(a) An appraisal management company registered in the State may not enter into any contract or agreement with an appraiser for the performance of appraisals in the State unless the company verifies that the appraiser is licensed or certified in good standing in the State.

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 466L-19

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appraisal management company: means a person that:

    (1) Provides appraisal management services to creditors or secondary mortgage market participants, including affiliates;

    (2) Provides appraisal management services in connection with valuing a consumer's principal dwelling as security for a consumer credit transaction or incorporating these transactions into securitizations; and

    (3) Within a twelve-month calendar year, beginning January 1 of each year and ending on December 31 of each year, oversees an appraiser panel of more than fifteen state-certified or state-licensed appraisers in a state or twenty-five or more state-certified or state-licensed appraisers in two or more states, as described in section 466L-5. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 466L-2

  • appraiser panel: include :

    (1) Appraisers accepted by the appraisal management company for consideration for future appraisal assignments in covered transactions or for secondary mortgage market participants in connection with covered transactions; and

    (2) Appraisers engaged by the appraisal management company to perform one or more appraisals in covered transactions or for secondary mortgage market participants in connection with covered transactions. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 466L-2

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
(b) An appraisal management company seeking registration or renewal of registration in the State shall certify that the company has a system and process in place to verify that an individual added to the appraiser panel of the company for appraisal services holds an appraiser license or certification in good standing in this State.