In making assignments to contract appraisers, it is ROW PD’s responsibility to determine that the appraiser is qualified, as per USPAP requirement, to appraise the particular type of property or properties to be appraised. In determining the number of appraisers to be used on a project and the number of parcels to be assigned to each appraiser, the following should be given careful consideration:

the complexities of the appraisal challenges,
the time which may be allowed for obtaining appraisals in keeping with the ROW PD’s acquisition schedule, and
the work volume of the appraisers to be used.

Evenly distributing the number and types of properties on a project among the multiple appraisers is preferred. For additional information when making assignments to contract appraisers, refer to and .

When a parcel is located in more than one project, the parcel is appraised as one single parcel and the values entered on a single report in order to avoid duplication.