(1) The board shall administer the appraisal management company recovery fund solely to provide restitution to each Kentucky licensed or certified real property appraiser who has suffered pecuniary loss:
(a) As a result of an appraisal management company ceasing to be registered with the board, either voluntarily or involuntarily;

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 324A.163

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Company: may extend and be applied to any corporation, company, person, partnership, joint stock company, or association. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Restitution: The court-ordered payment of money by the defendant to the victim for damages caused by the criminal action.

(b) If an appraiser has received a final judgment from a court of competent jurisdiction within the Commonwealth; and
(c) If no viable alternative for full restitution is available, as determined by the board.
(2) Each fund distribution for restitution shall be made payable to the appropriate appraiser as determined by the board. The amount to be paid to the appraiser shall equal the actual amount of appraisal fees that are proven to be owed to the appraiser by the relevant appraisal management company and any reasonable and appropriate court costs associated with determining the final judgment in favor of the appraiser. If the amount of restitution to be paid to any one (1) or more appraisers at any one (1) time exceeds the balance in the fund, the board shall:
(a) Distribute as much of the restitution amount as possible, which shall be deemed to satisfy in full any claim the relevant appraisers have on payments from the recovery fund; and
(b) In the case of distributions to more than one (1) appraiser, provide for a pro rata distribution of the available fund balance, which shall be deemed to satisfy in full any claim the relevant appraisers have on payments from the recovery fund.
(3) Whenever restitution is paid by the fund, the fund shall be subrogated to the amount of the restitution.
(4) The board shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to:
(a) Ensure that the balance of the fund established in KRS § 324A.155 shall not fall below three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000); and
(b) Impose the fees assessed upon appraisal management companies under KRS
324A.155 whenever the balance of the fund is less than three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000). The board shall cease imposing the fees when the balance of the fund is three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000).
(5) Within one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each fiscal year, the board shall make public, in accordance with KRS § 424.180 and KRS § 424.190, a statement of income and expenses of the appraisal management company recovery fund, the details of which are in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
Effective: June 25, 2013
History: Created 2013 Ky. Acts ch. 46, sec. 2, effective June 25, 2013.