A. An AMC shall not alter, modify, or otherwise change or attempt to alter, modify, or otherwise change a completed appraisal submitted by an appraiser by doing any of the following:
1. Permanently removing the appraiser’s signature or seal;
2. Adding information to, or removing information from, the appraisal;
3. Altering, modifying or otherwise changing a completed appraisal submitted by an independent appraiser without the appraiser’s knowledge and written consent; or
4. Using an appraisal submitted by an independent appraiser for any other transaction or use.
B. No AMC shall require an appraiser to provide the AMC with the appraiser’s digital signature or seal, but nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit an appraiser from voluntarily providing his or her digital signature to another person in the manner permitted by the provisions of the USPAP.
Added by Laws 2010, c. 364, § 22, eff. Jan. 1, 2011.