70.         DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLIENTS AND INTENDED USERS

 

Question:

What is the difference between a client and an intended user?

 

Response:

The term “Client” is defined in the DEFINITIONS section as:

 

 

 

The party or parties who engage an appraiser (by employment or contract) in a specific assignment.

 

 

The term “Intended User” is defined as:

 

 

 

the client and any other party as identified, by name or type, as users of the appraisal, appraisal review, or appraisal consulting report, by the appraiser on the basis of communication with the client at the time of the assignment.

 

 

Eventual receipt of a copy of an appraisal, appraisal review, or appraisal consulting report does not make the recipient an intended user. To be an intended user the recipient must have been identified as such by the appraiser.

 

 

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