1. (a) Unless authorized under this title to provide certified real estate appraisal services, a person may not represent to the public, by use of a title, including “certified real estate appraiser”, by description of services, methods, or procedures, or otherwise, that the person is authorized to provide certified real estate appraisal services in the State.
2. (b) A person may not use the title “certified real estate appraiser” after or with the name or signature of a firm, partnership, corporation, or group in a way that the title could be interpreted to refer to anyone other than the individual who is certified under this title.

Added by Acts 1990, c. 594. Renumbered from Business Occupations and Professions § 15.5-705 by Acts 1994, c. 3, § 13, eff. Feb. 28, 1994; Acts 2001, c. 470, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001.