South Carolina
Appraiser Continuing Education Requirements

Informational summary only, not legal advice — verify current requirements with the South Carolina Real Estate Appraisers Board. Full disclaimer at the bottom of this page.

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South Carolina appraiser licenses expire June 30 of even-numbered years. Renewal requires 28 hours of Board-approved continuing education — 7 hours of the most current National USPAP Update, 7 hours of Valuation Bias and Fair Housing, and 14 elective hours — reported through CE Broker.

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South Carolina runs on a two-year clock with one feature that catches appraisers out: the Board does not accept your certificates. S.C. Code § 40-60-34(G) provides that licenses and certifications expire biennially on June thirtieth, and Regulation 137-800.04(A) (PDF) fixes that on even-numbered years. Section 40-60-35(A)(1) sets the 28 hours. But under Regulation 137-500.01(A) (PDF) and § 40-60-36(H), continuing education is reported electronically by the education provider within fourteen days of course completion, and the Board's Board News page instructs appraisers not to email completion certificates to staff. What counts is what your provider uploaded to CE Broker.

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South Carolina appraiser CE at a glance

• Renewal deadline — June 30, every even-numbered year. Notices go out beginning in April.

• Current CE cycle — July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028. The Board's renewals page still displayed the closed 2024–2026 cycle as of the review date below.

• Hours required — 28, the same for apprentice, licensed, certified, and mass appraisers. Appraisal management companies have no CE requirement.

• USPAP — 7 hours, and it must be the National USPAP Update course current at the time of renewal.

• Valuation Bias and Fair Housing — 7 hours per the Board's CE page; 4 hours for renewals after 2026 per the Board's renewals page. The Board's two pages do not agree — see below.

• Repeat bar — no credit for the same category of course taken within a two-year period.

• Delivery — classroom, live synchronous virtual, or asynchronous online. Only asynchronous courses need IDECC or another AQB-approved delivery mechanism.

• Reporting — CE Broker, uploaded by the provider within 14 days. Activate your free account before you renew.

• Renewal fee — $255 apprentice and mass appraiser; $330 licensed, certified residential, and certified general per the Board's renewals page. Note: the Board's fee schedule lists $250 for license/certification renewal and states the schedule may be adjusted but "not exceed amounts specified."

• Late fee — $60 postmarked July 1–31; $80 August 1–31; $120 September 1 through June 30.

• Audit — the Board audits continuing education for all licensees after the close of every renewal period.

• Regulator — South Carolina Real Estate Appraisers Board, under the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, governed by S.C. Code Title 40, Chapter 60 and Regulation Chapter 137.

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How does the South Carolina continuing education cycle work?

Two years, ending June 30 of an even-numbered year. Section 40-60-34(G) sets biennial expiration on June thirtieth and makes evidence of continuing education a condition of renewal. Regulation 137-800.04(A) fixes the even-year pattern and adds two wrinkles worth knowing: an appraiser first licensed in the last quarter of the renewal year, April 1 through June 30, is not required to renew until the following renewal period; and a license first issued in an odd-numbered year is renewed the following year and biennially after that.

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The operative deadline is on your pocket card. The Board's Continuing Education page states that a licensee has twenty-four months to accrue the hours and that the deadline is the expiration date reflected on the pocket card of the license. If your first cycle was shortened by the April–June rule, the card — not the calendar — governs.

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Guidance for the new cycle has not been published yet. As of the review date at the foot of this page, the Board's Renewals page still described the current cycle as July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2026, and its Board News page still framed everything around the 2026 USPAP Update and that closed window. Appraisers planning the 2026–2028 cycle should expect the Board's pages to be updated and should confirm anything cycle-specific before relying on it.

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How many CE hours do South Carolina appraisers need?

Twenty-eight, before renewal. Section 40-60-35(A)(1) requires evidence biennially of satisfactory completion of twenty-eight hours of instruction in Board-approved courses or seminars, of which seven hours must be the National USPAP update course current at the time of renewal. The Board's CE page applies the same 28 hours identically to apprentice appraisers, licensed and certified appraisers, and mass appraisers, and confirms that appraisal management companies have no continuing education requirement.

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Several mechanics determine whether a course will actually count:

• Two-hour minimum. A continuing education course must be at least two class hours in length and must contribute to maintaining or increasing an appraiser's knowledge, skill and competence (Regulation 137-900.05(B)).

