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Appraisal Standards Board Modifications To USPAP 2016-2017

There have been several important modifications to USPAP.  The Record Keeping Rule was modified.  We have written about the obligation of an appraiser to maintain copies of all reports transmitted to a client.  (Drafts are required to be retained under Appraisal Standards, September 18, 2015). The Record Keeping Rule requires a workfile for each appraisal.  The workfile must include: true copies of any all written reports, documented on any type of media. (A true copy is a replica of the report transmitted to the client.  A photocopy or an electronic… read more

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Drafts are Required to be Retained Under Appraisal Standards

The following is a response to a comment from Mr. Rikon’s latest column in the New York Law Journal, which we recently posted here. Below, Mr. Rikon further describes the requirement under USPAP for a condemnation expert to retain his work file for cross-examination purposes. Drafts are Required to be Retained Under Appraisal Standards I write this in response to the comment made by Fred Kolikoff, Esq. dated September 1, 2015.  Mr. Kolikoff, a former Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of New York, found fault in an article I… read more

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