Section 458.34 - Exemptions(1) A license under s. 458.33(2) is not required for any of the following:(a) An appraiser that, in the ordinary course of business, contracts with an independent appraiser for the performance of an appraisal if upon completion of the appraisal the appraiser co-signs the appraisal report.(b) A federally regulated appraisal management company.(c) A department or unit within a financial institution that is subject to direct regulation by an agency of the United States government that is a member of the federal financial institutions examination council or its successor, or to regulation by an agency of this state, and receives a request for the performance of an appraisal from one employee of the financial institution, and another employee of the same financial institution assigns the request for the appraisal to an appraiser that is an independent contractor to the institution. An appraisal management company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of a financial institution shall not be considered a "department or unit within a financial institution" for purposes of this paragraph.(d) An appraisal management company that does not contract with independent appraisers for the performance of appraisal services.(2) An appraisal management company that is exempt from licensure under sub. (1) (b) may advertise as an appraisal management company but may not hold itself out as a licensed appraisal management company.(3) An appraisal management company that is exempt from licensure under sub. (1) (b) shall be considered a licensed appraisal management company for purposes of, and shall comply with the provisions of, ss. 458.35 , 458.365 , 458.37 , 458.38 , 458.39 , 458.41 , 458.43 , and 458.44 .Added by Acts 2017 ch, 113,s 30, eff. 7/1/2018.