Short answer
A real estate appraiser gives an address to the state board that issued the license, and the board sends credential data to the Appraisal Subcommittee’s National Registry at least monthly. The registry’s download includes company name, telephone number, street address, city, state, county, and ZIP code, though states fill these fields to different degrees. California makes the address of record public and lets an appraiser use a post office box or other alternate address instead of a home address. Florida asks for the business name and address from which the appraiser operates. New York asks for the principal place of business and publishes the business address in an open dataset. Texas law requires a certified or licensed appraiser who lives in Texas to maintain a fixed office in the state. A mailing address fits the mailing and address-of-record lines. Lines that ask where you operate, or for an office, expect a real place of business.
Key takeaways
- The state board collects the address, and the federal National Registry repeats what the state sends. The Appraisal Subcommittee says changes to an address or phone number must be made through the state agency.
- As of our October 11, 2026 download of the National Registry, 77,381 of 87,514 active credentials carried a street address and 49,894 carried a telephone number. The download showed no street, city, or ZIP code for any of Texas’s 5,530 active credentials.
- California’s statute says the bureau shall disclose the address of record, and it lets an appraiser use a post office box or other alternate address instead of a home address.
- Florida’s statute asks for “each firm or business name and address from which she or he operates,” and its address of record rule is separate. New York asks for the principal place of business and publishes it in an open dataset. Texas requires resident appraisers to maintain a fixed office in Texas.
- Appraisal management companies have their own registry entry. Florida’s rule asks for both a mailing address and a street address of the company’s principal business location.
Two records carry an appraiser’s address
A real estate appraiser licensed in the United States usually appears in two places. The first is the record kept by the state board that issued the license or certification. The second is a federal list called the National Registry.
The National Registry is run by the Appraisal Subcommittee (ASC), a federal body. It lists appraisers who are authorized by a state to work on federally related transactions, such as many mortgage loans. The registry does not take information from appraisers directly. Federal law, at 12 U.S.C. § 3338, requires state agencies to “transmit reports on the issuance and renewal of licenses, certifications, credentials, sanctions, and disciplinary actions” to the national registry. The ASC’s registry page says “State appraiser regulatory agencies submit appraiser and AMC information to the registries at least monthly,” and adds: “While we believe the information is generally reliable, we have not independently verified information provided by the States.”
So the address that shows up on the federal registry is the address your state chose to send, taken from what you gave the state. This guide follows that address from the state form to the federal download. Our guide to the two address fields on an NPI record covers a similar public registry for healthcare providers, and the pattern here is close: one form, one public file, and a few lines that matter more than they look.
| Record | Who keeps it | Address lines | Who can see the address |
|---|---|---|---|
| State appraiser license or certification | The state board, such as California’s Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers (BREA) or the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) | Set by state law. Often a mailing address or address of record, and in some states a business or principal place of business address | Depends on the state. California and New York publish an address, as described below |
| ASC National Registry entry | The Appraisal Subcommittee, using data sent by the state | Company name, telephone number, street address, city, state, county, and ZIP code, as filled in by the state | Anyone. The registry has a public search and a download button |
| Appraisal management company (AMC) registration | The state board, then the ASC’s AMC Registry | Company telephone and address, plus state-specific contact lines | Anyone, through the AMC Registry search and download |
Where an appraiser’s address is kept, as described by the agencies in this guide’s sources on October 11, 2026.
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What the National Registry shows for each appraiser
The registry has a public search at asc.gov/appraiser. No login is needed. A detail page for an appraiser lists each state credential separately. For each one, it shows first, middle, and last name, name suffix, company name, street, city, state, ZIP code, county, and telephone, followed by the credential status, credential number, credential type, effective and expiration dates, and whether the credential conforms to the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) criteria. It also shows the date the state’s data was last updated, and active disciplinary actions that limit the appraiser’s ability to appraise.
The download puts the same fields for every credential into one file. Its column headers are Licensing State, State License Number, First Name, Middle Name, Last Name, Name Suffix, Effective Date of License, Expiration Date of License, License Certificate Type, Status, Company Name, Telephone Number, Street Address, City, State, County, Zip Code, Conforms to AQB Criteria, and three disciplinary action columns. The ASC’s FAQ is plain about one use of this file. Under the question “How do I create a mailing list from the Appraiser Registry?” it says: “You may download a complete listing of all appraisers or establish a listing based on particular specifications using our Appraiser Registry.”