• Approval must come first. Regulation 137-900.01(A) provides that certificates of completion obtained through providers teaching courses before Board approval will not be recognized. Confirm a course is currently approved in South Carolina before you register, not after.

• No repeating a category inside two years. Regulation 137-500.01(C)(3) bars credit for the same category course taken within a two-year period, and 137-500.01(G) bars credit for the same continuing education course more than once during a cycle. Vary your electives.

• Qualifying courses count only upward. Regulation 137-500.01(C) allows approved qualifying courses to be used for continuing education only where the course level is above the appraiser's current classification. The Board's example: a certified residential appraiser may claim QE10–QE14 certified general courses or a qualifying education elective; a certified general appraiser may not claim qualifying courses at all.

• Teaching credit, capped at half. Section 40-60-35(E) and Regulation 137-500.01(G) allow an approved instructor to receive up to one-half of his continuing education credit for courses he teaches, subject to Board approval — so up to 14 of the 28 hours.

• Assessors have a separate path. Section 40-60-35(A)(2) provides that assessors and staff responsible for ad valorem assessment who receive seven hours of instruction each year in assessment law, valuation methods, and assessor office administration satisfy fourteen of the twenty-eight hours.

• Courses the Board has not pre-approved. Section 40-60-35(D) and Regulation 137-500.01(D) allow an appraiser to request credit for a completed course that was not pre-approved, on a Board form with a non-refundable fee, and only where the appraiser shows the content is substantially different from qualifying courses already completed. The Board lists the appraiser equivalent continuing education approval fee at $40.00 and posts the Continuing Education Approval Form (PDF).

• False information is a suspension matter. Regulation 137-500.01(F) makes submission of false or misleading continuing education information grounds for immediate suspension of the authority to practice.

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What is the South Carolina USPAP requirement?

Seven of the twenty-eight hours must be the National USPAP Update course, and Section 40-60-35(A)(1) phrases the edition requirement in an unusually strict way: the course must be the one current at the time of renewal. Regulation 137-500.01(B) repeats it, requiring biennial proof of the Section 40-60-35 hours "to include the most current USPAP course."

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That wording is worth reading carefully. A number of states let an appraiser complete the edition in force when he took the class. South Carolina ties the requirement to the edition current when he renews. For the cycle that closed June 30, 2026 the Board's Board News page identified the operative course as the 7-hour 2026 USPAP Update. Confirm the edition the Board will accept for a June 30, 2028 renewal before you register for a class early in the cycle.

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Instructor certification. Regulation 137-900.09(C) requires that instructors of the 15-hour National USPAP Course and the 7-hour USPAP Update Course be AQB Certified USPAP Instructors who are also certified appraisers. Note that the Board's FAQ states more loosely that continuing education courses "do not necessarily require you to be licensed as an appraiser" — a general statement that does not hold for USPAP. The rule is the stricter and more specific provision.

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What is the Valuation Bias and Fair Housing requirement?

The Board requires it, audits it, and it is not in the statute or the continuing education rule.

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What the Board requires. The Continuing Education page states that of the 28 hours, 7 must be Valuation Bias & Fair Housing — stated identically for apprentice, licensed or certified, and mass appraisers. The Board's notice to education providers (PDF) puts it plainly: the 7-hour course "is required for continuing education by all appraisers before renewing their license," and the Board would audit all appraisers after June 30, 2026 to confirm completion of "at a minimum, the 7-hour mandatory course."

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Where the requirement lives, and where it does not. Section 40-60-35 names only the National USPAP update course. Regulation 137-500.01, the continuing education rule, requires the Section 40-60-35 hours "to include the most current USPAP course" and says nothing about valuation bias. The requirement does appear in the qualifying education rule: Regulation 137-100.02(B)(1) requires, effective January 1, 2026, eight hours in Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations within the 83-hour apprentice core curriculum. Both rules were amended in the same filing, effective May 23, 2025 — the Board wrote valuation bias into qualifying education and left continuing education unchanged. The 7-hour continuing education obligation currently rests on Board guidance alone. Board guidance is what is applied at the renewal desk and in the audit, so follow it; but appraisers should be aware of the gap, and the Board has opened rulemaking on Chapter 137 (see Legal Authority below).

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The 8-hour qualifying version. The Board's provider notice states that the 8-hour course is required for any trainee or apprentice applying for licensure after January 1, 2026, and for any applicant upgrading from one license type to another after that date. 

