MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2018 Regular Session
To: Judiciary A
By: Representative Zuber
AN ACT TO CREATE NEW SECTION 15-1-83, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO BAR CIVIL ACTIONS AGAINST REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS THAT ARE FILED AFTER THE RUNNING OF THE APPLICABLE STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. The following shall be codified as Section 15-1-83, Mississippi Code of 1972:
15-1-83. Limitations applicable to actions founded on real estate appraisal. Any action based on a real estate appraisal by a person who is or was licensed, certified or registered under Title 73, Chapter 34, Mississippi Code of 1972, on the date of the appraisal must be commenced against the licensed real estate appraiser, certified residential appraiser, certified general real estate appraiser or appraiser trainee who performed the appraisal, or the appraiser's or appraiser trainee's employer, or a firm with which the appraiser or appraiser's trainee is affiliated, or the lender or appraisal management firm that ordered the appraisal, within five (5) years after the date of the appraisal or within the time prescribed in Section 15-1-49, whichever is earlier.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2018.