Not every field has to be filled. The same FAQ says “Some fields such as company name, phone number, county, and zip code are not required fields and, as such, may not be provided by the States for all appraisers.” And it sends corrections back to the state: “Any changes to your Appraiser Registry information, such as a change in your address, phone number, etc, must be made through your State Appraiser Regulatory Agency.”
Two more limits are worth knowing. The registry lists credentials, so an appraiser licensed in five states can appear five times. And trainees are left out. The FAQ says “Individuals with a trainee-level credential (such as a State registered or associate appraiser) will not appear on the Appraiser Registry.”
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What states actually send: our count
Because each state decides which fields to fill, we downloaded the full registry file through the ASC’s own download button on October 11, 2026 and counted the address fields on active credentials. The file had 352,411 credential rows, of which 87,514 were marked Active.
77,381
Active credentials with a street address
of 87,514 active credentials, as of our October 11, 2026 download
49,894
Active credentials with a telephone number
of 87,514 active credentials, as of our October 11, 2026 download
26,626
Active credentials with an address in a different state
the address state differs from the licensing state
| Licensing state | Active credentials | Street address filled | Telephone filled | Company name filled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 6,953 | 6,948 | 6,937 | 6,535 |
| Florida | 5,976 | 5,955 | 5,547 | 1 |
| Texas | 5,530 | 0 | 196 | 2,116 |
| New York | 3,170 | 3,170 | 0 | 3,170 |
| All licensing states and territories | 87,514 | 77,381 | 49,894 | 24,097 |
Active credentials in the ASC National Registry download, counted by save office on October 11, 2026. A credential is one state license or certification, so one appraiser can appear more than once.
The pattern is uneven. California fills nearly every field, including phone and company name. Florida sends a street address and phone but almost no company names. New York sends a street address and company name but no phone numbers. Texas sends no street address, city, or ZIP code at all, so a Texas credential in the federal download shows a name, license number, and status, with a phone number on 196 of them and a company name on 2,116. Texas is not alone: Michigan sent no street address for any of its 2,229 active credentials, and Louisiana sent one for 46 of 1,328.
The last stat above is worth a second look. On 26,626 active credentials, the state in the address differs from the state that issued the credential. That fits how appraisers work across state lines: a California appraiser who also holds a Nevada certification may show a California address on the Nevada row. An address you give one state can appear in another state’s rows.
Post office boxes do appear. By a simple text match on the street field, 528 active California credentials, 146 Florida credentials, and 118 New York credentials show a post office box. That matches California’s rule, described next, which allows one.
California: the address of record is public, and it can be a box
California’s appraiser law is the clearest of the four states on this question. Business and Professions Code section 11317.2, as printed in BREA’s compilation of the code (current as of January 1, 2026), says: “The bureau shall disclose a licensee’s or registrant’s address of record. However, the bureau shall allow a licensee or registrant to provide a post office box number or other alternate address, instead of the licensee’s home address, as the address of record.”
For an appraiser who gave a post office box or other alternative mailing address, the same subsection lets the bureau ask for a physical address too, and it keeps that one private. The bureau may require “a physical business address or residence address only for the bureau’s internal administrative use and not for disclosure as the licensee’s or registrant’s address of record or disclosure on the internet.”
BREA’s regulations tie the address of record to the mailing address. Title 10, California Code of Regulations section 3527 says “The mailing address shall be the applicant’s, licensee’s or Registrant’s address of record for all purposes. The address of record, business name and business telephone number shall be public record.” The same section requires written notice of a change in mailing address, business name, or business telephone number within 10 days, on Form REA 3011.
In practice, this gives a California appraiser two separate choices. The mailing address becomes public, so it can be a post office box or another mailing address instead of a home. The bureau can still ask privately where you actually work or live. The registry count above suggests the public address is also what reaches the federal file, since California sent a street address for 6,948 of 6,953 active credentials, and 528 of them show a box.
Florida: a mailing address and an operating address
Florida splits the question into two duties. The general rule for licensees of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation is Florida Statutes section 455.275(1): “Each licensee of the department is solely responsible for notifying the department in writing of the licensee’s current mailing address, e-mail address, and place of practice, as defined by rule of the board or the department when there is no board.”