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Can South Carolina continuing education be taken online?

Yes, and the distinction South Carolina draws is between synchronous and asynchronous delivery rather than between classroom and online.

Regulation 137-100 defines synchronous as communication in which the interaction is simultaneous, characterised by live two-way communication, and asynchronous as communication that does not take place at the same time, characterised by as-needed, intermittent communication. The Board's CE page applies those definitions directly: distance education courses are asynchronous; classroom and virtual courses are synchronous; and "synchronous courses do not require IDECC approval or other approved AQB mechanism for delivery." Live instructor-led virtual courses are treated as classroom-equivalent.

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Asynchronous courses carry the additional condition. Regulation 137-900.08(B) permits distance education for both qualifying and continuing education provided the course is presented to an organized group in an instructional setting with a person qualified and available to answer questions and monitor attendance; asynchronous courses must have approval of an AQB-approved certification and of the Board for course design and delivery mechanism; and incremental student assessments must be present throughout an asynchronous continuing education course. Regulation 137-900.08(A) provides that correspondence courses will not be approved.

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Two practical limits apply to live delivery. Regulation 137-900.05(F) caps synchronous courses at eight hours in any given day, requires reasonable breaks, and requires providers to enforce strict attendance of all classroom or virtual hours and to keep records of absences. Regulation 137-900.05(G) permits a provider to offer a student who falls short of the minimum hours either a make-up session, in person or virtually, or attendance at the same session on a future date.

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What happens if continuing education is not finished by the renewal date?

You may renew, but only on inactive status. Section 40-60-35(C) provides that an appraiser who fails to complete the continuing education requirements by the date of license renewal may renew by submitting the applicable fees but must immediately be placed on inactive status and may not engage in appraising while inactive. To activate, the appraiser pays the applicable fee and completes the required education.

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The Board's renewals FAQ gives the same practical advice and identifies the trade-off: if the education is not complete by June 30, renew inactive and submit the paper active renewal form once it is finished — that avoids the late fees, but you cannot practise until the licence is back on active status. Section 40-60-200(C) makes it a misdemeanour for an appraiser who fails to renew to continue engaging in appraisal activity.

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Do non-resident appraisers have to meet South Carolina continuing education?

Three official sources address this and they do not fully agree. Present the question to the Board rather than assuming.

• The statute. Section 40-60-35(F) provides that a nonresident appraiser who successfully satisfies the continuing education requirements of the jurisdiction of his residence must be considered to satisfy the continuing education requirements of this State.

• The regulation. Regulation 137-500.01(E) permits nonresidents to meet the requirement by evidence of compliance in their state of residence, but adds two conditions the statute does not contain: the resident-state requirements must meet South Carolina's minimum hour requirements and be approved by the resident state's regulatory agency; and a nonresident who is not actively licensed in his resident state must meet South Carolina's requirements.

• Board guidance, in two directions. The CE page and the Board News page both state that "exemption for out-of-state licensees is no longer allowed," and that approved courses completed in the appraiser's own state within the renewal period should be reported to his CE Broker account. The renewals FAQ says the opposite: a non-resident does not have to report continuing education to CE Broker but must claim a free account in order to claim an exemption, available where the appraiser holds a current licence in good standing in his resident state.

• The Board's most detailed statement is on its reinstatement form. The Appraiser Reinstatement Application (PDF) states that non-resident licensees may be considered exempt from South Carolina's continuing education requirements if satisfying the requirements of the jurisdiction of their residence, that status will be verified through the National Registry, and that the exemption must be reported into CE Broker.

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Read together, the likeliest reconciliation is that the substantive exemption survives and what has ended is the ability to stay silent — a non-resident must now open a CE Broker account and affirmatively claim the exemption rather than simply not reporting. That reading fits the statute, the regulation and the reinstatement form, but the CE and news pages do not say it. Claim the free CE Broker account either way, and confirm with the Board which treatment applies before the renewal window closes.

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Important South Carolina deadlines

• June 30, 2026 — the 2024–2026 renewal deadline, now passed. Licences not renewed by that date are no longer valid under Section 40-60-34(H).

• July 1 through July 31, 2026 — late renewal at a $60 penalty in addition to the renewal fee.

• August 1 through August 31, 2026 — late renewal penalty rises to $80.

