DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS  
DIRECTOR’S OFFICE  
REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS - GENERAL RULES  
(By authority conferred on the board of real estate appraisers by section 308 of the  
occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.308; and on the director of the department of  
licensing and regulatory affairs by sections 202, 205, 210, 2601, 2605, and 2617 of the  
occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.202, 339.205, 339.210, 339.2601, 339.2605,  
and 339.2617; and Executive Reorganization Order Nos. 1991-9, 1996-2, 2003-1, 2008-  
4, and 2011-4, MCL 338.3501, 445.2001, 445.2011, 445.2025, and 445.2030)  
PART 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS  
R 339.23101 Definitions.  
Rule 101. (1) As used in these rules:  
(a) “AQB” means the appraiser qualification board.  
(b) “AQB criteria” means the real property appraiser qualification criteria.  
(c) “Board” means the board of real estate appraisers created under section 2603 of  
the code, MCL 339.2603.  
(d) “Code” means the occupational code, 1980 PA 299, MCL 339.101 to 339.2677.  
(e) "Transaction value" means either of the following:  
(i) For loans or other extensions of credit, or for sales, leases, purchases, and  
investments, or in exchanges of real property, the market value of the real property  
interest involved.  
(ii) For the pooling of loans or interests in real property for resale or purchase, the  
amount of the loan or market value of the real property calculated with respect to each  
loan or interest in real property.  
(f) “PAREA” means the practical applications of the real estate appraisal program  
created by the AQB.  
(g) “USPAP” means the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice  
created by the Appraisal Foundation’s Appraisal Standards Board.  
(2) Unless otherwise defined in these rules, the terms defined in articles 1 to 6 and  
26 of the code, MCL 339.101 to 339.606 and 339.2601 to 339.2637, have the same  
meaning as used in these rules.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2003 AACS; 2004 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2010  
AACS; 2013 AACS; 2014 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2023 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23102 Rescinded.  
History: 2007 AACS; 2010 AACS; 2013 AACS; 2014 AACS; 2015 AACS; 2016 AACS.  
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R 339.23103 Rescinded.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2014 AACS.  
R 339.23104 Exemption from standard.  
Rule 104. The following are exempt from the requirements of the USPAP, Standard  
3 and Standard 4:  
(a) A board member who is performing an investigation or testifying at an  
adjudicatory hearing on behalf of the department.  
(b) A board member who is serving in the capacity of a reviewer while reviewing  
the work experience of an applicant for licensure.  
(c) An investigator employed by or retained by the department who is performing an  
investigation or testifying at an adjudicatory hearing.  
History: 2018 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23105 Standard for performing an appraisal.  
Rule 105. Section 2605(1) of the code, MCL 339.2605, requires that a licensee  
perform an appraisal utilizing the USPAP that are in effect at the time the appraisal is  
performed.  
History: 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
PART 2. LICENSING  
R 339.23201 Rescinded.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2014 AACS.  
R 339.23202 AQB Criteria required.  
Rule 202. Section 2605(4) of the code, MCL 339.2605, requires that the AQB  
Criteria be utilized regarding education, examination, and experience for licensure.  
History: 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23203 Appraisal experience for licensure; satisfactory evidence.  
Rule 203. An applicant's experience hours must comply with 1 of the following  
requirements:  
(a) All of the following requirements:  
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(i) Appraisal experience, demonstrated by copies of reports and file memoranda.  
The applicant shall submit a detailed log to the department that includes all of the  
following information:  
(A) Date of each appraisal assignment.  
(B) Property address.  
(C) Property type.  
(D) Description of work performed by the applicant.  
(E) Scope of the review and level of supervision of the applicant’s supervisory  
certified appraiser consistent with the AQB criteria.  
(F) A clear indication of the time devoted to each appraisal.  
(ii) Work samples that must include the supervisory certified appraiser’s signature  
and state certification number.  
(iii) Experience in each of the following areas of the appraisal process:  
(A) Defining the appraisal problem.  
(B) Gathering and analyzing data.  
(C) Applying all appropriate valuation approaches, including cost approach, market  
approach, income approach, and methodology.  
(D) Arriving at an opinion of value.  
(E) Reporting the opinion of value.  
(iv) Documents that support the information contained in the application, including  
the applicant's experience log. An affidavit of work experience is acceptable instead of  
an experience log if dated before July 1, 2013. The documents and information described  
in this subdivision must be maintained for not less than 6 years after the date of  
application.  
(b) The requirements of an AQB-approved PAREA program. An applicant that  
meets the requirements of this subdivision shall submit to the department a certificate of  
completion from the provider of an AQB-approved PAREA program.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2010 AACS; 2018 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2023  
AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23203a Supervisory certified appraiser.  
Rule 203a. (1) A supervisory certified appraiser shall comply with the supervisory  
certified appraiser qualifications in the AQB criteria.  
(2) Before supervising, a supervisory certified appraiser shall complete a course that,  
complies with the specifications for course content established by the AQB criteria and  
provide proof of completion of the course to the department.  
