Georgia Real Estate Commission
Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board

The Georgia Real Estate Commission was established in 1926 by OCGA Chapter 43-40 and the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board was established in 1990 by OCGA Chapter 43-39A to ensure professional competency among real estate licensees and appraisers and to promote a fair and honest market environment for practitioners and their customers and clients in real estate transactions in Georgia.

The Georgia Real Estate Commission administers the license law that regulates brokers, salespersons, and community association managers. In addition, the Real Estate Commission supplies staff support to the Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board, but has no authority over the administration of the Georgia Appraisal Act.

The Georgia Real Estate Appraisers Board administers the Real Estate Appraiser Licensing and Certification Act (Appraisal Act). This act regulates the actions of real estate appraisers in their business dealings with the public. Generally, the act requires appraisers to meet certain standards in order to conduct business and prohibits a wide variety of unfair trade practices.

The agency consists of 31 employees under the leadership of the Real Estate Commissioner. As a regulatory body, the role of the Commission is not to protect the industry or the profession that it regulates nor to protect consumers. It is not the role of regulators to be advocates for either a profession or consumers. Instead, the role of the regulators is to protect the public interest.