• September 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 — late renewal penalty rises to $120. Section 40-60-34(H) allows reinstatement within twelve months of expiration on proper application, payment of the renewal fee and late penalty, and proof of having met the continuing education requirements.

• June 30, 2027 — the end of the twelve-month reinstatement window for a licence that expired June 30, 2026. Section 40-60-34(I) provides that a licence not reinstated by the last day of the twelfth month following expiration must be cancelled. Regulation 137-800.05 allows a cancelled licence to be considered for reinstatement on proper application, payment of the original licence fee, and proof of continuing education equal to the total hours that would have been required had the licence been continuously renewed, including the most recent 7-hour USPAP Update Course; the Board reviews such applications to determine whether additional education is required. The hours compound: the Board's reinstatement package illustrates a credential that expired June 30, 2022 requiring 56 hours if reinstatement is postmarked after July 1, 2024, 84 hours after July 1, 2026, and 112 hours after July 1, 2028.

• April 2028 — renewal notifications for the 2026–2028 cycle begin going out.

• June 30, 2028 — the next renewal deadline. All 28 hours must be complete and reported before payment is submitted.

• August 31 of even-numbered years — a provider deadline rather than an appraiser one, but it affects appraisers directly. Regulation 137-900.01(D) provides that all provider, course and instructor approvals expire biennially on August 31 of even-numbered years. Approval does not roll forward automatically, so a course approved this year may not be approved when it is next offered.

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After every renewal period, the Board audits. Its renewals FAQ states that a compliance audit is now conducted on all licensees after renewals, assisted by CE Broker, and its Board News page states that certificates should not be emailed to staff because courses must be reported to CE Broker. The Board has also acknowledged that CE Broker accounts have not always displayed "Complete" correctly, and has advised that an appraiser who can see the required hours reported in his account is in a position to renew.

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Approved courses

South Carolina approves providers, courses and instructors separately, and all three expire together on August 31 of even-numbered years under Regulation 137-900.01(D). Section 40-60-36(D) requires applications to be filed not less than sixty days before a course offering and approved before instruction begins. Section 40-60-36(F) provides that certificates issued to providers, courses and instructors are renewed biennially.

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Where the approved-course list lives. Since a Board alert dated November 4, 2025, applications for continuing education provider and course registration must be submitted through the CE Broker system (PDF), and the Board office no longer accepts them. The Board does not publish its own list of approved providers or courses. It directs appraisers to the CE Broker course search directory to find South Carolina-approved providers and courses. Check the directory before you register — a course approved for another state is not approved here.

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Rosters, not certificates, drive your renewal. Regulation 137-500.01(A) requires Board-approved continuing education to be reported electronically by the provider within fourteen days of course completion, and Regulation 137-900.05(H) and Section 40-60-36(H) say the same. The Board's guidance is that completion of a South Carolina-approved course is reported automatically by the provider with no additional action from the appraiser, and that if a completed course is not showing, the appraiser should contact the course provider first. Keep your own certificate regardless: providers are required to retain rosters and attendance records for five years under Regulation 137-900.08(D), but you are the one whose renewal depends on the upload.

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Courses taken before approval do not count. Regulation 137-900.01(A) is explicit that certificates of completion obtained through education providers teaching courses prior to Board approval will not be recognised. There is no cure for this after the fact except the equivalent-approval route described above, which requires a showing that the content is substantially different from qualifying courses already completed.

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Stay on track with your South Carolina CE

Dennis Badger & Associates, Inc. delivers appraiser continuing education live and instructor-led over Zoom — a synchronous format, which South Carolina treats as classroom-equivalent and which, per the Board's CE page, does not require IDECC or another AQB delivery-mechanism approval. Our courses that map to the South Carolina requirement:

• 7-Hour National USPAP CE Course — seven hours, satisfying the USPAP portion of the 28-hour requirement. South Carolina requires the edition current at the time of renewal, so confirm the edition before registering. Taught by Dennis Badger, an AQB Certified USPAP Instructor and a former member of the Appraisal Standards Board of The Appraisal Foundation — the board that writes the standards. South Carolina course number #20-1375740.