(3) A supervisory certified appraiser shall provide each real estate appraiser trainee  
with documentation establishing that the supervisory certified appraiser has completed  
the requisite supervision course referenced in subrule (2) of this rule.  
(4) A supervisory certified appraiser shall not supervise more than 3 real estate  
appraiser trainees pursuant to the AQB criteria unless written authorization by the  
department is granted, under subrule (5) of this rule, to exceed the number of trainees at  
any 1 time.  
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(5) The department may authorize a supervisory certified appraiser to exceed the  
maximum number of trainees allowed to be supervised under subrule (4) of this rule,  
provided all of the following are complied with:  
(a) The applicant requests authorization to supervise more than 3 real estate  
appraiser trainees by submitting a form provided by the department.  
(b) The supervisory certified appraiser submits proof to the department that the  
supervisory certified appraiser has complied with the supervisory certified appraiser  
qualifications in the AQB criteria and has more than 5 years of experience as an  
appraiser.  
(c) The supervisory certified appraiser attests that they will limit supervision to no  
more than 6 trainees at any 1 time, with no more than 3 trainees with less than 1 year of  
experience.  
(d) The supervisory certified appraiser prepares and maintains trainee progress  
reports on each trainee and makes them available to the department until the trainee  
becomes certified or licensed or after 2 years have lapsed since supervising the trainee,  
whichever is earlier.  
(e) The supervisory certified appraiser provides the department with a mentoring  
plan for each trainee before supervising the trainee.  
History: 2021 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23205 Prior licensing or exemptions; experience in this state.  
Rule 205. As required in the code, experience is valid only if an individual was  
properly licensed or exempt from licensure. In this state, to be properly licensed before  
January 1, 1992, an individual shall have held a real estate license in this state. Under the  
standards applicable to the licensing of appraisal services in this state before January 1,  
1992, the following positions were considered exempt from real estate licensing:  
(a) An employee of a financial institution whose services as an appraiser were  
performed for the financial institution and not offered to the public.  
(b) An employee of an appraisal firm who performed appraisal tasks but did not sign  
reports.  
(c) An employee of a firm whose appraisals were performed for the internal use of  
the firm and only on property owned or to be purchased by the firm for its own use.  
(d) A governmental employee who appraised property for government use or  
purchase or whose appraisal was required for the operation of a governmental program.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2021 AACS.  
R 339.23207 Rescinded.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23209 Nonresident temporary permit.  
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Rule 209. A holder of a nonresident temporary permit issued by the department  
pursuant to section 2625(2) of the code, MCL 339.2625, may request 1 extension as  
follows:  
(a)The application shall be in writing on a department form submitted to the  
department.  
(b) The extension shall be for no more than 180 days.  
(c) The extension shall be given to finish work on the same temporary assignment  
that was the subject of the initial temporary permit.  
(d) In no case shall a temporary permit be issued for the same assignment for more  
than 360 days.  
History: 2021 AACS.  
PART 3. APPRAISER EDUCATION  
R 339.23301 Definitions.  
Rule 301. As used in this part:  
(a) "Continuing education course" means a course that complies with the AQB  
criteria for continuing education courses, is approved by the department, and contributes  
to maintaining and increasing a licensee’s skill, knowledge, and competency in real  
property appraising.  
(b) "Coordinator" means an individual who assumes, on behalf of a course sponsor,  
the responsibility of offering courses relating to the activities of real estate appraisers in  
accordance with these rules.  
(c) "Instructor" means an individual who is determined to be qualified by the  
sponsor to instruct students or licensees in prelicensure or continuing education courses  
and provides instruction directly and interactively with students or licensees. An  
instructor may utilize guest speakers but shall bear ultimate responsibility to the sponsor  
for the quality of information imparted to students or licensees.  
(d) "Prelicensure course" means a course that complies with the AQB criteria for  
prelicensure education courses and is approved by the department.  
(e) "Sponsor" means an entity that meets the requirements of section 2617(2) of the  
code, MCL 339.2617, and offers or proposes to offer either prelicensure appraiser  
education or continuing education.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23303 Education; submission of documentation by applicants for  
licensure.  
Rule 303. (1) When submitting documentation of prelicensure education obtained  
before the effective date of the code or from course sponsors that are not approved under  
these rules, the applicant shall show that the course was designed to teach individuals to  
perform appraisals or to augment a basic knowledge of appraisals with general  
information that the instructor then relates to the performance of appraisals.  
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(2) General educational courses, including business, economics, statistics, or law, or  
general courses in real estate or real estate law are not considered equivalent to approved  
prelicensure education unless a relationship to appraisal is shown in the course  
description, syllabus, or curriculum outline to the extent that 15 or more classroom hours  
are specifically related to appraisal. Classroom hours of credit must only be granted for  
hours that are specifically related to appraisal.  
(3) An applicant's submission of documentation of prelicensure education must  
include all of the following information:  
(a) The date and place the course was taken.  
