543D.19 Retention of records. 1. A certified real estate appraiser shall retain for five years, originals or true copies of all written contracts engaging the appraiser’s services for real estate appraisal work andall reports and supporting data assembled and formulated for use by the appraiser or theassociate appraiser in preparing the reports. 2. An appraiser must retain all work files for a period of at least five years after preparation or at least two years after final disposition of any judicial proceeding in which testimony wasgiven, whichever period expires last, and either maintain custody of the appraiser’s workfile or make appropriate work file retention, access, and retrieval arrangements with a partyhaving custody of the work file. 3. All records required to be maintained under this chapter shall be made available by a certified real estate appraiser for inspection and copying by the board on reasonable noticeto the appraiser. 89 Acts, ch 290, §19CS89, §117B.19C93, §543D.192003 Acts, ch 43, §2, 3 Sat Dec 23 01:46:14 2023 Iowa Code 2024, Section 543D.19 (16, 0)
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