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2021 SESSION
HB 1748 Actions against real estate appraisers or appraisal management companies; statute of limitations.
Introduced by: R. Lee Ware | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Actions against real estate appraisers or appraisal management companies; statute of limitations. Provides that no action for damages or other relief alleging that a certified general real estate appraiser, a certified residential real estate appraiser, a licensed residential real estate appraiser, or an appraisal management company committed malpractice or negligence or an error, mistake, omission, or breach in an appraisal or appraisal report, whether based on contract or tort, shall be brought unless it is filed in a court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue within one year from the date that the alleged malpractice, negligence, error, mistake, omission, or breach is discovered or should have been discovered, and in no case more than five years from the date of the malpractice, negligence, error, mistake, omission, or breach. The bill provides exceptions for actions alleging fraud and proceedings initiated by the Real Estate Appraiser Board. The bill provides that any action for damages or other relief alleging that a certified general real estate appraiser, a certified residential real estate appraiser, a licensed residential real estate appraiser, or an appraisal management company committed malpractice or negligence or an error, mistake, omission, or breach in an appraisal or appraisal report on or before July 1, 2021, shall be filed in a court of competent jurisdiction and proper venue on or before July 1, 2022, regardless of the date of discovery of the alleged malpractice, negligence, error, mistake, omission, or breach.
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HISTORY
- 12/08/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21100748D
- 12/08/20 House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/05/21 House: Left in Courts of Justice