(b) The sponsor’s name, current address, telephone number, and email address, if  
available.  
(c) A copy of the course outline, syllabus, detailed curriculum, or similar  
information.  
(d) A copy of the certificate of completion.  
(e) The number of classroom hours spent in the course.  
(4) When submitting documentation of education from institutions of higher  
education that are approved to grant degrees that confer credit hours rather than  
classroom hours, 1 credit hour is equivalent to 10 classroom hours of actual instruction  
for term credits and 15 classroom hours of instruction for semester credits.  
(5) Documentation to support information on the application for course approval  
must be maintained for not less than 6 years after the date of the application.  
(6) To assist applicants, the department shall maintain a list of courses that are  
acceptable to the department.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2023 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May  
7, 2025.  
R 339.23305 Rescinded.  
History: 1996 AACS; Rescinded 2010 AACS.  
R 339.23307 Prelicensure education; conduct of courses.  
Rule 307. (1) A course sponsor shall comply with all of the following requirements:  
(a) A sponsor shall not represent a course to licensees or to the public as meeting  
the requirements of the code and these rules until the course is approved by the  
department, unless the course advertises that it has been submitted for approval but has  
not yet been approved by the department.  
(b) A person shall not solicit for organizational membership, employment, or  
business-related products and services during qualifying course classroom hours.  
(c) A sponsor shall appoint an individual as coordinator for the sponsor's courses.  
The coordinator is responsible for supervising the program of courses and ensuring  
compliance with the code, these rules, and the AQB criteria. The coordinator does not  
need to be a licensee.  
(d) An instructor who meets the requirements of R 339.23309 (4) and (5) shall teach  
the course.  
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(e) Each student or licensee shall be provided with a written syllabus that contains,  
at a minimum, all of the following information:  
(i) The course title.  
(ii) The times and dates of the course offering.  
(iii) The name, business address, telephone number, and email address of the  
course coordinator, and the name of the instructor.  
(iv) A detailed outline of the subject matter to be covered and the estimated time to  
be devoted to each subject.  
(f) A course must not be credited for more than 10 classroom hours of instruction in  
1 day. Calculations of classroom hours for a course must not include any of the  
following:  
(i) Meals.  
(ii) Breaks.  
(iii) Registration.  
(iv) Required reading.  
(v) Outside assignments.  
(g) Each course must reflect the most current version of state and federal laws,  
regulations, and the AQB criteria.  
(h) A sponsor shall allow the department to review a course at any time or to  
inspect the records of a course sponsor during normal business hours.  
(i) A sponsor whose programs are transferred to another entity shall arrange for  
student or licensee records to be maintained permanently by the successor entity. The  
successor entity shall ensure that student or licensee records are available to students or  
licensees who need to verify their education.  
(2) A proprietary real estate appraiser sponsor licensed under the proprietary schools  
act, 1943 PA 148, MCL 395.101 to 395.103, shall comply with the proprietary schools  
act.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2023 AACS; 2025 MR  
11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23309 Prelicensure course sponsor; instructor; duties.  
Rule 309. (1) A sponsor is responsible for all of the following:  
(a) Complying with all laws, rules, and the AQB criteria, relating to appraiser  
education, including requirements related to class hours, content, course delivery  
mechanism, instructors, and examinations.  
(b) Providing students or licensees with current and accurate information.  
(c) Maintaining an atmosphere that is conducive to learning in the classroom.  
(d) Ensuring and certifying the attendance of students or licensees who are enrolled  
in courses.  
(e) Providing assistance to students or licensees and responding to questions  
relating to course materials.  
(f) Supervising guest lecturers and ensuring all information that is presented relates  
to the practice of real estate appraisal.  
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(2) Appraiser education programs may be offered using distance education delivered  
in synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid formats. Sponsors shall ensure that all forms  
of distance education comply with the AQB criteria.  
(a) In synchronous distance education, the instructor and students shall interact  
simultaneously online, including phone calls, video chat, live webinars, or web-based  
meetings.  
(b) In asynchronous distance education, the instructor and student’s interaction may  
be non-simultaneous, and the student may progress at the student’s own pace and follow  
a structured course content and quiz-exam schedule.  
(c) In hybrid distance courses, also known as blended courses, the student may  
interact with the instructor both in–person and online through synchronous or  
asynchronous education.  
(3) The course must be equivalent to 15 classroom hours.  
(4) A sponsor shall only select instructors who can demonstrate mastery of the  
material being taught and who possess either of the following qualifications:  
(a) Experience as a faculty member of an institution of higher education that is  
approved to grant degrees.  
(b) A state licensed, certified residential, or certified general appraiser with 3 years  
of appraisal experience.  
(5) Instructors of USPAP shall provide proof of completion of the most recent AQB  
instructor certification program as required by the AQB criteria.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2004 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2023 AACS; 2025 MR  
11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23311 Unacceptable prelicensure courses, activities.  