The appraiser chapter adds an operating address. Section 475.623 says “Each appraiser registered, licensed, or certified under this part shall furnish in writing to the department each firm or business name and address from which she or he operates in the performance of appraisal services.” It continues: “Each appraiser must notify the department of any change of firm or business name and any change of address within 10 days on a form provided by the department.”
The Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board’s rules follow the same split. Rule 61J1-7.004, titled “Office,” requires notice of business name and address changes within 10 days on FREAB Form 18, and says “In instances when an appraiser has registered more than one (1) business address, the appraiser must designate the primary business address.” A separate rule, 61J1-7.008, requires notice of “any changes in the address of record within 10 days after the change.”
For an appraiser, that means the mailing address line and the business address line answer different questions. The statute’s wording for the business address, an address “from which she or he operates,” describes a place where the appraiser works. A mail-only address fits the mailing address line. If you work from home, the home is where you operate, and that is the address the business line asks about. We did not review how Florida displays these two addresses in its own license lookup.
New York: the principal place of business, in an open dataset
New York’s appraiser law is Article 6-E of the Executive Law. Section 160-q asks certified and licensed appraisers to give the Department of State the address of their principal place of business, and all other addresses where they currently prepare or help prepare appraisal reports. It requires written notice of a change of name or address within ten days, unless the change is made on a renewal application.
The Department of State publishes the result. Its dataset of Currently Licensed Real Estate Appraisers on New York’s open data portal says each record contains the licensee’s name, license type, certification dates, “the Name of the Business they are associated with, and the Business’s Address.” Its columns include Principal Business Name, Principal Business Address, Additional Address, Business City, Business State, Business Zip, and Business County. The Additional Address column is described as “Principal address additional information (POB/Apt/Unit).”
We counted that dataset on October 11, 2026, after its last update on October 10, 2026. It had 3,608 records, and each one had both a principal business name and a principal business address. About 130 to 170 of them showed a post office box in one of the two address lines, depending on how the box is written and how broadly we matched it. 962 had a business address outside New York, which again fits appraisers who hold licenses in more than one state.
So in New York, the address you give as your principal place of business is published under your name. A sole appraiser who works from home and lists the home as the principal place of business puts the home address in that dataset. We did not find a New York provision, in the sources we read, that lets an appraiser substitute a mailing address for the principal place of business.
Texas: a fixed office for resident appraisers, and little address data in the registry
Texas law asks for a place of business. Occupations Code section 1103.403(a), titled Contact Information, says “A certified or licensed appraiser who is a resident of this state shall maintain a fixed office in this state.” Subsection (b) requires notice to the board within 10 days after a change to the appraiser’s “mailing address, business address, business e-mail address, or business telephone number.” We did not find a definition of “fixed office” in the statute or in the board’s rules.
Little of this reaches the federal file. As our count shows, the registry download had no street address, city, or ZIP code for any of the 5,530 active Texas credentials. The board’s rules, in Title 22, Chapter 153 of the Texas Administrative Code, list as a ground for discipline a failure “to answer all inquiries concerning matters under the jurisdiction of the Board within 20 days of notice to said individual’s address of record.” In the rules page we read on October 11, 2026, we did not find a section in the appraiser chapter that says whether that address is published, and we did not check what TALCB’s own license holder search displays.
If you are licensed in Texas, keep the address on file current anyway. The board serves notices to the address in its records, and a missed notice can become a disciplinary matter in its own right.
Appraisal management companies, briefly
Appraisal management companies (AMCs), which manage appraiser panels for lenders, register with the states and appear on the ASC’s separate AMC Registry. Its download has columns for the registered state, AMC name, telephone number, street address, city, state, county, and ZIP code. In our October 11, 2026 download, 4,587 of 5,225 active AMC registrations carried a street address and 3,585 carried a telephone number.
State rules for AMCs lean toward a physical location. California Business and Professions Code section 11345 requires an application to include “The business address and telephone number of the person or entity seeking registration.” Florida’s Rule 61J1-7.004 asks an AMC for “each firm or business name, mailing address, street address, and telephone number of the appraisal management company’s principal business location.” Texas Rule 159.104 asks for a mailing address, phone number, and email address for the AMC’s primary contact and appraiser contact.
Florida’s AMC wording is the most useful one to read closely. It asks for a mailing address and a street address as two separate items, both tied to the principal business location. A company can use a mailing address for the first. The second describes where the company operates.
