Section 85.710. Verification of appraisal experience.

  For purposes of verifying appraisal experience claimed under this chapter, the department may require an applicant to submit any of the following:

(1)  Business records, including tax records, which clearly demonstrate the practice of residential or commercial appraising claimed by the applicant.

(2)  Employment records provided by an employer which verify the applicant's experience as an appraiser or assessor. Employment records shall verify the number of hours employed, the type of experience, and a description of the applicant's duties.

(3)  Employment records provided by an official of a lending institution, insurance company, or similarly regulated agency, which verifies the applicant's experience as a review appraiser.

(4)  Copies of any appraisal listed in the documentation of experience required under s. SPS 85.700 (3) . The department may contact any person listed on the application to obtain additional information about the experience of the applicant.

(5)  Records of the department of revenue or a local governmental body which document the applicant's experience as an assessor, including but not limited to:

(a) A job description which identifies the job components relevant to practice as an assessor and the number of hours spent performing each component.

(b) Documents that demonstrate the applicant's performance of the following components of the mass appraisal process in accordance with Standard 6 of the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice:

1. Highest and best use study.

2. Model specification.

3. Model calibration.

(6)  Any additional information the department deems necessary to evaluate the applicant's experience.

History: Cr. Register, April, 1994, No. 460 , eff. 5-1-94; am. (2), (3), renum. (6) to be (7), cr. (6), Register, June, 1996, No. 486 , eff. 7-1-96; CR 01-100 : r. (2), renum. (3) to (7) to be (2) to (6) and am. (2) and (5) (b) (intro.), Register February 2002 No. 554 , eff. 3-1-02; CR 06-033 : am. (2) Register November 2006 No. 611 , eff. 12-1-06; CR 10-135 : cr. (7) Register August 2011 No. 668 , eff. 9-1-11; correction in (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register November 2011 No. 671 ; CR 14-016 : SPS 85.710 renum. from SPS 83.02, am. (4), r. (7) Register September 2014 No. 705 , eff. 1-1-15; correction in (4) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7. , Stats., Register September 2014 No. 705 .