Beginning January 1, 2011, it shall be unlawful for any person, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, unit, or any other business entity in this State to do any of the following without first registering with the Board under the provisions of this Article:

(1) Directly or indirectly engage or attempt to engage in business as an appraisal management company.

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 93E-2-1

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Board: means the North Carolina Appraisal Board established under N. See North Carolina General Statutes 93E-1-4
  • 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.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
  • 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, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3

(2) Advertise or make a representation that the person or entity is engaging in or conducting business as an appraisal management company.

(3) In any way act as or provide the services of an appraisal management company. (2010-141, s. 1.)