Virginia Law

A. As a condition of renewal, and under § 54.1-2014 of the Code of Virginia, all active certified general real estate appraisers, certified residential real estate appraisers, and licensed residential real estate appraisers are required to complete continuing education courses satisfactorily within each licensing term as follows:

1. All real estate appraisers must satisfactorily complete continuing education courses or seminars offered by a provider of not less than 28 hours during each licensing term.

2. All real estate appraisers may also satisfy up to one half of an individual's continuing education requirements by participation other than as a student in educational processes and programs approved by the board to be substantially equivalent for continuing education purposes, including teaching, program development, or authorship of textbooks.

3. Seven of the classroom hours completed to satisfy the continuing education requirements must be the National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) update course.

4. Aside from complying with the requirement to complete the seven-hour National USPAP update course, appraisers may not receive credit for completion of the same continuing education course within a licensing term.

5. As part of the required hours, all real estate appraisers must complete a course that meets the content requirements of the Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations Outline established by the Appraiser Qualifications Board. On or after January 1, 2026, the first time an appraiser completes this continuing education requirement, the minimum course length must be seven hours, unless the appraiser successfully completed an eight-hour course (seven hours plus a one-hour examination) as part of qualifying education. Each subsequent time an appraiser completes this continuing education requirement, the minimum course length must be four hours. Such course must be (i) approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board or (ii) approved by the board in accordance with Part V (18VAC130-20-200 et seq.) of this chapter.

B. As a condition of renewal, all licensed real estate appraiser trainees must meet the continuing education requirements set forth in subsection A of this section.

C. All applicants for renewal of a license must meet the standards for entry as set forth in subdivisions 2 and 3 of 18VAC130-20-30.

D. Applicants for the renewal of a registration must meet the requirement for registration as set forth in 18VAC130-20-20.

E. Licensees applying to activate an inactive license must complete all continuing education requirements that would have been required in the current license term if the licensee was active prior to application to activate the license.