• Valuation Bias and Fair Housing Laws and Regulations — seven hours, the length the Board's Continuing Education page requires. The course holds approval under the AQB Course Approval Program, which matters in South Carolina: the Board's notice to education providers states that a course approved with the AQB as a CAP course is approved through the Board's application process on submission of the AQB approval letter and fee. An eight-hour version with examination is available for appraisers who need the qualifying education form of the requirement. South Carolina course number #20-1376001

• Appraisers Guide to the New URAR — seven hours of elective credit toward the 14 elective hours, covering the redesigned Uniform Residential Appraisal Report and the UAD 3.6 dataset. South Carolina course number #20-1375754.

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Between them those three courses cover the USPAP requirement, the Valuation Bias and Fair Housing requirement, and half of the elective hours for the cycle ending June 30, 2028. Because South Carolina course approvals expire on August 31 of even-numbered years, confirm current approval status in the CE Broker directory before registering for a class scheduled after that date. Current session dates are posted on our Education Calendar.

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Appraiser CE requirements in nearby states

North Carolina · Georgia · Tennessee · Virginia · Florida · All state CE requirements

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Legal Authority / Compliance References

Statute. The South Carolina Real Estate Appraiser License and Certification Act, S.C. Code Title 40, Chapter 60, Article 1. Section 40-60-34(G) sets biennial expiration on June thirtieth and makes evidence of continuing education a condition of renewal; (H) permits reinstatement within twelve months on payment of the renewal fee and a late penalty and proof of continuing education; (I) requires cancellation of a licence not reinstated by the last day of the twelfth month; (J) provides for inactive status. Section 40-60-35 is the continuing education section: (A)(1) sets 28 hours biennially including seven hours of the National USPAP update course current at the time of renewal and requires licensees to report completed continuing education as the Board requires; (A)(2) provides the assessor alternative; (C) provides for inactive renewal where education is incomplete; (D) allows requests for credit for courses not pre-approved; (E) caps teaching credit at one-half; (F) addresses non-resident appraisers. Section 40-60-36 governs approval of courses, providers and instructors, including the sixty-day filing requirement in (D), biennial renewal of certificates in (F), and the fourteen-day provider reporting duty in (H). Section 40-60-50(D) provides that fees are non-refundable. Section 40-60-200(C) makes practising on an unrenewed credential a misdemeanour.

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Administrative rules. South Carolina Code of Regulations, Chapter 137 (PDF), published by the South Carolina Legislature. Regulation 137-500.01 is the operative continuing education rule; 137-800.04(A) sets even-year expiration and the April–June first-cycle exception; 137-800.05 governs cancelled licences; 137-900.01(D) sets the August 31 even-year expiration of provider, course and instructor approvals; 137-900.05 governs curriculum, attendance and reporting; 137-900.08 governs teaching methods, distance education, advertising, records and changes; 137-900.09 governs instructors. The current text of every section cited on this page was amended by SCSR 49-5, Document No. 5340, effective May 23, 2025.

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Authority-note anomaly. Chapter 137's heading cites its statutory authority as Sections 40-1-70, 40-60-50(I), 40-60-38 and 40-60-90. Section 40-60-50 as currently codified has no subsection (I); it runs (A) through (D). The Board's power to approve and regulate educational courses, providers and instructors is at Section 40-60-10(I)(4), and the Board's own June 2026 rulemaking notice cites Section 40-60-10(I). The chapter heading appears not to have been conformed.

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Instructor qualification. Regulation 137-900.09 requires approved courses held in South Carolina to be taught by Board-approved instructors, and sets out the acceptable proofs of subject-matter knowledge and of ability to teach. For continuing education, proof of knowledge requires three years of experience within the past five years either in the subject matter or teaching it. Regulation 137-900.09(C) requires instructors of the 15-hour National USPAP Course and the 7-hour USPAP Update Course to be AQB Certified USPAP Instructors who are also certified appraisers. Regulation 137-900.09(E) requires an instructor teaching at locations throughout the State to notify the Board in advance and record his name on the provider's roster. The Board's CE page adds that an instructor teaching a course in South Carolina must hold an active South Carolina Real Estate Appraiser Instructor licence, and posts the Appraiser Instructor Application (PDF).

