North Olmsted Board of Education v. Cuyahoga County Board of Revision

Northern View, in its first proposition of law, claims that Canitia is not an independent fee appraiser because he (1) represents, almost exclusively, school boards in Cuyahoga County, (2) has not obtained a real estate appraisal certificate from Ohio under R.C. Chapter 4763, (3) improperly collected and verified data for his report, and (4) improperly treated information in preparing his report. We reject these claims.

As to whether Canitia must obtain a certificate as a real estate appraiser before he can testify about his opinion of value, R.C. 4763.13(F) states:

“Nothing in this chapter…