TITLE 68: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
CHAPTER VII: DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION
SUBCHAPTER b: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
PART 1455 REAL ESTATE APPRAISER LICENSING
SUBPART A: DEFINITIONS
Section 1455.10 Definitions
SUBPART B: LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Section 1455.100 Application for Licensure as a Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, Associate Real Estate Trainee Appraiser, and Application by Endorsement
Section 1455.110 Renewal and Expiration of Licensure
Section 1455.115 Inactive Status
Section 1455.120 Conversion of a State Licensed Real Estate Appraiser License to an Associate Real Estate Appraiser License; Late Conversion; No Issuance of State Licensed Real Estate Appraiser License (Repealed)
Section 1455.130 Application for Temporary Practice Permit
Section 1455.140 Issuance of Certificate to Real Estate Appraisers and Temporary Practice Permits
SUBPART C: EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Section 1455.150 Qualifying Education and Experience Requirements
Section 1455.160 Continuing Education Requirements
SUBPART D: EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
Section 1455.170 Experience Requirements for a State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser License and State Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser License
Section 1455.180 Experience Requirements for a State Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser License (Repealed)
Section 1455.185 Supervisor and Trainee Requirements
Section 1455.190 Verification of Experience Credit
Section 1455.195 Acceptable Experience Credit and Request for Reconsideration (Repealed)
Section 1455.200 Traditional Experience Credit and Alternative Experience Credit
Section 1455.201 Request for Reconsideration of Experience in an Application for Licensure
SUBPART E: BUSINESS PRACTICES; STANDARDS AND SCOPE OF PRACTICE
Section 1455.205 Record Keeping Requirements
Section 1455.210 Notification of Name Change
Section 1455.220 Assumed Name
Section 1455.230 Address of Record
Section 1455.240 Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP)
Section 1455.245 Scope of Property Condition Inspections by Real Estate Appraisers
SUBPART F: ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
Section 1455.250 Appraiser Responsibilities Relating to Appraisal Management Companies
Section 1455.260 Suspension or Denial for Failure to Pay Taxes, Child Support or any Illinois-Guaranteed Student Loan (Repealed)
Section 1455.270 Compliance Requirements
Section 1455.280 Administrative Warning Letter (Repealed)
Section 1455.290 Cooperation Required with the Department
Section 1455.300 Felony Convictions; Discipline of Other Professional License; Notification (Repealed)
Section 1455.310 Unprofessional Conduct
Section 1455.315 Supervisor and Trainee Requirements (Repealed)
Section 1455.316 Supervisor and Trainee Requirements (Repealed)
Section 1455.318 Citations for Non-Compliance with Continuing Education Requirements
SUBPART G: ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Section 1455.320 Fees
Section 1455.330 Granting of Variances
Section 1455.335 Refusal to Issue an Appraiser License Based on Criminal History Record (Repealed)
Section 1455.340 Duties of the Secretary (Repealed)
Section 1455.345 Real Estate Appraisal Coordinator
SUBPART H: EDUCATION PROVIDER AND COURSE PROVISIONS
Section 1455.350 Education Provider Application; Requirements
Section 1455.355 USPAP Course Titles (Repealed)
Section 1455.360 Qualifying Education Course Requirements of Education Providers
Section 1455.365 Practicum Course Requirements
Section 1455.370 Qualifying Course Curriculum
Section 1455.375 Supervisory Appraiser/Trainee Appraiser Prerequisite Education Course
Section 1455.380 Instructors for the Supervisory Appraiser/Trainee Appraiser Prerequisite Education Course
Section 1455.390 Continuing Education Course Requirements of Education Providers
Section 1455.400 Continuing Education Course Curriculum and Credit
Section 1455.410 Synchronous and Asynchronous or Distance Education
Section 1455.420 Expiration Date and Renewal for Education Providers and Courses
Section 1455.430 Continuing Education Reporting
Section 1455.440 Transcript or Certificate of Completion
Section 1455.445 Grounds for Education Provider Discipline
SUBPART I: TRANSITION PROVISIONS
Section 1455.450 Appraiser Applicants - Transition Provisions (Repealed)
Section 1455.460 Education Providers, Pre-License and Continuing Education Courses – Transition Provisions (Repealed)
SUBPART J: HEARINGS
Section 1455.470 Applicability (Repealed)
Section 1455.480 Administrative Law Judges (Repealed)
Section 1455.490 Disqualification of an Administrative Law Judge (Repealed)
Section 1455.APPENDIX A Caption for a Case Filed by the Agency (Repealed)
Section 1455.APPENDIX B Caption for a Case Filed by the Petitioner (Repealed)
AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002 [225 ILCS 458].
