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Title 12 — Banks and Banking

Chapter 34A — Appraisal Subcommittee of Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council

§ 3346. Establishment of State appraiser certifying and licensing agencies

Statutory text

To assure the availability of State certified and licensed appraisers for the performance in a State of appraisals in federally related transactions and to assure effective supervision of the activities of certified and licensed appraisers, a State may establish a State appraiser certifying and licensing agency. The duties of such agency may additionally include the registration and supervision of appraisal management companies and the addition of information about the appraisal management company to the national registry.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989

    Pub. L. 101–73 title XI § 1117 · 103 Stat. 183

    Enacted · 12 U.S.C. § 3346

    Pub. L. 101–73, title XI, § 1117, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 515

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 101–73, title XI, § 1117, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 515

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1117. ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE APPRAISER CERTIFYING AND LICENSING AGENCIES. To assure the availability of State certified and licensed appraisers for the performance in a State of appraisals in federally related transactions and to assure effective supervision of the activities of certified and licensed appraisers, a State may establish a State appraiser certifying and licensing agency.

  2. Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act

    Pub. L. 111–203 title XIV § 1473(f)(3) · 124 Stat. 1376

    Inserted · 12 U.S.C. § 3346

    Pub. L. 111–203 inserted at end “The duties of such agency may additionally include the registration and supervision of appraisal management companies and the addition of information about the appraisal management company to the national registry.”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 111–203 inserted at end “The duties of such agency may additionally include the registration and supervision of appraisal management companies and the addition of information about the appraisal management company to the national registry.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (3) State appraiser certifying and licensing agency authority.— Section 1117 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3346) is amended by adding at the end the following: “The duties of such agency may additionally include the registration and supervision of appraisal management companies and the addition of information about the appraisal management company to the national registry.”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the date on which final regulations implementing that amendment take effect, or on the date that is 18 months after the designated transfer date if such regulations have not been issued by that date, see section 1400(c) of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 1601 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2010—Pub. L. 111–203 inserted at end “The duties of such agency may additionally include the registration and supervision of appraisal management companies and the addition of information about the appraisal management company to the national registry.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 2010 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 111–203 effective on the date on which final regulations implementing that amendment take effect, or on the date that is 18 months after the designated transfer date if such regulations have not been issued by that date, see section 1400(c) of Pub. L. 111–203, set out as a note under section 1601 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade.

Credits

1989–2010 · 2 acts
  1. 1989Pub. L. 101–73, title XI, § 1117, , 103 Stat. 515
  2. 2010Pub. L. 111–203, title XIV, § 1473(f)(3), , 124 Stat. 2193.
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(Pub. L. 101–73, title XI, § 1117, , 103 Stat. 515; Pub. L. 111–203, title XIV, § 1473(f)(3), , 124 Stat. 2193.)

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