Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-4116

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appraiser: means a person who develops and communicates real estate appraisals for real estate-related financial transactions and holds a current valid certification or license issued to such person under the provisions of Kan. See Kansas Statutes 58-4102
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201

(a) The term “state certified appraiser” or “state licensed appraiser” may be used only to refer to individuals who hold a certificate or license issued pursuant to this act and may not be used following or immediately in connection with the name or signature of a firm, partnership, corporation or group, or in such manner that it might be interpreted as referring to a firm, partnership, corporation, group or anyone other than an individual holder of the certificate or license.

(b) No certificate or license shall be issued under the provisions of this act to a corporation, partnership, firm or group. This shall not be construed to prevent a state certified or licensed appraiser from signing an appraisal report on behalf of a corporation, partnership, firm or group practice.