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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 18. Professional And Occupational Licensing
Agency 130. Real Estate Appraiser Board
Chapter 20. Real Estate Appraiser Board Rules and Regulations
1/14/2026

18VAC130-20-190. Standards of conduct for certified appraiser education instructors.

A. Instructors must develop a record for each student that includes the student's name and address, the course name, the course hours and dates given, and the date the course was passed. This record must be retained by the course provider.

B. Prohibited acts.

1. The instructor must act as a certified general real estate appraiser, certified residential real estate appraiser, or licensed residential real estate appraiser in such a manner as to safeguard the interests of the public and must not engage in improper, fraudulent, or dishonest conduct.

2. The instructor may not have been convicted, found guilty, or pled guilty, regardless of adjudication, in any jurisdiction of the United States of a misdemeanor involving fraudulent or dishonest acts or of any felony there being no appeal pending therefrom or the time for appeal having elapsed.

3. The instructor must inform the board in writing within 30 days of pleading guilty or nolo contendere or being convicted or found guilty, regardless of adjudication, of any felony or of a misdemeanor involving fraudulent or dishonest acts.

4. The instructor may not have had a license or certification as a real estate appraiser that has been (i) suspended, revoked, or surrendered in connection with a disciplinary action or (ii) the subject of discipline in any jurisdiction.

5. The instructor must inform the board in writing within 30 days of any disciplinary action taken in any jurisdiction against any appraiser license or certification to include the suspension, revocation, or surrender of an appraiser license or certification.

6. The instructor, who is also a licensed appraiser, must perform all appraisals in accordance with Virginia Fair Housing Law (§ 36-96.1 et seq. of the Code of Virginia).

7. The instructor must respond to an inquiry by the board or its agents within 21 days.

8. The instructor must not provide false, misleading, or incomplete information in the investigation of a complaint filed with the board.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.201 and 54.1-2013 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR583-01-03 § 4.4, eff. April 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 1995; Volume 31, Issue 20, eff. August 1, 2015; Volume 42, Issue 9, eff. January 14, 2026.

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