QUALIFYING EDUCATION
Qualifying Education is the required coursework an individual must successfully complete in order to obtain an appraiser license or an apprentice permit.
Apprentice Permit: 75 hours of Board-approved Qualifying Education courses must be successfully completed prior to application
Licensed Residential Appraiser: 150 hours of Board-approved Qualifying Education courses must be successfully completed prior to application
Certified Residential Appraiser: 200 hours of Board-approved Qualifying Education courses must be successfully completed prior to application
Certified General Appraiser: 300 hours of Board-approved Qualifying Education courses must be successfully completed prior to application
For the approved Qualifying Education course list, click here.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Continuing Education is the required fourteen (14) hours of education an individual must take in order to renew their apprentice permit or appraiser license each year.
**Please note that for the 2026-2027 Appraisal Renewals, the following courses are mandatory: 2026 Version of 7-hour USPAP Update Course & 7-hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations
WVREALCB will not award credit for a course that has been previously submitted for any of the previous three (3) renewal cycles. The exception is the 7-hour National USPAP Update Course which may be taken yearly, although it is only required every two (2) years.
Continuing Education courses must be completed between October 1st of the previous year through September 30th of the licensing year.
If a Supervisor/Trainee course was taken in the afore mentioned period, it will count towards Continuing Education.
If an initial license/permit was issued after April 1st, then the applicant is exempt from providing Continuing Education.
For the approved Continuing Education course list, click here.