Virginia Law

Part III. Renewal of License/Registration/Certification

18VAC130-20-100. Renewal required.

All licenses and certifications issued under this chapter for certified general real estate appraisers, certified residential real estate appraisers and licensed residential real estate appraisers, appraiser trainees, and instructors and registrations issued for business entities will expire two years from the last day of the month in which they were issued, as indicated on the license, certificate, or registration.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2013, 54.1-2014 and 54.1-2016 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR 583-01-03 § 3.1, eff. April 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 1995; Volume 42, Issue 9, eff. January 14, 2026.

18VAC130-20-110. Qualifications for renewal.

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 minimum two-hour course on either fair housing or appraisal bias. Such course must be (i) a fair housing or appraisal bias course approved by the Appraiser Qualifications Board; (ii) approved by the Real Estate Board in its fair housing category; or (iii) 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.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2013 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR 583-01-03 § 3.2, eff. April 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 1995; Volume 14, Issue 10, eff. March 4, 1998; Volume 19, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2003; Volume 24, Issue 6, eff. January 1, 2008; Volume 29, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2013; Volume 31, Issue 3, eff. January 1, 2015; Volume 39, Issue 24, eff. August 16, 2023; Volume 42, Issue 9, eff. January 14, 2026.

18VAC130-20-120. Procedures for renewal.

A. The board will send a renewal notice to the licensee and certificate holder. The board will send a renewal notice to the registered firm. Failure to receive the renewal notice does not relieve the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant of the obligation to renew.

B. Prior to the expiration date shown on the license or registration, each licensee, certificate holder, or registrant desiring to renew the license, certificate, or registration must return to the board the appropriate renewal and registry fees as outlined in 18VAC130-20-130.

C. Renewal and reinstatement.

1. The date on which the renewal and registry fees are received by the department or its agent will determine whether the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant is eligible for renewal.

2. If the renewal registry fees are not received by the department or its agent within 30 days of the expiration date, the licensee, certificate holder, or registrant must reinstate the license, certificate, or registration by meeting all requirements listed in 18VAC130-20-110 and pay a reinstatement fee as specified in 18VAC130-20-130.

3. Two years after the expiration date on the license, certificate, or registration, reinstatement is no longer possible. To resume practice, the former licensee, certificate holder, or registrant must reapply for licensure as a new applicant, meeting current education, examination, and experience requirements.

4. When a license is reinstated, the licensee will continue to have the same license number and will be assigned an expiration date two years from the date of the last day of the month of reinstatement.

5. A licensee that reinstates a license will be regarded as having been continuously licensed without interruption. Therefore, a licensee will be subject to the authority of the board for activities performed prior to reinstatement.

6. A licensee that fails to reinstate a license will be regarded as unlicensed from the expiration date of the license forward. Nothing in this chapter divests the board of its authority to discipline a licensee for a violation of the law or regulations during the period of time for which the individual was licensed.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2013 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR583-01-03 § 3.3, eff. April 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 1995; Volume 14, Issue 10, eff. March 4, 1998; Volume 31, Issue 20, eff. August 1, 2015; Volume 41, Issue 21, eff. September 27, 2025; Volume 42, Issue 9, eff. January 14, 2026.

18VAC130-20-130. Fees for renewal and reinstatement.

A. All fees are nonrefundable and will not be prorated.

B. National Registry fee assessment. In accordance with the requirements of § 1109 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (the Act), $80 of the biennial renewal or reinstatement fee assessed for all certified general real estate appraisers, certified residential real estate appraisers, and licensed residential real estate appraisers must be submitted to the Appraisal Subcommittee. The registry fee may be adjusted in accordance with the Act and charged to the licensee.

C. Renewal fees are as follows:

D. Reinstatement fees are as follows:

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2013 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR583-01-03 § 3.4, eff. April 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 1995; Volume 13, Issue 8, eff. March 1, 1997; Volume 15, Issue 14, eff. May 1, 1999; Volume 28, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 2012; Volume 29, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 2013; Volume 31, Issue 20, eff. August 1, 2015; Volume 34, Issue 9, eff. February 1, 2018; Volume 37, Issue 16, eff. May 1, 2021; Volume 39, Issue 16, eff. May 1, 2023; Volume 42, Issue 9, eff. January 14, 2026.

18VAC130-20-140. (Repealed.)

Historical Notes

Derived from VR583-01-03 § 3.5, eff. April 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 1995; repealed, Virginia Register Volume 42, Issue 9, eff. January 14, 2026.

18VAC130-20-150. Board discretion to deny renewal or reinstatement.

The board may deny renewal or reinstatement of a license, certification or registration for the same reasons as it may refuse initial licensure or registration or discipline a current licensee or registrant.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-2013, 54.1-2014 and 54.1-2016 of the Code of Virginia.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR583-01-03 § 3.6, eff. April 15, 1992; amended, Virginia Register Volume 11, Issue 4, eff. January 1, 1995.