Rule 311. The department shall not approve a prelicensure course or activity, nor  
shall it grant credit to a licensee for the USPAP course for any of the following:  
(a) Courses that are offered using distance education platforms that do not meet  
distance education course requirements of the AQB criteria.  
(b) Courses that deal with employment-related topics including explanations of  
rights, benefits, and responsibilities; organizational structure; and on-the-job methods,  
processes, or procedures.  
(c) Membership in or service in an office, or on a committee of a professional,  
occupational, trade, or industry society or organization.  
(d) Conferences, delegate assemblies, or similar meetings of professional  
organizations for policy-making purposes.  
(e) Meetings and conventions of societies and associations; however, educational  
activities that are provided independently, by an approved course sponsor, and are held  
concurrently with a meeting or convention of societies or associations may be given  
credit.  
(f) Attendance at lecture series, cultural performances, entertainment, or recreational  
meetings or activities, or participation in travel groups, unless these activities are an  
integral part of a course that is approved pursuant to these rules.  
(g) On-the-job training, apprenticeships, and other work experiences.  
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(h) Courses in sales promotion, motivation, marketing, psychology, time  
management, mechanical office, or business skills, including typing, speed-reading, or  
the use of office machines or equipment other than calculators or computers.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May  
7, 2025.  
R 339.23313 Misleading information.  
Rule 313. A person, including a sponsor, shall not provide misleading information  
about courses or any component of a course. Information is misleading when, taken as a  
whole, there is a probability that it deceives the class of persons that it is intended to  
influence. A sponsor shall not represent that the department's approval of a course is a  
recommendation or endorsement of the sponsor or the content of the course.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2021 AACS.  
R 339.23315 Denial, suspension, or rescission of approval to offer courses;  
violation of code or rules.  
Rule 315. Approval of a course will be rescinded if any of the following occur:  
(a) The sponsor or instructor fails to comply with the requirements of the code or  
these rules.  
(b) Graduates from the last 5 course offerings have failure rate of more than 50% on  
a licensing examination as a result of a lack of competent instruction.  
(c) The sponsor or instructor make a substantial misrepresentation regarding the  
course.  
(d) The sponsor or instructor pursue a continued course of misrepresentation or  
making false promises through agents, salespersons, advertising, or otherwise.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2023 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
PART 3A. PRELICENSURE EDUCATION COURSE APPROVAL  
R 339.23316 Rescinded.  
History: 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23317 Prelicensure education; application for course approval; forms;  
requirements; unacceptable courses.  
Rule 317. (1) An application for approval of a prelicensure real estate appraiser  
education course must be made on forms provided by the department. The department  
shall accept or reject the application.  
(2) The application must include all of the following information:  
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(a) The course title.  
(b) The number of classroom hours to be given for completion of the course.  
(c) The name, business address, email address, and telephone number of the  
sponsor.  
(d) The name, business address, email address, and telephone number of the course  
coordinator.  
(e) The name, license number, and qualifications of instructors.  
(f) The graduate pass rate on a licensing examination for the last 5 course offerings.  
(g) A detailed outline of the subject matter to be covered and the number of  
classroom hours to be devoted to each topic, as it will appear in the student or licensee  
syllabus.  
(h) A summary of the required topics for prelicensure that are covered in the course  
completed on the subject matter matrix provided by the department.  
(i) The methodology for verifying and monitoring attendance, including the class  
make-up policy. A sponsor shall have a written make-up policy for students or licensees  
who are absent from all or a part of regularly scheduled class sessions. If there are no  
opportunities to make up missed sessions, that policy must be stated.  
(j) The standards a student or licensee must meet to complete the course, including  
assignments, projects, examinations, and the passing score on the examination that must  
be given at the completion of the course for a student or licensee to demonstrate mastery  
of the material covered.  
(k) For a distance education course, the methodology for proctoring the  
examination. Distance education courses, whether synchronous, asynchronous, or  
hybrid, must comply with AQB criteria and require the student to pass a written, closed-  
book examination proctored by an official approved by the presenting college or  
university or by the sponsoring organization. Remote proctoring, including bio-metric  
proctoring, is acceptable. A written examination includes both written on paper or  
administered electronically on a computer or other device. Oral examinations are not  
acceptable.  
(l) Proof that the sponsor is an entity that may offer prelicensure real estate  
appraisal education courses under section 2617(2) of the code, MCL 339.2617.  
(3) If a sponsor desires to change a course's content, instructors, speakers, or hours  
of credit, the sponsor shall reapply for department approval of the changes to the course  
by completing an application for course approval, obtained from the department, not less  
than 30 days before the date the course is offered to students or licensees.  
(4) The department shall notify the sponsor of whether the proposed course change  
is approved. The sponsor shall not offer the course with the proposed changes without  
department approval.  
(5) The department may determine that a proposed change cannot be made without  
the submission of additional supporting documentation or that the extent or number of  
changes requested require the sponsor to complete a new application for approval.  
