No person shall act as a real estate appraiser or provisional appraiser or engage in the real estate appraisal business without the appropriate certification or provisional license issued by the commission, unless exempted by the provisions of sections
20-500 to
20-528, inclusive.
(P.A. 93-354, S. 26, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 00-192, S. 55, 102; P.A. 01-100, S. 1; P.A. 14-52, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to “tenured license” with reference to “limited license”, and replaced former Subsec. (b) which had authorized partnerships, associations or corporation to be granted certification or license to engage in real estate appraisal business with new Subsec. (b) re limited appraiser licenses, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 01-100 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re notwithstanding any provision of chapter and make technical change, and added Subsec. (c) re expiration, issuance and renewal of licenses for licensed appraisers; P.A. 14-52 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and references to license and limited license, and deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re appraisal performed in connection with federally related transaction and re license and renewal expiration, effective July 1, 2014.
Section is a licensing statute and does not preclude witness from testifying as to his opinion of the diminution in value of plaintiff's property where trial court found that witness's education, training and experience qualified him to testify as an expert and defendant pointed to no evidence showing that witness was engaged in the business of real estate appraising. 49 CA 781.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
6
cases (
1 in the last 5 years), 1998–2021 · leading case:
Taylor v. King, 994 A.2d 330 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
Taylor v. King, 994 A.2d 330 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010).
· cites it 3× “General Statutes § 20-501 (a) provides in relevant part: “No person shall act as a real estate appraiser or provisional appraiser or engage in the real estate appraisal business without the appropriate certification, license, limited license or provisional license issued by the…”
Hutchinson v. Town of Andover, 715 A.2d 831 (Conn. App. Ct. 1998).
· cites it 5× “The defendant objected on the ground that General Statutes § 20-501 prohibits an unlicensed individual from acting as a real estate appraiser.”
CACIOPOLI v. Lebowitz, 26 A.3d 136 (Conn. App. Ct. 2011).
· cites it 2× “2d 330 (2010) (witness qualified to testify to diminution in value of property despite not being licensed as real estate appraiser pursuant to General Statutes § 20-501). For the reasons set forth previously, we cannot say that the court abused its discretion in admitting…”
Banco Popular North Am. v. du'Glace, LLC, 79 A.3d 123 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013).
· cites it 2× “2d 330 (2010) (witness qualified to testify to diminution in value of property despite not being licensed as real estate appraiser pursuant to General Statutes § 20-501). Here, Aletta testified subject to cross-examination about his background and experience as a real estate…”
Wheelabrator Bridgeport, L.P. v. Bridgeport, No. SC19288 (Conn. Feb. 2, 2016).
· cites it 5× “to 2011) §§ 20-501 (a)40 and 20-523,41 and any opinion testimony about the value of the property at trial also would violate those statutes.”
JP Riggs, No. 21-20380 (Bankr. D. Conn. Dec. 10, 2021).
· cites it 4× “In numerous cases, courts in this state have concluded that the fact that a realtor is prohibited from acting as a real estate appraiser without a license pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-501 does not mean that he is precluded from testifying as to his opinion of a property’s…”
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