H405 • 2025

An Act updating real estate appraiser record retention requirements

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Sponsor: Daniel J. Hunt
Last action: 2025-08-18
Official status: Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act updating real estate appraiser record retention requirements

An Act updating real estate appraiser record retention requirements By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act updating real estate appraiser record retention requirements By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
405) of Daniel J.
Hunt relative to real estate appraiser record retention requirements.
Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.

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Bill History

2025-08-18 House
Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2025-08-18 House
Rules suspended
2025-08-18 House
Read second and ordered to a third reading
2025-07-21 House
Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2025-04-07 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 04/14/2025 from 10:00 AM-02:00 PM in A-2
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act updating real estate appraiser record retention requirements
By Representative Hunt of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 405) of Daniel J. Hunt relative to real estate appraiser record retention requirements. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
Status:
Referred to House Committee on Bills in the Third Reading

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Bill H.405

SECTION 1. Section 193 of Chapter 112 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition is hereby amended by striking out the first and second paragraphs and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph: -

Each state certified general, state certified residential, or state licensed real estate appraiser must retain originals or true copies of all written contracts engaging his services for real property appraisal work and all reports and supporting data assembled and formulated by the appraiser in preparing such reports for a period of at least five years after preparation or at least two years after final disposition of any judicial proceeding in which the appraiser provided testimony related to the assignment, whichever period expires last.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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