(6) A department-approved course expires 3 years after the date of the course  
approval, at which time the course approval is subject to renewal. A sponsor shall notify  
the department of its intent to renew a previously approved course by submitting course  
renewal forms provided by the department. All of the following apply regarding course  
renewal:  
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(a) The completed course renewal forms must be received by the department not  
less than 60 days before the expiration date.  
(b) If completed renewal forms are received by the department not less than 60 days  
before the expiration date, the course does not expire until reviewed by the department.  
(c) If completed renewal forms are received by the department less than 60 days  
before the expiration date, approval of the course expires on the expiration date.  
(d) Course renewal forms are not valid and are not accepted by the department less  
than 60 days before the expiration date.  
(e) Sponsors requesting approval for a course less than 60 days before the  
expiration date shall complete and submit to the department an application for original  
course approval.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2023 AACS; 2025 MR  
11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23319 Prelicensure education; student or licensee records; permanent  
record; course completion certificate.  
Rule 319. (1) A course sponsor shall establish and permanently maintain a record  
for each student. The record must contain all of the following information:  
(a) The student's name and address.  
(b) The student's date of birth.  
(c) The number of classroom hours attended.  
(d) The title of the course and the department's course completion number.  
(e) The date of course completion.  
(f) The student's grade.  
(g) The licensee’s real estate appraiser license number, if applicable.  
(2) A course sponsor shall issue a certificate of completion to a student who  
completes the entire course and receives a passing grade in a prelicensure education  
course. The certificate must include all of the following information:  
(a) The name of the student.  
(b) The name of the sponsor.  
(c) The name of the course attended.  
(d) The number of classroom hours completed by the student.  
(e) The date of course completion.  
(f) The signature of the course coordinator or instructor.  
(g) The sponsor number assigned by the department.  
(h) The course approval number assigned by the department.  
(3) Within 15 business days after the conclusion of a course, a sponsor shall certify  
to the department the names of students who complete an approved course in a manner  
approved by the department.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23320 Prelicensure requirements for USPAP.  
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Rule 320. (1) An applicant for licensure shall successfully complete the 15-hour  
national USPAP course required by the AQB. Equivalency is determined through the  
AQB course approval program or by an alternate method established by the AQB.  
(2) USPAP qualifying education credit shall be awarded only when the class is  
instructed by at least 1 instructor who is an AQB certified instructor and who is a  
certified residential real estate appraiser or a certified general real estate appraiser.  
History: 2006 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2010 AACS; 2021 AACS.  
PART 3B. CONTINUING EDUCATION  
R 339.23321 Continuing education requirements for license renewal.  
Rule 321. (1) To renew a license, a licensee shall successfully complete 28 hours of  
continuing education every 2 calendar years. The continuing education must include all  
the following:  
(a) The 7-hour national USPAP continuing education course, or its AQB-approved  
equivalent, not less than every 2 calendar years. Equivalency is determined through the  
AQB course approval program or by an alternate method established by the AQB. The  
following provisions apply to licensees licensed in more than 1 state and instructors:  
(i) Licensees who are credentialed in more than 1 state do not have to take more  
than one 7-hour national USPAP continuing education course.  
(ii) AQB certified USPAP instructors who successfully complete an instructor  
recertification course and examination, if an examination is required, within the current  
licensure cycle, have satisfied the 7-hour national USPAP continuing education course  
requirement.  
(b) Beginning January 1, 2026, a course pertaining to valuation bias and fair  
housing law and regulations that meets the content requirements of the AQB. The course  
shall meet the following length requirements:  
(i) The first time a licensee completes the continuing education requirement for this  
course, the course length must be 7 hours. If the licensee successfully completed a 7-  
hour course, plus a 1-hour examination, as part of the licensee’s qualifying education, the  
licensee has met this requirement.  
(ii) Every 2 calendar years after completing the continuing education requirement  
for the first time, the course length must be at least 4 hours.  
(c) The remaining required continuing education hours must be completed with  
educational offerings that contribute to maintaining and increasing a licensee’s skill,  
knowledge, and competency in real property appraising, are consistent with the AQB  
criteria, and can be fulfilled at any time during the 2-year licensure cycle.  
(2) A licensee shall not receive credit for attending the same course more than 1  
time during the same licensure cycle.  
(3) The department shall not approve a continuing education course or activity that  
is listed in R 339.23311.  
(4) The department shall not grant waivers to a licensee who has failed to meet the  
continuing education requirements.  
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(5) The department shall not grant deferrals to a licensee, except in the case of an  
individual returning from active military duty or an individual impacted by a state or  
federally declared disaster. However, the department may allow the following:  
(a) A licensee returning from active military duty to remain in active status for a  
period of up to 90 days pending completion of all continuing education requirements.  
(b) A licensee impacted by a state or federally declared disaster that occurs within  
90 days before the end of the continuing education cycle to remain in active status for a  
period of up to 90 days after the end of the licensee’s continuing education cycle, pending  
completion of all continuing education requirements.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2023 AACS; 2025 MR  
11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23322 Activities that simultaneously count toward prelicensure education  
and continuing education requirements.  
