N.Y. Executive Law § 160-b: Use of the title "state certified real estate appraiser" or "state licensed real estate appraiser" or "state licensed real estate apprais...

§ 160-b. Use of the title "state certified real estate appraiser" or

"state licensed real estate appraiser" or "state licensed real estate

appraiser assistant". 1. Only a person certified under this article

shall use the title "state certified real estate appraiser" or licensed

under this article shall use the title "state licensed real estate

appraiser" or "state licensed real estate appraiser assistant" or assume

that title or any title, designation or abbreviation likely to create

the impression of certification or license by this state as a real

estate appraiser or real estate appraiser assistant. After December

thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, only a person who is

certified or licensed pursuant to this article shall describe or refer

to any appraisal or other evaluation of real estate located in this

state by the term "certified" or "licensed".

2. Nothing in this article shall preclude a person who is not a state

certified or licensed real estate appraiser or a licensed real estate

appraiser assistant from appraising real estate for compensation.