15-Hour Personal Property USPAP Course 1 Available to all appraisers seeking qualification in USPAP 2 Must be completed to achieve ISA Member-level status 3 Course available as live, three-day online course or as in-person, two-day classroom experience.
This is the required 7-hour update for personal property appraisers seeking to fulfill their two-year requalification process. This class covers the latest version of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
To become an ISA member, appraisers must first complete the 15-Hour USPAP course. Once completed, members must complete the 7-Hour USPAP course each subsequent, two-year USPAP cycle. USPAP cycles begin with the even year number. It is the responsibility of the ISA member to ensure they are current with USPAP.
ISA does not accept the real estate version of USPAP.
How much something is worth is really a subjective opinion. A seller who is trying to maximize their profit may think their house is worth more than what a buyer might think. The appraiser’s job is to act as a referee that is neutral in this tug of war between buyer and seller.
The Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) sets the minimum standard of quality control for appraisers by requiring education every two years.
Anyone who wants to become a licensed appraiser must take the 15-hour National USPAP course.
Here is the complete list of USPAP (commonly pronounced as YOOS-PAP) courses that are available. You will want to make sure you take the right one.
There is a new edition of the USPAP course that is published every two years, beginning on January 1 st of even-numbered years. For example, there is a new edition of the USPAP course for January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2021, January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2023, January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2025, etc…
The USPAP is the most expensive appraisal course no matter where you take it because appraisal schools are required to pay royalties to The Appraisal Foundation.
As a result of the savings and loans crisis in the 1980’s, Congress passed The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA) to give the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) the authority to oversee the appraisal standards and licensing qualifications for the nation.
Once credentialed, all real property appraisers must take the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course (or its equivalent) once every two calendar years. The 7-hour course focuses on changes to USPAP. In addition, appraisers of all types of property (business valuation, personal property, and real property) are often required to comply ...
Real property appraisers are required to take the 15-Hour National USPAP Course (or its equivalent) to obtain a state credential . Once credentialed, all real property appraisers must take the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course (or its equivalent) once every two calendar years.
The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 recognizes USPAP as the generally accepted real property appraisal standards and requires that for federally related transactions appraisers comply with USPAP. Federal, state, and local agencies, appraisal services, and many professional appraisal organizations require ...
Since its inception, The Appraisal Foundation (Foundation) has worked to foster professionalism in appraising by establishing, improving, and promoting the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP). The Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 recognizes USPAP as the generally accepted real property ...
NOTICE: Extension of Current USPAP. The Appraisal Standards Board voted on February 19, 2021 to extend the effective date of the current 2020-21 USPAP through December 31, 2022. Click here to learn more.
In addition, appraisers of all types of property (business valuation, personal property, and real property) are often required to comply with USPAP because of their affiliation with various appraisal trade organizations. For example, Appraisal Foundation sponsors who confer personal property designations must implement the minimum personal property qualifications, or the Personal Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria. These criteria include USPAP requirements. For details, please review the Personal Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria booklet .
The Foundation has once again partnered with McKissock to offer online versions of several USPAP Courses. However, education providers can develop their own equivalent courses. Providers interested in developing an equivalent version of a USPAP course must:
If you’re a licensed or certified appraiser in Arizona, you are required to complete the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course every two years in order to retain your license. The course covers all the revisions to USPAP, plus it helps you apply USPAP requirements in situations that occur during your day-to-day work.
If you’re an aspiring appraiser in Arizona, in order to become a licensed appraisal trainee, you will need to take the 2018-2019 15-hr National USPAP Course as part of your required coursework.
McKissock Learning’s online appraisal school offers over 40 appraisal courses (and counting!) with more than 50,000 customer reviews rating us as the #1 appraisal school in the nation. Click here to browse online appraisal classes in your state.
Online courses give you the ease and convenience of completing coursework at your own pace, and on your own time, so you don’t have to set time aside to go to a live class. Classes are set up so you can log in and out as often as you want, so you can easily fit them around your busy schedule.
The Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria has required, since 2003, each appraiser to “successfully complete the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course, or its AQB-approved equivalent, every two calendar years.” The requirement to take the 7-hour course is not tied to the effective date or length of the effective dates of the current edition of USPAP. Extending the effective date of USPAP is an ASB decision, and it has no bearing on the AQB requirement for the 7-hour course.
No. A new 2022-2023 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course (and its AQB-approved equivalents) is currently being written and will be released on October 1, 2021 (and will be available to students shortly thereafter). The 2022-2023 course does not contain the same course materials as the 2020-2021 course.
The Update class you have already taken for the 2020-21 book, which has been extended to Dec. 31, 2022, cannot be used for CE credit again.
If you’re a licensed or certified appraiser in Arizona, you are required to complete the 7-Hour National USPAP Update Course every two years in order to retain your license. The course covers all the revisions to USPAP, plus it helps you apply USPAP requirements in situations that occur during your day-to-day work.
If you’re an aspiring appraiser in Arizona, in order to become a licensed appraisal trainee, you will need to take the 2018-2019 15-hr National USPAP Course as part of your required coursework.
McKissock Learning’s online appraisal school offers over 40 appraisal courses (and counting!) with more than 50,000 customer reviews rating us as the #1 appraisal school in the nation. Click here to browse online appraisal classes in your state.
Online courses give you the ease and convenience of completing coursework at your own pace, and on your own time, so you don’t have to set time aside to go to a live class. Classes are set up so you can log in and out as often as you want, so you can easily fit them around your busy schedule.