Kansas Statutes 58-4719. Modification of appraisal prohibited
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 58-4719
- AMC: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, limited liability company or any other business entity acting as an external third party authorized either by a creditor of a consumer credit transaction secured by a consumer's principal dwelling or by an underwriter of or other principal in the secondary mortgage markets:
(1) That performs appraisal management services, regardless of the use of any of the following terms: Appraisal management company, mortgage technology provider, mortgage services provider, lender processing services provider, loan processor, real estate closing services provider, vendor management company or any other like term; and
(2) such entity oversees an appraiser panel of:
(A) More than 15 appraisers who are certified or licensed in Kansas; or
(B) a total of more than 25 appraisers who are certified or licensed in Kansas and in any other jurisdiction. See Kansas Statutes 58-4703
- Appraiser: means an individual who holds a credential issued by the Kansas real estate appraisal board pursuant to the state certified and licensed real property appraiser act entitling that individual to perform an appraisal of real property in the state of Kansas consistent with the scope of practice for such credential. See Kansas Statutes 58-4703
- Person: means an individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation, or any other entity. See Kansas Statutes 58-4703
- USPAP: means the edition of the uniform standards of professional appraisal practice as specified in Kan. See Kansas Statutes 58-4703
(a) No AMC shall alter, modify, or otherwise change or attempt to alter, modify, or otherwise change a completed appraisal submitted by an appraiser.
(b) No AMC shall require an appraiser to provide the AMC with the appraiser’s digital signature. No provision of this subsection shall be deemed to prohibit an appraiser from voluntarily providing such appraiser’s digital signature to another person in the manner permitted by the provisions of the USPAP.