Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies
Minimum Requirements for Appraisal Management Companies
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
OCC: Robert L. Parson, Appraisal Policy Specialist, (202) 649-6423, G. Kevin Lawton, Appraiser (Real Estate Specialist), (202) 649-7152, Mitchell E. Plave, Special Counsel, Legislative and Regulatory Activities Division, (202) 649-5490, for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing, TTY, (202) 649-5597, or Christopher Manthey, Special Counsel, Bank Activities and Structure Division, (202) 649-5500
Board: Carmen Holly, Supervisory Financial Analyst, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, at (202) 973-6122, or Walter McEwen, Senior Counsel, Legal Division, at (202) 452-3321, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC 20551.
FDIC: Beverlea S. Gardner, Senior Examination Specialist, Division of Risk Management and Supervision, at (202) 898-3640, Sandra S. Barker, Senior Policy Analyst, Division of Depository and Consumer Protection, at (202) 898-3915, Mark Mellon, Counsel, Legal Division, at (202) 898-3884, or Benjamin K. Gibbs, Senior Regional Attorney, at (678) 916-2458, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429.
NCUA: John Brolin or Pamela Yu, Staff Attorneys, Office of General Counsel, at (703) 518-6540, or Vincent Vieten, Program Officer, Office of Examination and Insurance, at (703) 518-6360, or 1775 Duke Street, Alexandria, Virginia, 22314.
Bureau: Owen Bonheimer, Counsel, Office of Regulations, and David Friend, Counsel, Office of Regulations, 1700 G Street, NW., Washington, DC 20552, at (202) 435-7000.
FHFA: Robert Witt, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Housing and Regulatory Policy, (202) 649-3128, or Ming-Yuen Meyer-Fong, Assistant General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, (202) 649-3078, Federal Housing Finance Agency, 400 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20024.
SUMMARY: The OCC, Board, FDIC, NCUA, Bureau, and FHFA (collectively, the Agencies) are adopting a final rule to implement the minimum requirements in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the Dodd-Frank Act) to be applied by participating States in the registration and supervision of appraisal management companies (AMCs). The final rule also implements the minimum requirements in the Dodd-Frank Act for AMCs that are subsidiaries owned and controlled by an insured depository institution and regulated by a Federal financial institutions regulatory agency (Federally regulated AMCs). Under the final rule, these Federally regulated AMCs do not need to register with a State, but are subject to the same minimum requirements as State-regulated AMCs. The final rule also implements the requirement for States to report to the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC) of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) the information required by the ASC to administer the new national registry of AMCs (AMC National Registry). In conjunction with this implementation, the FDIC is integrating its appraisal regulations for State nonmember banks and State savings associations.
Effective date: This final rule will become effective on August 10, 2015
Compliance date: Federally regulated AMCs must comply with the minimum requirements for providing appraisal management services under 12 CFR 34.215(a) no later than 12 months from the effective date of this final rule. The participating State or States in which a State-regulated AMC operates will establish the compliance deadline for State-regulated AMCs.