Since July 1, decisions regarding the licensure, certification and regulation of North Carolina state-licensed and state-certified real estate appraisers have fallen under the jurisdiction of the new North Carolina Real Estate Appraisal Board.
As a result of amendments to North Carolina's Real Estate Appraisers Act, the seven-member Appraisal Board was created as an adjunct body to the Real Estate Commission responsible for making determinations concerning the issuance of real estate appraiser licenses and certificates, the disciplining of state-licensed and state-certified appraisers who violate the Appraisers Act or Commission rules, and the content of appraisal pre-licensing/pre-certification and continuing education courses.
Five members of the Appraisal Board are appointed by Governor Martin and two by the North Carolina General Assembly (one upon the recommendation of House Speaker Daniel T. Blue, Jr., and the other upon the recommendation of Senate President Pro Tempore Henson P. Barnes). They are: William G. Brown, So. (Charlotte), Robert L. Byrd, Jr. (Mt. Pleasant), Henry E. Faircloth (Salemburg), Tom J. Keith (Fayetteville), Dana E. Outlaw (New Bern), and John P. Robinson, Jr. (Salisbury). [One member of the Board has yet to be named as of the printing of this Bulletin.]
The Real Estate Commission is grateful for the excellent work performed by its Appraisal Committee in developing and implementing North Carolina's appraiser licensing and certification program (See page 2 of this Bulletin), and is equally confident that the new Appraisal Board will continue to serve the best interests of our State's appraisal consumers and practitioners in the future.