(a) A state licensed or certified real estate appraiser may not accept a fee for an appraisal assignment that is contingent upon the appraiser reporting a predetermined estimate, analysis or opinion or is contingent upon the opinion, conclusion or valuation reached or upon the consequences resulting from the appraisal assignment.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 62-39-331

  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Appraisal: means the act or process of developing an opinion of value of identified real estate. See Tennessee Code 62-39-102
  • Real estate: means an identified parcel or tract of land, including improvements, if any. See Tennessee Code 62-39-102
  • Real estate appraiser: means a person who engages in real estate appraisal activity for a fee or other valuable consideration. See Tennessee Code 62-39-102
  • Specialized services: means those appraisal services that do not fall within the definition of appraisal assignment. See Tennessee Code 62-39-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) A state licensed or certified real estate appraiser who enters into an agreement to perform specialized services may be paid a fixed fee or a fee that is contingent on the results achieved by the specialized services.