Question:

I was recently hired to perform an appraisal assignment for a government agency. The agency has a regulation that requires me to provide the appraisal report to other government agencies if requested.  Does this regulation create a jurisdictional exception to the Confidentiality section of the ETHICS RULE?

Response:

No. The Confidentiality section of the ETHICS RULE reads, in part:

An appraiser must not disclose confidential information or assignment results prepared for a client to anyone other than the client and persons specifically authorized by the client; state enforcement agencies and such third parties as may be authorized by due process of law;…

Since the Confidentiality section of the ETHICS RULE allows for the disclosure of confidential information to persons specifically authorized by the client and such third parties as may be authorized by due process of law, the JURISDICTIONAL EXCEPTION RULE would not apply.