Division of Real Estate

FLORIDA REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL BOARD

The Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board (FREAB) is headquartered in Orlando and consists of nine members. The FREAB administers and enforces the real estate appraiser license law, Chapter 475, Part II, Florida Statutes. The Board is also empowered to pass rules that enable it to implement its statutorily authorized duties and responsibilities. These rules are contained in Chapter 61J1, Florida Administrative Code. The statute and rules, along with Chapters 455, 215, 120, and 20, Florida Statutes, as well as the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) are available under Statutes and Rules.

Real estate appraisers may earn five hours of appraiser continuing education credit for attending an entire board meeting, with a maximum of seven hours during a renewal cycle.

FREAB Meetings Reminder

If you wish to have printed materials to reference during the meeting, you may access these documents through the Meetings and Workshops link found in the left-hand column of this web page. You may access and print all publicly available materials as early as 7 days before the date of the meeting.   We appreciate your understanding as the department endeavors to minimize paper usage in all our business practices.

As of February 2012, the Division of Real Estate will be able to live stream the meetings.  The link can be found on the same page as the meeting materials above. The streaming is not recorded and it has limited space at this time. If you are unable to access the meeting, please try again later as access may become available during the day. If you have connected to the live stream and no longer wish to view the meeting in progress, please be sure to disconnect to allow others to access the live stream.

Also, please note the following FREAB Meeting info:

• The start time for the meeting is 8:30 a.m. for both meeting days.
• The Legal Docket is the first day of the meeting (Monday). Sign-in will begin at 8:00 a.m.
• If you plan to attend to obtain continuing education credit, you will need to attend the full day when the Legal Docket is heard. Sign-in will begin at 8:00 a.m. Please be sure to contact the Division of Real Estate Education Section prior to the meeting to make the proper arrangements to receive credit.

 

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Alert!!!!!  Appraiser Criteria Changes Will Become Effective January 1, 2015

The Appraisal Qualifications Board (AQB) of the Appraisal Foundation has published a copy of the changes to the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria, which were adopted in December 2011.  The new Qualification Criteria contains significant changes to education and experience requirements as well as establishing guidelines for the supervision of registered trainees. The effective date of January 1, 2015 has been established.

The AQB publication includes the criteria that became effective on January 1, 2008 and the criteria that will become effective on January 1, 2015.  The publication may be viewed and downloaded on the AQB website

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