Louisiana § RS 37:3410 - Standards for the development and communication of real estate appraisals
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§ RS 37:3410. Standards for the development and communication of real estate appraisals
A.(1) A registered or licensed real estate appraiser shall comply with generally accepted standards of professional practice in the development and communication of appraisals of real estate located in this state and with generally accepted ethical rules of conduct as contained in the "Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice" (USPAP), or its successor, as approved and periodically amended by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation or its successor.
(2) Nothing in this Chapter shall prohibit a registered or licensed real estate appraiser from performing an evaluation of real property for a federally insured depository institution if the evaluation is permitted by either federal law, regulation, or the guidelines for evaluations established by the federal financial institutions regulatory agency of the depository institution, or a mortgage servicer approved to service any federally related mortgage loans.
B. The registered or licensed real estate appraiser shall include within the body of the appraisal report the amount of the appraiser's fee for appraisal services.
Acts 1987, No. 472, §1; Acts 1990, No. 740, §1; Acts 1991, No. 412, §1; Acts 2003, No. 341, §1; Acts 2012, No. 429, §1, eff. May 31, 2012; Acts 2014, No. 213, §1; Acts 2019, No. 37, §1; Acts 2022, No. 547, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 37:3410 ("Standards for the development and communication of real estate appraisals") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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