The following are excluded from the registration requirements of an appraisal management company:

(1) a person or entity that exclusively employs appraisers on an employer and employee basis for the performance of appraisals;

Terms Used In South Carolina Code 40-60-340

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • appraisal: means of or pertaining to appraising and related functions including, but not limited to, appraisal practice and appraisal services. See South Carolina Code 40-60-20
  • Appraiser: means a person who holds a permit, license, or certification issued by the board that allows the person to appraise real property. See South Carolina Code 40-60-20
  • Department: means the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation;

    (5) "Director" means the Director of the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation or the director's official designee;

    (6) "Licensee" means a person granted an authorization to practice pursuant to this article and refers to a person holding a license, permit, certification, or registration granted pursuant to this article;

    (7) "Licensing act" means the individual statute or regulations, or both, of each regulated profession or occupation which include, but are not limited to, board governance, the qualifications and requirements for authorization to practice, prohibitions, and disciplinary procedures;

    (8) "Person" means an individual, partnership, or corporation;

    (9) "Profession" or "occupation" means a profession or occupation regulated or administered, or both, by the department pursuant to this article. See South Carolina Code 40-1-20
  • Person: means an individual, corporation, partnership, or association, foreign and domestic. See South Carolina Code 40-60-20

(2) a department or unit within a financial institution subject to direct regulation by an agency of the United States Government or an agency of this State and that 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 a certified or licensed appraiser. However, an appraisal management company that is a subsidiary owned or controlled by a financial institution may not be considered a department or unit within a financial institution to which the provisions of this chapter do not apply;

(3) a person that enters into an agreement, whether written or otherwise, with an appraiser for the performance of an appraisal, and upon the completion of the appraisal, the report of the appraiser performing the appraisal is signed by both the appraiser who completed the appraisal and the appraiser who requested the completion of the appraisal. However, an appraisal management company may not avoid the requirements of this chapter by requiring an employee of the appraisal management company who is an appraiser to sign an appraisal that is completed by an appraiser who is part of the appraisal panel of the appraisal management company;

(4) an appraisal management company that maintains an appraiser panel that consists of:

(a) fifteen or fewer certified or licensed appraisers who are independent contractors in this State, or

(b) a total of twenty-four or fewer certified or licensed appraisers who are independent contractors in two or more states; and

(5) an appraisal management company that is a subsidiary owned and controlled by a financial institution regulated by a federal financial institution regulatory agency, except that each appraisal management company exempt from registration pursuant to this subsection shall comply with the requirements of § 40-60-360(C).

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