Rule 322. The following activities must be simultaneously counted toward  
prelicensure education credit and continuing education requirements:  
(a) Prelicensure education subject to all of the following:  
(i) The examination taken in a prelicensure course may not be used toward  
continuing education hours.  
(ii) The prelicensure course must be equivalent to 2 classroom hours.  
(iii) When submitting documentation of education from institutions of higher  
education that are approved to grant degrees that confer credit hours rather than  
classroom hours, 1 credit hour is equivalent to 10 classroom hours of actual instruction  
for term credits and 15 classroom hours of instruction for semester credits.  
(b) Up to 1/2 of a licensee’s continuing education requirement may be granted for  
participation, other than as a student, in appraisal educational processes and programs,  
including, but not limited to, teaching or program development of an approved real estate  
appraiser course, authorship of textbooks, or similar activity. Credit for instructing a  
course or seminar may be awarded only once during the licensure cycle.  
(c) The classroom hours for the completion of an instructor recertification course  
and examination if an examination is required.  
(d) Educational offerings taken by a licensee to fulfill the class hour requirement for  
a different classification than the licensee’s current classification may be simultaneously  
counted toward the continuing education requirement of the licensee’s current  
classification.  
History: 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23322a Application for continuing education course approval; forms;  
requirements.  
Rule 322a. (1) An application for approval of a continuing education course must  
be made on forms provided by the department. The department shall accept or reject the  
application.  
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(2) The completed application forms must be submitted to the department not less  
than 60 days before the date the course is conducted.  
(3) The application must include, but is not limited to, all the following information:  
(a) The course title.  
(b) The number of classroom hours to be given for completion of the course.  
(c) The name, business address, email address, and telephone number of the  
sponsor.  
(d) The name, business address, email address, and telephone number of the course  
coordinator.  
(e) The name, license number, and qualifications of instructors.  
(f) An outline of the subject matter to be covered and the number of classroom  
hours to be devoted to each topic, as it will appear in the syllabus.  
(g) The methodology for verifying and monitoring attendance to ensure the  
following requirements are met:  
(i) A licensee shall attend the entire course to obtain credit for the course.  
(ii) Continuing education course sponsors utilizing distance-learning systems shall  
have an acceptable method of ensuring that the licensee achieves an equivalent to  
classroom hours.  
(iii) Credit for a distance learning course requires completion of the entire course.  
(h) The standards a licensee must meet to complete the course, including  
assignments, projects, or examinations. The sponsor, at its discretion, may give course  
examinations. The sponsor shall require 1 of the following evaluations for an  
asynchronous distance education course:  
(i) A written examination proctored by an official approved by a college or  
university or by the sponsoring organization. Remote proctoring consistent with the  
requirements of the AQB criteria is acceptable. A written examination includes both  
written on paper or administered electronically on a computer or other device. Oral  
exams are not acceptable.  
(ii) Successful completion of prescribed course mechanism required to demonstrate  
knowledge of the subject matter.  
(i) Proof that the sponsor is an entity that may offer continuing education courses  
under section 2617(2) of the code, MCL 339.2617.  
(j) Information to demonstrate that a course meets the requirements of the AQB  
criteria and is designed to improve and maintain the capability of a licensee to perform  
activities regulated by the code.  
(4) Approval is for a term of 3 years after the date the department approved the  
course.  
(5) An application for renewal of an approved continuing education course must be  
made on forms provided by the department. All of the following apply to course  
renewal:  
(a) Course renewal forms must be received by the department not less than 30 days  
before the approval expiration date.  
(b) Course renewal forms are not accepted by the department if submitted less than  
30 days before the expiration date.  
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(c) Sponsors requesting approval for course renewal less than 30 days before the  
expiration date shall complete and submit to the department an application for original  
course approval.  
(d) If completed renewal forms are received by the department not less than 30 days  
before the expiration date, the course does not expire until the department reviews the  
application and decides whether to approve the course.  
(e) If completed renewal forms are not received by the department pursuant to the  
time frame established by this subrule, the course approval expires on the expiration date.  
(6) Subject to subrule (7) of this rule, all changes to the instructors, speakers, course  
content, or number of hours to be awarded for an approved continuing education course  
must be submitted to the department on forms provided by the department not less than  
30 days before the date the continuing education course is offered to licensees.  
(7) Emergency changes to instructors and speakers that are unable to be submitted to  
the department not less than 30 days before the date of the continuing education course  
may be reviewed by the department if the department determines that the applicant was  
unable to submit the requested change not less than 30 days before the date of the  
continuing education course and the request submitted with the change supports the  
nature of the emergency.  
(8) The department may revoke the approval status of any approved continuing  
education course any time the course fails to comply with these rules.  
History: 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23322b Conduct of continuing education courses.  
Rule 322b. (1) A course sponsor shall comply with all the following requirements:  
(a) A sponsor shall not represent a course to licensees or to the public as meeting  
the requirements of the code and these rules until the course is approved by the  
department, unless the course advertises that it has been submitted for approval but has  
not yet been approved by the department.  
