RS 37:3411 - Recordkeeping requirements A registered or licensed real estate appraiser shall retain for five years originals or true copies of contracts engaging the appraiser's services for real property appraisal work, appraisal reports, and supporting data assembled and formulated by the appraiser in preparing reports. The period for retention of the records applicable to each engagement of the services of the appraiser shall run from the date of the submission of the appraisal report to the client. These records shall be made available by the appraiser for inspection and copying by the board on reasonable notice to the appraiser. When litigation is contemplated at any time, reports and records shall be retained for two years from final disposition. Acts 1987, No. 472, §1; Acts 1995, No. 690, §2; Acts 2003, No. 341, §1; Acts 2016, No. 259, §1; Acts 2022, No. 547, §1, eff. June 17, 2022.
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