Brief Description: The Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers proposes to update various regulations by amending verbiage and adding a new continuing education course in compliance with ASC requirements.
The Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers (Board) proposes to adopt regulation changes in Title 12, Chapter 70 of the Alaska Administrative Code dealing with continuing education requirements and updating verbiage throughout the regulations, including the following:
- 12 AAC 70.100, 12 AAC 70.105, and 12 AAC 70.107, are proposed to be amended to update the requirements that an applicant for certification must submit to verify the applicant's completion of the education requirements required in 12 AAC 70.115.
- 12 AAC 70.108. Work experience requirements for real estate appraiser certification, is proposed to be amended to replace the verbiage “continuously” with “cumulatively” relating to hours of appraisal work/experience.
- 12 AAC 70.111, 12 AAC 70.112 and 12 AAC 70.113, are proposed to amend the required core curriculum hours, to reference that the hours required are specified in The Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria, and to update references to the requirements in 12 AAC 70.115.
- 12 AAC 70.115. Education requirements for real estate appraiser certification, is proposed to be amended to add a new course requirement of valuation bias and fair housing laws and regulations, reduce the required appraisal subject matter elective hours, and update the number of creditable classroom hours required for a trainee appraiser.
- 12 AAC 70.125. Application for approval as a trainee appraiser, is proposed to be amended to update the number of classroom hours required in line with changes to 12 AAC 70.115 and simplify the requirements to provide evidence of completion of continuing education requirements under 12 AAC 70.220.
- 12 AAC 70.160. Real estate appraisal management company registration, is proposed to be amended to update various verbiage.
- 12 AAC 70.220, Hours of continuing education required, is proposed to be amended to include the updated reference to the 7-Hour National USPAP continuing education course, and to add the new course requirement of valuation bias and fair housing laws and regulations.
You may comment on the proposed regulation changes, including the potential costs to private persons of complying with the proposed changes, by submitting written comments to Stefanie Davis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806. Additionally, the Board will accept comments by facsimile at (907) 465-2974 and by electronic mail at RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. Comments may also be submitted through the Alaska Online Public Notice System by accessing this notice on the system at http://notice.alaska.gov/220580, and using the comment link. The comments must be received not later than 4:30 p.m. on September 25, 2025.
You may submit written questions relevant to the proposed action to Stefanie Davis, Regulations Specialist, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, P.O. Box 110806, Juneau, AK 99811-0806 or by e-mail at RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov. The questions must be received at least 10 days before the end of the public comment period. The Board will aggregate its response to substantially similar questions and make the questions and responses available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System and on the Board’s website at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/cbpl/ProfessionalLicensing/RealEstateAppraisers.aspx.
If you are a person with a disability who needs a special accommodation in order to participate in this process, please contact Stefanie Davis at (907) 465-2537 or RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov not later than September 18, 2025 to ensure that any necessary accommodation can be provided.
A copy of the proposed regulation changes is available on the Alaska Online Public Notice System, by contacting Stefanie Davis at (907) 465-2537, RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov, or at https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/Regulations/APR-0923.pdf.
After the public comment period ends, the Board will either adopt the proposed regulation changes or other provisions dealing with the same subject, without further notice, or decide to take no action. The language of the final regulation may be different from that of the proposed regulation. You should comment during the time allowed if your interests could be affected.
Statutory Authority: AS 08.87.020; AS 08.87.110; AS 08.87.120; AS 08.87.130; AS 08.87.135; AS 08.87.310
Statutes Being Implemented, Interpreted, or Made Specific: AS 08.87.020; AS 08.87.110; AS 08.87.120; AS 08.87.130; AS 08.87.135; AS 08.87.310
Fiscal Information: The proposed regulation changes are not expected to require an increased appropriation.
For each occupation regulated under the Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing, the Division keeps a list of individuals or organizations who are interested in the regulations of that occupation. The Division automatically sends a Notice of Proposed Regulations to the parties on the appropriate list each time there is a proposed change in an occupation's regulations in Title 12 of the Alaska Administrative Code. If you would like your address added to or removed from such a list, send your request to the Division at the address above, giving your name, either your e-mail address or mailing address (as you prefer for receiving notices), and the occupational area in which you are interested.
DATE: 8/24/2025
Stefanie Davis, Regulations Specialist
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
ADDITIONAL REGULATION NOTICE INFORMATION
(AS 44.62.190(d))
1. Adopting agency: Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development, Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing - Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers.
2. General subject of regulation: Update regulation language and continuing education updates in compliance with ASB requirements.
3. Citation of regulation: 12 AAC 70.100 through 12 AAC 70.220.
4. Department of Law file number: 2024200154.
5. Reason for the proposed action: Update and clarification of current regulations; compliance with state statute.
6. Appropriation/Allocation: Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing – #2360.
7. Estimated annual cost to comply with the proposed action to:
A private person: $150 - $200 per renewal cycle
Another state agency: None known.
A municipality: None known.
8. Cost of implementation to the state agency and available funding (in thousands of dollars):
No costs are expected in FY 2026 or in subsequent years.
9. The name of the contact person for the regulation:
Lori Rogers, Licensing Examiner
Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
Telephone: (907) 269-7140
E-mail: RealEstateAppraisers@Alaska.Gov
10. The origin of the proposed action: Staff of state agency.
11. Date: 8/24/2025
Prepared by: Stefanie Davis, Regulations Specialist