As used in the Appraisal Management Company Registration Act:

A. "appraisal" means the act or process of developing an opinion of the value of real property in conformance with the uniform standards for professional appraisal practice published by the appraisal foundation;

B. "appraisal foundation" means the appraisal foundation incorporated as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation on November 30, 1987 and to which reference is made in the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council Act of 1978, as amended by Title 11, Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments;

C. "appraisal management company" means:

(1) any external third party that oversees a network or panel of certified or licensed appraisers to:

(a) recruit, select and retain appraisers;

(b) contract with appraisers to perform appraisal assignments;

(c) manage the process of having an appraisal performed; or

(d) review and verify the work of appraisers; or

(2) any external third party that contracts with a qualifying licensed real estate broker or associate broker as defined in Chapter 61, Article 29 NMSA 1978 to provide broker price opinions;

D. "appraisal management services" means the process of receiving a request for the performance of real estate appraisal services from a client, and for a fee paid by the client, entering into an agreement with one or more independent appraisers to perform the real estate appraisal services contained in the request;

E. "appraiser" means a person who provides an opinion of the market value of real property and holds a state license, registration or certified license in good standing;

F. "appraiser panel" means a group of independent appraisers that have been selected and retained by an appraisal management company to perform real estate appraisal services for the appraisal management company;

G. "automated valuation model" means any computerized model used by mortgage originators and secondary market issuers to determine the collateral worth of a mortgage secured by a consumer's principal dwelling;

H. "board" means the real estate appraisers board created pursuant to the Real Estate Appraisers Act [Chapter 61, Article 30 NMSA 1978];

I. "broker price opinion" means an opinion by a qualifying or associate broker of the price of real estate for the purpose of marketing, selling, purchasing, leasing or exchanging the real estate or any interest therein or for the purposes of providing a financial institution with a collateral assessment of any real estate in which the financial institution has an existing or potential security interest; provided that the opinion of the price shall not be referred to or construed as an appraisal or appraisal report and shall not be used as the primary basis to determine the value of real estate for the purpose of loan origination;

J. "client" means a person or entity that contracts with, or otherwise enters into an agreement with, an appraisal management company for the performance of real estate appraisal services;

K. "controlling person" means:

(1) an owner, officer or director of a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity seeking to offer appraisal management services in this state;

(2) an individual employed, appointed or authorized by an appraisal management company that has the authority to enter into a contractual relationship with clients for the performance of appraisal management services and that has the authority to enter into agreements with independent appraisers for the performance of real estate appraisal services; or

(3) an individual who possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of an appraisal management company;

L. "real estate appraisal services" means the practice of developing an opinion of the value of real property in conformance with the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice published by the appraisal foundation; and

M. "uniform standards of professional appraisal practice" means the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice promulgated by the appraisal foundation and adopted by rule pursuant to the Real Estate Appraisers Act.

History: Laws 2009, ch. 214, § 2; 2013, ch. 143, § 1.

The 2013 amendment, effective June 14, 2013, added definitions and changed the definition of "appraisal management company"; in Subsection C, after "means" deleted the former language which defined "appraisal management company" as a business entity that contracts with independent appraisers; and added Paragraphs (1) through (2); in Subsection E, after "real property", added "and holds a state license, registration or certified license in food standing"; in Subsection F, after "have been selected", added "and retained"; and added Subsections G and I.