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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF NEW YORK

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Circular No. 10509
January 16, 1992

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REAL ESTATE APPRAISAL STANDARDS
Effective Date for Regulatory Compliance
Changed to December 31, 1992

To All State Member Banks and Bank Holding Companies
in the Second Federal Reserve District, and Others Concerned:

In July 1990, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System amended its
Regulation H , “Membership of State Banking Institutions in the Federal Reserve System ,” and its Reg­
ulation Y, “Bank Holding Companies and Change in Bank Control,” in order to make mandatory the
use of State-licensed or State-certified appraisers in real estate transactions by federally regulated
financial institutions. Those amendments were sent to you with our Circular No. 10362, dated
July 24, 1990. The effective date of the amendment was July 1, 1991, later extended to December 31,
1991. In accordance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, the
Board of Governors has deferred the effective date of the amendments from December 31, 1991 to
December 31, 1992. Following is the text of the Board’s announcement:
The Federal Reserve has announced a delay in the effective date of its real estate appraisal regulation
regarding the mandatory use of State-licensed or certified appraisers in federally related transactions for
financial institutions regulated by the Board.
The change in the effective date to December 31, 1992 conforms to recent amendments made by
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 to the real estate appraisal provi­
sions contained in Title XI of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989
(FIRREA).
Any requirements of State law regarding the use of certified or licensed appraisers remain unaffected
by the Board’s action.
Printed on the reverse side is the text of the B oard’s notice, as reprinted from the Federal
Register of January 2, 1992. Questions regarding this m atter may be directed to D onald E. Schm id,
M anager of our Dom estic Banking D epartm ent (Tel. No. 212-720-6611).




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G

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C o r r ig a n ,

President.

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Supervisory Financial Analyst (202/4522629), or Virginia M. Gibbs, Senior
12 CFR Parts 208 and 225
Financial Analyst (202/452-2521),
Division of Banking Supervision and
(Docket No. R-0685]
Regulation; or Michael J. O’Rourke,
Regulation H, Regulation Y— Appraisal Senior Attorney (202/452-3288), Legal
Division. For the hearing impaired only,
Standards for Federally Related
Telecommunications Device for the Deaf
Transactions
(TDD), contact Dorthea Thompson (202/
AGENCY: Board of Governors of the
452-3544).
Federal Reserve System.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
ACTION: Final Rule; Revision of
to Title XI of the Financial Institutions
Compliance Date.
Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act
of 1989 (“FIRREA"), 12 U.S.C. sections
SUMMARY: The Board published a final
3310, 3331-3351, the Board adopted a
rule at page 27762 of the issue for
final rule regarding Appraisal Standards
Thursday, July 5, 1990 (FR Doc. 90For Federally Related transactions (12
15401), that contains a compliance date
of July 1,1991, regarding the use of state CFR parts 208 and 225) on June 27,1990.
The Board’s rule contains two
certified or licensed appraisers in
compliance dates: the compliance date
federally related transactions. That
of August 9,1990, for adherence to
compliance date is being revised by the
Board to December 31,1992, in response minimal appraisal standards, and the
compliance date of July 1,1991
to section 472 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation Improvement Act (subsequently extended to December 31,
1991), for the use of state certified or
of 1991.
licensed appraisers. Title XI’s provisions
DATES: Effective Date: January 2,1992.
regarding the mandatory use of state
Compliance Date: State certified or
certified or licensed appraisers was
licensed appraisers, as appropriate,
amended by section 472 of the Federal
must be used for federally related
Deposit Insurance Corporation
transactions by December 31,1992.
Improvement Act of 1991. (Pub. L. No.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
102-242, Section 472,105 Stat. 2236, 2386)
Roger T. Cole, Assistant Director (202/
(December 19,1991). That amendment
452-2618), Stanley B. Rediger,
changed the compliance date in Section
FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM




1119(a) of Title XI regarding the
mandatory use of certified or licensed
appraisers in federally related
transactions from “not later than July 1.
1991, " to “not later than December 31,
1992. " To reflect the change
contemplated by the amendment to Title
XI of FIRREA, the Board is revising the
compliance date in its appraisal
regulation regarding the mandatory use
of state certified or licensed appraisers
in federally related transactions to
December 31,1992. The impact of this
amendment on financial institutions
regulated by the Board is that the
Board's regulatory requirements
regarding the mandatory use of state
certified or licensed appraisers in
federally related transactions will not be
effective until December 31,1992. Under
section 472’s amendment to Title XI,
however, states remain free to adopt
their own implementation date for state
appraiser licensing and certification
requirements prior to December 31,1992.
(12 U.S.C. 321; 12 U.S.C. 1844(b); 12
U.S.C. 3339, 3340.)
Board of G overnors of the Federal Reserve
System . D ecem ber 26,1991.

William W. Wiles,
Secretary o f the Board.
[FR Doc. 91-31287 Filed 12-31-91; 8:45 am)
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