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Provider obligations. Regulation 137-900.01(A) provides that certificates from providers teaching before approval are not recognised. Regulation 137-900.05 sets the two-hour minimum for continuing education courses, the eight-hour daily cap on synchronous courses, strict attendance and absence records, and electronic reporting within fourteen calendar days. Regulation 137-900.08 requires Board-approved instructors and traditional teaching methods, bars correspondence courses, sets the conditions for distance education, prohibits a provider from advertising or implying that it is "recommended" or "endorsed" by the Board, requires enrolment agreements, advertising, rosters and attendance records to be kept five years and made available on request, requires proposed changes to name, course content or length, texts, instructors and operating policies to be submitted and approved before implementation, and requires a conspicuously posted complaint notice giving the Board's address. Since November 4, 2025 provider and course applications are filed through CE Broker rather than with the Board office.

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Pending rulemaking — Chapter 137 amendment in drafting. The South Carolina State Register of June 26, 2026, Volume 50, Issue 6 (PDF) carries a Notice of Drafting from the South Carolina Real Estate Appraisers Board proposing to amend Chapter 137 "to conform to Federal law and regulations and to make various other changes," citing Sections 40-1-70, 40-60-10(I) and 40-60-38, with legislative review required. Comments go to the Board Executive at the Board's mailing address. Separately, the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation filed notices of drafting to amend the Chapter 10 fee schedules, noting that fees were most recently adjusted in the 2025 legislative session and must next be adjusted in 2027. Because rulemaking moves between issues, check the State Register if you are relying on a specific provision.

Board guidance. Published guidance appears on the Board's home page, Continuing Education page, Renewals page, Fees page, Board News page, FAQ page, Laws and Policies page and Applications and Forms page, and in two alerts posted to the home page: the November 4, 2025 notice on provider and course registration (PDF) and the notice to education providers on Valuation Bias and Fair Housing (PDF).

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State Appraisers Board Contact Information

South Carolina Real Estate Appraisers Board
South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
Website: llr.sc.gov/appr
Email: Contact.REAB@llr.sc.gov
Phone: (803) 896-4630
Physical address: Synergy Business Park, Kingstree Building, 110 Centerview Dr., Columbia, SC 29210
Mailing address: P.O. Box 11329, Columbia, SC 29211-1847 as printed on the Board's application forms; the Board's web pages give the ZIP+4 as 29211-1329
Office hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Board Executive: Laura Smith
Administrative Coordinator: Cory Griffin

Licence status can be checked through the Board's licensee lookup, which the Department states is updated nightly.

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How to Renew

South Carolina appraisers renew every two years, by June 30 of the even-numbered year. All 28 hours must be complete, and reported to CE Broker, before payment is submitted — the Board's guidance is that an appraiser should not renew in active status until his CE Broker account reflects the required education.

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Before you renew. Claim the free CE Broker basic account the Board requires at cebroker.com/sc/plans and confirm the required hours appear. Completion of South Carolina-approved courses is uploaded by the provider; anything else the appraiser self-reports.

Online. Renewals are filed through the Department's online renewal portal. The system asks whether the licensee wishes to renew on inactive status and charges accordingly. It also offers a proxy payment link, so an employer can pay without access to the licensee's full renewal record. If an incorrect answer produces a renewal "kick-out," the Board states these are cleared each morning and urgent requests can be emailed to the Board.

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By mail. A paper renewal form with payment is required where the licensee must report a disciplinary action not already reviewed by Board staff, since online renewal is not available in that case. The Board asks that fifteen days be allowed for new pocket cards to arrive.

If the credential has lapsed. Reinstatement within twelve months of expiration is available under Section 40-60-34(H) on proper application, payment of the renewal fee and late penalty, and proof of the required continuing education; the Board posts an Appraiser Reinstatement Application (PDF). After twelve months the credential must be cancelled under Section 40-60-34(I), and Regulation 137-800.05 governs what a cancelled licensee must show.

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Fees, as published by the Board:

• Apprentice appraiser renewal — $255.00.

• Mass appraiser renewal — $255.00.

• Licensed appraiser, certified residential and certified general renewal — $330.00. This figure appears on both the Board's renewals page and its reinstatement application. Note, however, that the Board's fee schedule page, headed as effective June 1, 2021, lists appraiser license/certification renewal at $250.00 and states that the schedule "may be adjusted, but not exceed amounts specified." Two Board documents give $330 and one gives $250 as a ceiling; confirm the amount with the Board before paying.

• Reinstatement within twelve months of expiration, per the Board's reinstatement application — licensed or certified appraiser, renewal plus reinstatement fee of $390.00 postmarked July 1 through July 31, $410.00 August 1 through August 31, and $450.00 thereafter; apprentice and mass appraiser, $315.00, $335.00 and $375.00 on the same dates. A credential cancelled after twelve months carries a reinstatement fee of $450.00 for an appraiser. The Board's package states the mass appraiser figure for the final period as $375.00 in one table and $335.00 in another.