(b) A person shall not solicit for organizational membership, employment, or  
business-related products and services during qualifying course classroom hours.  
(c) A sponsor shall appoint an individual as coordinator for the sponsor's courses.  
The coordinator is responsible for supervising the program of courses and ensuring  
compliance with the code, these rules, and the AQB criteria. The coordinator does not  
need to be a licensee.  
(d) An instructor who meets the requirements of R 339.23322c(4) and (5) shall  
teach the course.  
(e) Each student or licensee shall be provided with a written syllabus that contains,  
at a minimum, all of the following information:  
(i) The course title.  
(ii) The times and dates of the course offering.  
(iii) The name, business address, telephone number, and email address of the  
course coordinator, and the name of the instructor.  
(iv) A detailed outline of the subject matter to be covered and the estimated time to  
be devoted to each subject.  
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(f) A course must not be credited for more than 10 classroom hours of instruction in  
1 day. Calculations of classroom hours for a course must not include any of the  
following:  
(i) Meals.  
(ii) Breaks.  
(iii) Registration.  
(iv) Required reading.  
(v) Outside assignments.  
(g) Each course must reflect the most current version of state and federal laws,  
regulations, and the AQB criteria.  
(h) A sponsor shall allow the department to review a course at any time or to  
inspect the records of a course sponsor during normal business hours.  
(i) A sponsor whose programs are transferred to another entity shall arrange for a  
licensee’s records to be maintained permanently by the successor entity. The successor  
entity shall ensure that a licensee’s records are available to a licensee who needs to verify  
their education.  
(2) A proprietary real estate appraiser sponsor licensed under the proprietary schools  
act, 1943 PA 148, MCL 395.101 to 395.103, shall comply with the proprietary schools  
act.  
History: 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23322c Continuing education sponsor; instructor; duties.  
Rule 322c. (1) A sponsor is responsible for all the following:  
(a) Complying with all laws, rules, and the AQB criteria, relating to appraiser  
education, including requirements related to class hours, content, course delivery  
mechanism, instructors, and examinations.  
(b) Providing licensees with current and accurate information.  
(c) Maintaining an atmosphere that is conducive to learning in the classroom or  
virtual environment.  
(d) Ensuring and certifying the attendance of licensees who are enrolled in courses.  
(e) Providing assistance to licensees and responding to questions relating to course  
materials.  
(f) Supervising all guest lecturers and ensuring all information that is presented  
relates to the practice of real estate appraisal.  
(2) Appraiser education programs may be offered using distance education delivered  
in synchronous, asynchronous, and hybrid formats. Sponsors shall ensure that all forms  
of distance education comply with the AQB criteria and are delivered in 1 of the  
following formats:  
(a) In synchronous distance education, the instructor and licensee shall interact  
simultaneously online, including phone calls, video chat, live webinars, or web-based  
meetings.  
(b) In asynchronous distance education, the instructor’s and licensee’s interaction  
may be non-simultaneous, and the licensee may progress at the licensee’s own pace and  
follow a structured course content and quiz-examination schedule.  
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(c) In hybrid distance courses, also known as blended courses, a licensee may  
interact with an instructor both in–person and online through synchronous or  
asynchronous education.  
(3) The course must be equivalent to 2 classroom hours.  
(4) A sponsor shall only select instructors who can demonstrate mastery of the  
material being taught and who possess 1 of the following qualifications:  
(a) Experience as a faculty member of an institution of higher education that is  
approved to grant degrees.  
(b) A state licensed, certified residential, or certified general appraiser with 3 years  
of appraisal experience.  
(c) Other experience acceptable to the sponsor.  
(5) Instructors of USPAP shall comply with the AQB instructor certification  
program as required by the real property AQB criteria.  
History: 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23322d Unacceptable continuing education courses, activities.  
Rule 322d. The department shall not approve a continuing education course or  
activity, nor shall it grant credit to a licensee for the USPAP course for any of the  
following courses or activities:  
(a) Courses that are offered using distance education platforms that do not meet  
distance education course requirements of the AQB criteria.  
(b) Courses that deal with employment-related topics including explanations of  
rights, benefits, and responsibilities; organizational structure; and on-the-job methods,  
processes, or procedures.  
(c) Membership in or service in an office, or on a committee of a professional,  
occupational, trade, or industry society or organization.  
(d) Conferences, delegate assemblies, or similar meetings of professional  
organizations for policy-making purposes.  
(e) Meetings and conventions of societies and associations. However, educational  
activities that are provided independently, by an approved course sponsor, and are held  
concurrently with a meeting or convention of societies or associations may be given  
credit.  
(f) Attendance at lecture series, cultural performances, entertainment, or recreational  
meetings or activities, or participation in travel groups, unless these activities are an  
integral part of a course that is approved pursuant to these rules.  
(g) On-the-job training, apprenticeships, and other work experiences.  
(h) Courses in sales promotion, motivation, marketing, psychology, time  
management, mechanical office, or business skills, including typing, speed-reading, or  
the use of office machines or equipment other than calculators or computers.  
