When Assistance is Provided by Others
(by David Maloney) Recently, The Appraisal Foundation’s Appraisal Standards Board (ASB) responded to a query submitted by my Appraisal Course Associates partner, AQB-certified USPAP instructor, Bill Novotny. The original issue in question focused on USPAP record keeping requirements pertaining to appraisers who provide assistance with an assignment. There clearly are such requirements for the primary appraiser who signs the report’s USPAP certification, but what obligations apply to the assisting appraiser?
The initial query led to even more questions regarding USPAP obligations pertaining to the primary appraiser as well as to the individual providing the assistance. What if the individual providing assistance is not an “appraiser?” If an appraiser, what if the assistance provided was not “appraisal” assistance? What if the assistance provided was not deemed “significant”? This paper addresses these several questions and clarifies USPAP obligations pertaining to personal property assignments in which assistance is provided by others.