request appraiser work files to verify, confirm, or compare entries made on the experience log. Failure to provide work files to the department upon its request may disqualify the reports as qualifying experience.(5) An applicant for certification or license shall certify, under penalty of perjury, the completion of the required experience.(6) Appraisal work qualifying for appraisal experience includes, but is not limited to, the following: Fee and staff appraisal, ad valorem tax appraisal, appraisal review, appraisal analysis, appraisal consulting, highest and best use analysis, feasibility analysis/study.(7) The department may require a supervisory appraiser to certify, under penalty of perjury, the applicant's work experience.(8) The department may request written reports or work files to verify an applicant's experience.(9) As an alternative means to satisfy the experience requirements of this section, applicants may complete a Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal (PAREA) program. PAREA programs must be approved by the Appraiser Qualification Board prior to the program's administration.(a) Participants may not receive partial credit for a Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program.(b) Participants may not receive a certificate of completion until all required components of the Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program have been successfully completed and approved by a program mentor.(c) Experience hours gained from Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal programs are exempt from state locality requirements outlined in WAC 308-125-020(2), 308-125-040(3), and 308-125-045(3).(d) Participants who complete a Licensed Residential Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program may apply their certificate of completion in the following ways:(i) A Licensed Residential PAREA certificate of completion may satisfy up to 100 percent of the required experience hours for the Licensed Residential classification.(ii) A Licensed Residential PAREA certificate of completion may satisfy up to 67 percent of the required experience hours for the Certified Residential classification.(iii) A Licensed Residential PAREA certificate of completion may satisfy up to 33 percent of the required experience hours for the Certified General classification, none of which is eligible towards the required nonresidential hours.(e) Participants who complete a Certified Residential Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal program may apply their certificate of completion in the following ways: (i) A Certified Residential PAREA certificate of completion may satisfy up to 100 percent of the required experience hours for the Licensed Residential classification.(ii) A Certified Residential PAREA certificate of completion may satisfy up to 100 percent of the required experience hours for the Certified Residential classification.(iii) A Certified Residential PAREA certificate of completion may satisfy up to 50 percent of the required experience hours for the Certified General classification, none of which is eligible towards the required nonresidential hours.Wash. Admin. Code § 308-125-070
Amended by WSR 16-02-008, Filed 12/28/2015, effective 1/28/2016Amended by WSR 18-24-113, Filed 12/4/2018, effective 1/4/2019Amended by WSR 24-03-043, Filed 1/9/2024, effective 2/9/2024Statutory Authority: RCW 18.140.030(1), (7), (8), and (15). WSR 06-06-069, § 308-125-070, filed 2/28/06, effective 4/1/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.140.030(1). WSR 97-02-004, § 308-125-070, filed 12/20/96, effective 1/20/97. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.140.030(1) and 18.140.090. WSR 95-17-078, § 308-125-070, filed 8/21/95, effective 9/21/95. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.140.030(1). WSR 93-17-020, § 308-125-070, filed 8/10/93, effective 9/10/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.140.030(1)(14) and chapter 18.40 RCW. WSR 92-18-018, § 308-125-070, filed 8/24/92, effective 9/24/92. Statutory Authority: RCW 18.140.030. WSR 91-04-074, § 308-125-070, filed 2/5/91, effective 3/8/91.