                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

CERTIFICATION OF SUPERVISORS, ASSESSORS AND APPRAISERS CONTRACTED BY A LOCALITY
TO PERFORM ASSESSMENTS (§ 58.1-3258.1)

A. No supervisor, assessor or appraiser shall contract or offer to contract to
perform the assessment or reassessment of real property for any locality unless
he holds a valid certification issued by the Department.

B. The Department shall establish requirements for the certification of all
supervisors, appraisers and personnel contracted by a locality to perform the
assessment or reassessment of real property located in the locality. Such
requirements shall prescribe qualifications for certification including (i)
minimum education and training requirements, to include guidance for conducting
appraisals of certain multi-unit real estate under &#xA7; 58.1-3295 and guidance
for following generally accepted appraisal practices; (ii) minimum levels of
experience; and (iii) standards of conduct. All supervisors, appraisers, and
personnel employed or contracted to perform general assessments shall be
required to hold a valid certification issued by the Department.

C. The Department may establish requirements for continuing education as a
prerequisite to renewal of any certificate issued under this section.

HISTORY: 2008, c. 540; 2010, c. 552.