Section 90. Application and registration fees  


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  • There will be no pro rata refund of these fees to licensees who resign or upgrade to a higher license or to licensees whose licenses are revoked or surrendered for other causes. All application fees for licenses and registrations are nonrefundable.

    1. Application fees for registrations, certificates and licenses are as follows:

    Registration of Business Entity

    $160

    Certified General Real Estate Appraiser

    $290

    Temporary Certified General Real Estate Appraiser

    $75

    Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser

    $290

    Temporary Certified Residential Real Estate Appraiser

    $75

    Licensed Residential Real Estate Appraiser

    $290

    Temporary Licensed Residential Real Estate Appraiser

    $75

    Appraiser Trainee

    $155

    Upgrade of License

    $130

    Instructor Certification

    $150

    Application fees for a certified general real estate appraiser, a certified residential real estate appraiser, a licensed residential real estate appraiser and an appraiser trainee include a $30 fee for a copy of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice. This fee is subject to the fee charged by the Appraisal Foundation and may be adjusted and charged to the applicant in accordance with the fee charged by the Appraisal Foundation.

    2. Examination fees. The fee for examination or reexamination is subject to contracted charges to the department by an outside vendor. These contracts are competitively negotiated and bargained for in compliance with the Virginia Public Procurement Act (§ 2.2-4300 et seq. of the Code of Virginia). Fees may be adjusted and charged to the candidate in accordance with this contract.

    3. An $80 National Registry fee assessment for all permanent license applicants is to be assessed of each applicant in accordance with § 1109 of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (12 USC §§ 3331-3351). This fee may be adjusted and charged to the applicant in accordance with the Act. If the applicant fails to qualify for licensure, then this assessment fee will be refunded.

Historical Notes

Derived from VR583-01-03 § 2.8, eff. April 15, 1992; amended, Volume 11, Issue 04, eff. January 1, 1995; Volume 13, Issue 08, eff. March 1, 1997; Volume 14, Issue 10, eff. March 4, 1998; Volume 28, Issue 04, eff. January 1, 2012; Volume 29, Issue 04, eff. January 1, 2013; Volume 31, Issue 20, eff. August 1, 2015.

Statutory Authority

§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-2013 of the Code of Virginia.