History: 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23322e Misleading information in continuing education courses.  
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Rule 322e. A person, including a sponsor, shall not provide misleading information  
about courses or any component of a course. Information is misleading when, taken as a  
whole, there is a probability that it deceives the class of persons that it is intended to  
influence. A sponsor shall not represent that the department's approval of a course is a  
recommendation or endorsement of the sponsor or the content of the course.  
History: 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23323 Continuing education; licensee records; permanent record; course  
completion certificate.  
Rule 323. (1) A course sponsor shall establish and permanently maintain a record for  
each licensee. The record must contain all of the following information:  
(a) The licensee’s name, address, and license number.  
(b) The number of classroom hours attended.  
(c) The title of the course and the date of course completion.  
(2) A course sponsor shall issue a certificate of completion to a licensee who  
successfully completes a continuing education course. The certificate must include all of  
the following information:  
(a) The name of the licensee.  
(b) The licensee’s license number.  
(c) The name of the sponsor.  
(d) The name of the course attended.  
(e) The number of classroom hours completed by the licensee.  
(f) The date of course completion.  
(g) The signature of the course coordinator or instructor.  
(3) Within 15 business days after a course ends, a sponsor shall certify to the  
department the names of licensees who completed an approved course by a method or on  
forms approved by the department.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2021 AACS.  
R 339.23325 Rescinded.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2010 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2025 MR 11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23326 Rescinded.  
History: 2002 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2010 AACS; 2018 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2025 MR  
11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23327 Rescinded.  
History: 1996 AACS; rescinded 2010 AACS.  
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PART 4. STANDARDS OF CONDUCT  
R 339.23401 Licensee relationship to others participating in preparation of  
appraisals.  
Rule 401. A state licensed or certified residential or certified general real estate  
appraiser shall not sign an appraisal report for a federally related transaction unless that  
licensee has performed the appraisal pursuant to USPAP and is properly licensed to  
perform the assignment. The material participation of any other individual in preparing  
the report must be acknowledged in the report as required by USPAP regardless of the  
licensure status of the other individual. The signature of a state-licensed, a certified  
residential, or a certified general appraiser as a supervisory or co-signing appraiser must  
not be used to mask the preparation of a report by an individual who is not authorized to  
sign the report.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2021 AACS.  
R 339.23403 State-licensed real estate appraiser; certified residential real estate  
appraiser; certified general real estate appraiser; allowed functions.  
Rule 403. (1) If a state-licensed real estate appraiser is properly qualified to  
undertake an assignment, a state-licensed real estate appraiser may perform any of the  
following appraisal services:  
(a) Appraise properties that are not federally related transactions.  
(b) Appraise noncomplex 1 to 4-family residential properties having a transaction  
value less than $1,000,000.00 and complex 1 to 4-family residential properties having a  
transaction value of less than $400,000.00.  
(c) Appraise nonresidential properties for federally related transactions and real  
estate related financial transactions where the transaction value does not exceed  
$500,000.00.  
(d) Assist a certified residential or certified general real estate appraiser in the  
development of an appraisal of a complex residential property or a nonresidential  
property that is the subject of a federally related transaction, as appropriate. The state-  
licensed real estate appraiser shall not sign the report. However, the certified residential  
or certified general real estate appraiser shall acknowledge the specific contributions of  
the state-licensed real estate appraiser within the appraisal report.  
(2) A certified residential real estate appraiser, if properly qualified to undertake an  
assignment, may perform any of the following appraisal assignments:  
(a) Appraise properties that are not federally related transactions.  
(b) Appraise 1 to 4-family residential properties without regard to complexity or  
value.  
(c) Appraise nonresidential properties for federally related transactions and real  
estate related financial transactions where the transaction value is does not exceed  
$500,000.00.  
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(d) Assist a certified general real estate appraiser in the development of an appraisal  
of a nonresidential property that is the subject of a federally related transaction, as  
appropriate. The certified residential real estate appraiser shall not sign the report.  
However, the certified general real estate appraiser shall identify the specific  
contributions of the certified residential real estate appraiser within the appraisal report.  
(3) The licensee allowed to sign the report shall identify all participating licensees  
and their contributions to the report.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2007 AACS; 2015 AACS; 2021 AACS; 2025 MR  
11, Eff. May 7, 2025.  
R 339.23405 Advertising.  
Rule 405. (1) A licensee shall state the level of license held in all advertising.  
Merely stating that the person is licensed does not satisfy the provisions of this subrule.  
However, in a directory listing or similar situation where space is limited, it is sufficient  
disclosure for a licensee to use the words certified general, certified residential, state-  
licensed, or limited appraiser, as appropriate, without additional wording.  
(2) A licensee shall place his or her license number and license level on all reports  
and shall produce evidence of licensing upon request by a member of the public or a  
representative of the department. A license number is not required in advertising material.  
History: 1996 AACS; 2002 AACS; 2006 AACS; 2021 AACS.  
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