{"data":{"id":"us-mt/37-54-301","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"37-54-301","heading":"Certification -- use of term -- standards of practice.","body":"(1) A person may not represent to the public that the person is a certified real estate appraiser unless the person is certified under this chapter.\n(2) Only a certified real estate appraiser may prepare and sign a certified appraisal report relating to real estate or real property in this state. If an appraisal report is prepared, signed, and certified by a certified real estate appraiser, a person licensed under this chapter who assisted in the preparation of the appraisal may cosign the appraisal report.\n(3) The term \"certified real estate appraiser\" may not be used to describe a firm, partnership, corporation, group, or anyone other than an individual certificate holder. However, a certified real estate appraiser may develop and communicate an appraisal on behalf of a firm, partnership, corporation, or group.\n(4) Whenever an appraisal or appraiser report is identified by the certified real estate appraiser as \"certified\", the appraiser shall indicate in writing the class of certification the appraiser holds.","path":["TITLE 37. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS","CHAPTER 54. REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS","Part 3. Certification"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0370/chapter_0540/part_0030/section_0010/0370-0540-0030-0010.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:54:13Z","sha256":"af1cc5137606cdc9131c6bdd925022d85d2fc321985afc750ec789864db18ccd","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/37-54-212","next":"us-mt/37-54-302"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}