South Dakota Administrative Rules
Title 20 - PUBLIC SAFETY
Article 20:77 - APPRAISERS
Chapter 20:77:01 - General provisions
Section 20:77:01:05 - Definitions

(1) "AMC National Registry," the registry of state-registered appraisal management companies and federally regulated appraisal management companies maintained by the Appraisal Subcommittee;

(2) "Appraisal Subcommittee," the Appraisal Subcommittee of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council;

(3) "Appraiser," a person who has been issued by the Department of Labor and Regulation department a state-certified general, state-certified residential, state-licensed, or state-registered or registered trainee appraiser credential to perform appraisals;

(4) "Appraiser panel," a network, list, or roster of licensed or certified appraisers approved by an appraisal management company to perform appraisals as independent contractors for the appraisal management company. Appraisers on an appraisal management company's appraiser panel under this article include the following:

(5) "Certificate of Registration," the certificate verifying the registration of any person or entity approved as an appraisal management company by the State of South Dakota;

(6) "Covered transaction," any consumer credit transaction secured by the consumer's principal dwelling;

(7) "Department," the Department of Labor and Regulation;

(8) "Federally regulated appraisal management company," an appraisal management company that is owned and controlled by an insured depository institution, as defined in 12 U.S.C. § 1813 as amended to July 21, 2010 and regulated by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

(9) "Federally related transaction regulations," regulations established by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the National Credit Union Administration, pursuant to sections 1112, 1113, and 1114 of FIREA Title XI, 12 U.S.C. §§ 3341 - 3343 as amended to July 21, 2010;

(10) "Financial institutions," institutions regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of Thrift Supervision, and National Credit Union Administration;

(11) "FIRREA," the Financial Institution Reform Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, Pub. L. No. 101-73, 103 Stat. 183 (1989), 12 U.S.C. § 3310, et seq as amended to July 21, 2010;

(12) "Real estate," as defined in SDCL 36-21A-11;

(13) "Secondary mortgage market participant," a guarantor or insurer of mortgage-backed securities, or an underwriter or issuer of mortgage-backed securities. Secondary mortgage market participant only includes an individual investor in a mortgage-backed security if that investor also serves in the capacity of a guarantor, insurer, underwriter, or issuer for the mortgage-backed security;

(14) "Secretary," the secretary of the Department of Labor and Regulation department;

(15) "Substantive cause," a reason for imposing discipline against an appraiser that is described in § 20:77:07:03 or substantially similar provision in the jurisdiction that imposed the discipline;

(16) "TILA," means Truth in Lending Act of 1968 (15 U.S.C. § 1631 et seq) as amended to May 24, 2018 and any amendments thereto;

(17) "Uniform Standards," Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice as incorporated in § 20:14:06:01.