Mail lines and work-location lines on an appraiser license
An appraiser’s forms in California, Florida, New York, and Texas mix two kinds of address line. Some lines ask where to send mail and notices: California’s address of record, Florida’s mailing address under section 455.275, the Texas mailing address, and the contact lines for a Texas AMC. A mailing address, including a post office box or a mail service address, fits those lines as long as you actually receive mail there. California’s statute says so directly for appraisers.
Other lines ask where you work: Florida’s address “from which she or he operates,” New York’s principal place of business, the fixed office Texas requires of resident appraisers, and Florida’s street address for an AMC’s principal business location. Those lines expect a real place of business. For a solo appraiser who works from home, that can be the home. A mail-only address does not describe where the work happens, so it does not belong on those lines.
Whichever address you give the state may travel. It can show up in the state’s own public data and then in the federal registry download, which the ASC describes as a source for mailing lists. If you hold licenses in more than one state, the same address may appear under each one. Our guides on real estate agent business addresses and mortgage broker addresses in NMLS cover two nearby licenses with their own public records. Some states limit which company types a licensed professional can use, as our guide to PLLC vs LLC for licensed professionals explains. We did not check whether any of the four states here treats an appraisal firm that way.
| State | Line that takes a mailing address | Line that asks where you operate | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | Address of record (the mailing address). A post office box or other alternate address is allowed instead of a home address | The bureau may ask for a physical business or residence address for internal use only | Address of record, business name, and business telephone are public record |
| Florida | Mailing address (section 455.275). We did not find a rule saying whether the address of record can be a mail-only address | Business name and address from which the appraiser operates, with a primary business address if there is more than one | We did not review Florida’s own lookup. The federal registry shows a street address for 5,955 of 5,976 active Florida credentials |
| New York | We did not find a separate mailing line in the sources we read | Principal place of business, plus any other address where appraisal reports are prepared | Principal business name and address, in the state’s open dataset |
| Texas | Mailing address (section 1103.403(b)), and the address of record referred to in the board’s rules | A fixed office in Texas, for an appraiser who is a Texas resident (section 1103.403(a)) | No street, city, or ZIP code in the federal registry download for active Texas credentials |
Address lines for appraisers in four states, from the statutes, rules, and datasets in this guide’s sources, as read on October 11, 2026.
Before you update your license address
Read the exact label on your state’s change form. If it says mailing address or address of record, an address where you reliably receive mail can go there. If it asks for a business location or principal place of business, give the place where you work. Then check your entry on the ASC registry after the state’s next monthly submission. The ASC says states send data at least monthly.
Checking a mailing address for the address-of-record line
Before a mailing address goes on an appraiser license form, you can run it through our free address checker to see how USPS data classifies it.
Not legal advice
This guide summarizes the federal statute, state statutes and rules, ASC registry pages, and public datasets listed in its sources, as read on October 11, 2026. Rules differ by state, and we reviewed four states. Check with your state appraiser board before you change the address on your license.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sources & References
Primary sources this guide is based on.
- 1Appraisal Subcommittee · National Registries (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 2Appraisal Subcommittee · Appraiser Registry search and download (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 3Appraisal Subcommittee · AMC Registry search and download (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 4Appraisal Subcommittee · Frequently Asked Questions (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 5Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School · 12 U.S.C. § 3338: Roster of State, certified, licensed, and credentialed trainee appraisers (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 6California Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers · Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers Practice Act (Business and Professions Code §§ 11300 to 11425) (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 7California Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers · BREA Regulations (Title 10, California Code of Regulations) (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 8The Florida Senate · Florida Statutes § 455.275: Address of record (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 9The Florida Senate · Florida Statutes § 475.623: Registration of firm or business name and office location (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 10New York State Senate · New York Executive Law § 160-q (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 11New York State Department of State, via Open NY · Currently Licensed Real Estate Appraisers (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 12Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School · Florida Administrative Code Rule 61J1-7.004: Office (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 13Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School · Florida Administrative Code Rule 61J1-7.008: Address of Record (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 14Texas Legislature · Texas Occupations Code Chapter 1103: Real Estate Appraisers (accessed October 11, 2026)
- 15Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board · TALCB Rules (22 Texas Administrative Code Chapters 153, 155, 157, and 159) (accessed October 11, 2026)
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