Mississippi Code

Miss. Code Ann. § 73-34-37 (2026)

Standards of professional appraisal practice and ethical rules

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Each real estate appraiser licensed under this chapter must comply with generally accepted standards of professional appraisal practice and generally accepted ethical rules to be observed by a real estate appraiser. Generally accepted standards of professional appraisal practice are currently evidenced by the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice as directed by the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examinations Council or its agent; however, after a public hearing held in accordance with the laws of this state applicable to public hearings, the board may make such modifications in excess of those standards as the board deems appropriate for this state.

Laws, 1990, ch. 576, § 19, eff. 7/1/1990.


Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1996–2007 · leading case: Broadhead v. Bonita Lakes Mall, Ltd. P'ship, 702 So. 2d 92 (Miss. 1997).
Broadhead v. Bonita Lakes Mall, Ltd. P'ship, 702 So. 2d 92 (Miss. 1997). · cites it 2× “Appellants base their claim in part on an ethics provision in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), a set of standards statutorily imposed on licensed real estate appraisers under Miss. Code Ann. § 73-34-37 (1995). This provision reads as follows: An…”
Miss. Real Est. Appraiser v. Schroeder, 980 So. 2d 275 (Miss. Ct. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “See Miss.Code Ann. § 73-34-37 (Rev. 2004). Standard 1 of the USPAP provides the rules that an appraiser must use in developing an opinion of value for real property.”
Paul Broadhead v. Bonita Lakes Mall (Miss. 1996). · cites it 2× “Appellants base their claim in part on an ethics provision in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), a set of standards statutorily imposed on licensed real estate appraisers under Miss. Code Ann. § 73-34-37 (1995). This provision reads as follows: An…”
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