SOURCE: Emergency rules adopted at 16 Ill. Reg. 16196, effective September 30, 1992, for a maximum of 150 days; rules adopted at 17 Ill. Reg. 1589, effective January 26, 1993; emergency amendment at 17 Ill. Reg. 6668, effective April 19, 1993, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 17 Ill. Reg. 13494, effective July 30, 1993; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 2379, effective January 28, 1994; emergency amendment at 18 Ill. Reg. 3006, effective February 10, 1994, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 18 Ill. Reg. 8428, effective May 24, 1994; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 9176, effective June 26, 1995; emergency amendment at 19 Ill. Reg. 12503, effective August 16, 1995, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 19 Ill. Reg. 16604, effective December 1, 1995; amended at 20 Ill. Reg. 6488, effective April 30, 1996; recodified from Chapter VII, Department of Professional Regulation, to Chapter VIII, Office of Banks and Real Estate, pursuant to PA 89-23 and PA 89-508, at 20 Ill. Reg. 11984; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 1685, effective January 27, 1997; amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 5538, effective April 18, 1997; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 4132, effective February 4, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; emergency amendment at 22 Ill. Reg. 8534, effective April 29, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; old Part repealed by emergency rulemaking at 22 Ill. Reg. 12979, effective July 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; new Part adopted by emergency rulemaking at 22 Ill. Reg. 13011, effective July 1, 1998, for a maximum of 150 days; old Part repealed and new Part adopted at 22 Ill. Reg. 20815, effective November 20, 1998; old Part repealed at 26 Ill. Reg. 10883 and new Part adopted by emergency rulemaking at 26 Ill. Reg. 10844, effective July 1, 2002, for a maximum of 150 days; old Part repealed at 26 Ill. Reg. 17689 and new Part adopted at 26 Ill. Reg. 17692, effective November 27, 2002; emergency amendment at 27 Ill. Reg. 14653, effective August 29, 2003, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 28 Ill. Reg. 824, effective December 29, 2003; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 16445, effective October 13, 2005; amended at 31 Ill. Reg. 4741, effective March 9, 2007; amended at 33 Ill. Reg. 7121, effective May 14, 2009; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 1967, effective January 20, 2011; amended at 35 Ill. Reg. 19505, effective November 17, 2011; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 2668, effective April 1, 2013; amended at 37 Ill. Reg. 19189, effective December 31, 2013; amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 5887, effective February 24, 2014; amended at 39 Ill. Reg. 7939, effective June 1, 2015; amended at 41 Ill. Reg. 12583, effective October 6, 2017; amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 6386, effective March 23, 2018; amended at 42 Ill. Reg. 21599, effective November 26, 2018; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 210, effective December 23, 2019; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 5840, effective May 7, 2021; amended at 45 Ill. Reg. 9958, effective July 26, 2021; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 14553, effective September 24, 2024; amended at 49 Ill. Reg. 2423, effective February 21, 2025.
SUBPART A: DEFINITIONS
Section 1455.10 Definitions
Unless otherwise clarified by this Part, definitions set forth in the Act also apply for the purposes of this Part.
"Act" means the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002 [225 ILCS 458].
"Applicant" means a person applying for licensure under this Act as a State Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, State Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser, or Associate Real Estate Trainee Appraiser. Any applicant or any person who holds himself or herself out as an applicant is considered a licensee for purposes of enforcement, investigation, hearings, and the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act [5 ILCS 100].
"AQB" means the Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation.
"Asynchronous education" means a form of education, instruction, and learning where the instructor and student interaction is non-simultaneous; students progress at their own pace and follow a structured course content and quiz/exam schedule.
"Board" means the Real Estate Appraisal Administration and Disciplinary Board.
"Classroom hour" or " credit hour" as it pertains to the education requirements means 50 minutes of instruction out of each 60-minute segment of coursework.
"Client" means the party or parties who engage an appraiser by employment or contract in a specific appraisal assignment [225 ILCS 458/1-10], whether directly or through an agent.
"Continuing education" or "CE" means education that is creditable toward the education requirements that must be satisfied to renew licensure or certification, as set forth in Section 1455.160.
"Delivery mechanism approval" means the AQB's proprietary certification that validates the design and delivery of distance or asynchronous education courses.
"Department" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
"Director" means the Director of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation-Division of Real Estate.
"Division" means the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation‑Division of Real Estate.
"Experience/work log" means the form described in Section 1455.190 that verifies an appraiser's experience and work history.
"Extraordinary assumption" means an assignment-specific assumption as of the effective date regarding uncertain information used in an analysis which, if found to be false, could alter the appraiser's opinion or conclusions.