• Active duty military — the Board's reinstatement package states that a licensee on active duty is exempt from licence fees during the period of service on submission of current orders, though past continuing education must still be completed before reinstatement.

• Late penalty — $60.00 postmarked July 1 through July 31; $80.00 August 1 through August 31; $120.00 after August 31 and before the next renewal period.

• Federal Registry transmittal — $80.00, described by the Board as an annual fee charged for all licences and certifications, established under Public Law 101-73, Title XI.

• Appraiser equivalent continuing education approval — $40.00 per application, non-refundable.

• Change in appraiser classification — $60.00 per application.

• Licence replacement, personal name change, or attestation of licensure — $5.00 each.

• Temporary practice permit — $120.00 per application.

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Pro-Tips for 2026

• Check your pocket card, not the calendar. The Board states the continuing education deadline is the expiration date printed on the pocket card. If you were first licensed between April 1 and June 30 of a renewal year, Regulation 137-800.04(A) pushed your first renewal to the following period, and your card will say so.

• Claim the CE Broker account before you need it, not the week you renew. The Board has publicly acknowledged that accounts have not always displayed "Complete" correctly. Its stated position is that if you can see the required hours reported, staff can see them too. Discovering a reporting gap in June is a different problem from discovering it in January.

• Ask the Board whether you owe 7 hours or 4 of Valuation Bias and Fair Housing this cycle. The Continuing Education page says 7 for everyone; the Renewals page says 7 for 2026 and 4 for subsequent renewals. This is the first cycle in which the difference bites. Get the answer in writing before you register.

• Confirm the USPAP edition against your renewal date, not your class date. Section 40-60-35(A)(1) requires the update course "current at the time of renewal." That phrasing is stricter than most states use and it can strand an appraiser who takes the course very early in a cycle.

• Verify South Carolina approval in CE Broker before you register. Regulation 137-900.01(A) provides that a certificate from a provider teaching before approval will not be recognised, and approvals expire August 31 of even-numbered years. A course that counted last spring may not count this autumn.

• Do not repeat a category of course inside two years. Regulation 137-500.01(C)(3) denies credit for the same category of course taken within a two-year period. Vary your electives rather than retaking a favourite.

• If you teach, claim the credit — up to half. Section 40-60-35(E) allows an approved instructor up to one-half of his continuing education credit for courses he teaches, subject to Board approval.

• If you are short on hours at the deadline, renew inactive rather than late. Section 40-60-35(C) lets you renew and be placed on inactive status; the Board's guidance notes this avoids late fees, at the cost of not being able to practise until the education is finished and the licence reactivated.

• Non-residents: claim the CE Broker account either way. The statute and the regulation both provide for resident-state reciprocity, and the Board's renewals FAQ describes a non-resident exemption, but its CE and news pages say the out-of-state exemption is no longer allowed. Until the Board reconciles them, an active account and reported hours protect you under either reading.

• Expect an audit. The Board states it now audits continuing education for all licensees after the close of each renewal period, and that certificates should not be emailed to staff. Keep your own records regardless of what the provider uploads.

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Important Disclaimer

This page is provided for general informational purposes only and is not legal advice. Continuing education and renewal requirements change. South Carolina's published Board guidance and its codified statute and regulations do not currently agree on several points addressed above — among them whether the Valuation Bias and Fair Housing requirement is seven hours or four hours for renewals after 2026, whether a non-resident appraiser may satisfy South Carolina's continuing education by complying in his state of residence, and what the renewal fee for a licensed or certified appraiser is, the Board's renewals page and its published fee schedule stating different amounts. The 7-hour Valuation Bias and Fair Housing continuing education requirement the Board enforces and audits does not appear in Section 40-60-35 or in Regulation 137-500.01. The Board has a Chapter 137 amendment in drafting. Where Board guidance and the codified text differ, this page presents both rather than choosing between them. Appraisers should verify current requirements directly with the South Carolina Real Estate Appraisers Board before relying on any statement here.

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Dennis Badger & Associates does not guarantee this summary reflects every requirement applicable to every appraiser, credential type, or individual circumstance.

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Last reviewed by Dennis Badger: August 3, 2026.