Rhode Island General Laws Title 5. Businesses and Professions § 5-20.9-3. Registration required for appraisal management companies

(1) An agency of the federal government or any state or municipal government;

(2) An appraisal management company that is a subsidiary owned and controlled by a financial institution regulated by a federal financial institution regulatory agency, provided the appraisal management company is in compliance with § 1124 of the federal Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, 12 U.S.C. § 3353, and any rules promulgated pursuant to the authority granted in said § 1124;

(3) Any domestic corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, unit, or other domestic business entity that exclusively employs persons in employer-employee relationships to perform residential real estate appraisal services in accordance with USPAP in the normal course of its business;

(4) Any individual, corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, unit, or other business entity who or that in the normal course of business enters into an agreement, whether written or otherwise, with an independent fee appraiser for the performance of residential real estate appraisal services shall, upon the completion of the appraisal, cosign the report with the independent fee appraiser with whom it or the individual subcontracted for the performance of the residential real estate appraisal service.