"Hybrid education" means learning environments that allow for both in-person and online (synchronous or asynchronous) interaction.
"Hypothetical condition" means a condition, directly related to a specific assignment, which is contrary to what is known by the appraiser to exist on the effective date of the assignment results, but is used for the purpose of analysis.
"IDECC" means the International Distance Education Certification Center, which validates the design and delivery mechanism of distance or asynchronous education courses.
"Jurisdictional exception" means an assignment condition established by applicable law or regulation, which precludes an appraiser from complying with a part of USPAP.
"License" means the privilege conferred by the Department to a person that has fulfilled all requirements prerequisite to any type of licensure under this Act. [225 ILCS 458/1-10].
"Licensee" means any person licensed under this Act. [225 ILCS 458/1-10]
"Master agreement" means a written service agreement between a traditional client and a real estate appraiser, appraisal firm, appraisal management company or panel of approved appraisers.
"Non-traditional client" means the Division or an approved practicum course provider or an alternate experience provider.
"Practical Applications of Real Estate Appraisal" or "PAREA" means a program offered in accordance with the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria approved by the AQB or federal law, that provides an alternate pathway to the traditional supervisor trainee experience model for applicants to obtain licensure.
"Practicum course instructor" means a Certified Residential Appraiser or a Certified General Appraiser with an active license and in good standing in all jurisdictions where licensed or credentialed and who is authorized to conduct an approved practicum course.
"Prerequisite education" means any education course that does not meet AQB requirements under qualifying education but is necessary prior to being issued an Illinois appraiser credential as an Associate Real Estate Trainee Appraiser.
"Qualifying education" means education that is creditable toward the requirements set forth in Section 1455.150.
"Quantitative experience" means actual time spent on the appraisal process.
"Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria" (effective June 1, 2022, no later amendments or editions), published by the Appraiser Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation, 1155 15th Street, NW, Suite 1111, Washington DC 20005.
"Renewal deadline" means September 30 of each odd-numbered year.
"Required core curriculum" means a set of appraisal subject matter major headings known as modules that requires a specified number of educational hours at each credential level. (See 225 ILCS 458/5-10(a)(5).)
"Residential" means real property composed of one-to-four residential units without non-residential use.
"Secretary" means the Secretary of the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, or the Secretary's designee.
"Standard appraisal" means a standardized form or narrative appraisal report that addresses all three approaches to value and satisfies Standards 2 of USPAP.
"Synchronous education" means a form of education, instruction, and learning where the instructor and students interact simultaneously online, similar to a phone call, video chat, live webinar, or web-based meeting and the instruction and interaction is substantially the same as a classroom course.
"Traditional client" means a client who hires an appraiser to complete an assignment by employment or contract for business purposes.
"Traditional supervisory trainee experience" means appraisal experience obtained by a licensed trainee appraiser because of association or employment with a licensed supervising appraiser and not through an alternative program approved by the AQB such as PAREA or a practicum course.
"True copy" means a photocopy, or an electronic copy of the entire report transmitted to the client.
"USPAP" means the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice as promulgated by the Appraisal Standards Board pursuant to Title XI of the Federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 3331 et seq.) published by the Appraisal Standards Board of The Appraisal Foundation, 1325 G Street N.W., Suite 500, Washington DC 20005 (effective January 1, 2024, no later amendments or editions). [225 ILCS 458/1-10]
"Waiver valuation" means a specific valuation product utilized by the Illinois Department of Transportation, under Section 5-5(e-5) of the Act, to establish a basis for determining just compensation.
"Waiver valuator" means an employee of the Illinois Department of Transportation, a registered county or municipal engineer, or a municipal employee who is permitted to complete or co-sign a waiver valuation, not to exceed $20,000, prepared in accordance with the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4601‑4655) or prepared pursuant to the federal Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition for Federal and Federally-Assisted Programs regulations (49 CFR 24).
"Workfile" means documentation necessary to support an appraiser's analyses, opinions and conclusions, including, but not limited to, the name of the client and the identity, by name or type, of any other intended users; true copies of any written reports or digital image files, documented on any type of media; summaries of any oral reports or testimony, or a transcript of testimony, including the appraiser's signed and dated certification; and all other data, information to show compliance with USPAP, or references to the locations of other documentation. A work-file in support of a Restricted Use or Restricted Appraisal Report must be sufficient for the appraiser to produce an Appraisal Report.
"Written Engagement" means a written document defining a real estate appraiser client, which states the terms, conditions and scope of the appraisal service request, including but not limited to compensation.
(Source: Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 14553, effective September 24, 2024)
