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# 12 U.S.C. § 3343 - Transactions requiring services of State licensed appraiser

## Text

All federally related transactions not requiring the services of a State certified appraiser shall be performed by either a State certified or licensed appraiser.

(Pub. L. 101–73, title XI, § 1114, Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 514.)