Credentials & license verification
Everything you need to verify Miner Appraisals before engaging us — Utah state license, USPAP compliance, scope of practice, and the public records that back all of it. We've made this verifiable on purpose; attorneys and CPAs ask, and you should too.
State license
Utah Certified Residential Appraiser — Lic. 10948175-CR00 — issued by the Utah Department of Commerce, Division of Real Estate.
You can verify this license yourself at secure.utah.gov/llv/search. Search by license number (10948175-CR00) or by name (Daniel Miner). The state's public record will show current status, issue and expiration dates, the credential type, and any disciplinary history.
This is the same database Utah district courts, the IRS, and lenders cross-reference when accepting an appraisal report. If a "real estate professional" can't show you their license number, they aren't a state-certified appraiser — they're a different kind of practitioner, and their opinion of value doesn't carry the same legal weight.
USPAP compliance
Every report Miner Appraisals signs is prepared in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) — the federal-government-recognized standards governing real estate appraisal practice in the United States.
USPAP is what makes an appraisal admissible in court, accepted by the IRS for estate and gift tax filings, and trusted by lenders. It defines how an appraiser develops a value opinion, what must be disclosed in the report, and how appraiser independence must be preserved. We are current on the active USPAP edition and continuing education requirements set by the Utah Division of Real Estate.
Scope of practice
Miner Appraisals is a residential appraisal practice. We appraise 1–4 unit residential properties — single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and small multi-family — across the Wasatch Front and surrounding Utah counties.
We do not appraise commercial property (office, retail, industrial, hospitality, multi-family above 4 units). That work requires a Certified General appraiser; we are a Certified Residential appraiser, and we don't take work outside our scope. If you need a commercial appraisal, we're happy to recommend Certified General appraisers we trust.
We don't take AMC orders
We are an independent, non-AMC appraisal practice. We do not accept assignments from Appraisal Management Companies — the middlemen lenders use to manage refinance and purchase appraisal orders. We work directly with our clients: private homeowners, attorneys, CPAs, accountants, and the occasional credit union or community bank that orders direct.
Why it matters: AMC orders have third-party fee splits, volume-driven turnaround pressure, and review processes designed for refi throughput — not for attorney-quality narrative reports. Going direct means you talk to the appraiser, the appraiser inspects the property, and the appraiser signs the report. Same person, end to end.
Practice history
- In practice since 2017. The original credential was a Utah State-Licensed Appraiser; upgraded to Certified Residential after meeting the additional education, examination, and supervised-experience requirements set by the Appraiser Qualifications Board.
- 1,200+ reports completed across estate, divorce, tax-appeal, retrospective, pre-listing, pre-purchase, lender, and house-measurement assignments.
- Owner-operated. Miner Appraisals LLC is a single-appraiser practice. There is no field staff, no outsourced inspections, and no junior-appraiser handoffs. Every assignment is inspected and signed by Dan Miner.
- E&O insured. Errors-and-omissions coverage current; certificate available on request for attorneys engaging us for litigation work.
Counties served
Regular work across all eight Wasatch Front and surrounding counties:
- Salt Lake County — Salt Lake City, Sandy, Draper, West Jordan, Holladay, Cottonwood Heights, Daybreak
- Utah County — Provo, Orem, Lehi, American Fork, Saratoga Springs, Eagle Mountain
- Davis County — Bountiful, Layton, Farmington, Kaysville, Syracuse
- Summit County — Park City, Coalville, Kamas, Snyderville Basin, Deer Valley
- Wasatch County — Heber, Midway, Charleston, Independence
- Tooele County — Tooele, Grantsville, Stansbury Park, Erda
- Morgan County — Morgan, Mountain Green, Croydon
- Weber County — Ogden, Roy, Riverdale, North Ogden, South Ogden
For attorney work and unusual rural valuations we'll travel beyond these counties — ask anyway.
How attorneys typically engage us
For estate, divorce, and litigation work, the standard pattern is: opposing counsel agrees on a jointly-engaged neutral appraiser, you send a one-page engagement letter with the property address, intended use, and effective date (often a retrospective date such as date of death or filing date), we deliver a USPAP-compliant narrative report in 5–7 business days, and we testify if needed under court rule. We've testified at deposition and in court; we don't shade reports to favor the engaging party. The work either holds up under cross-examination or it isn't worth signing.
Ready to engage us?
Request a fee quote with the property address, intended use, and effective date. Quote response typically within one business day. For attorney engagements with court deadlines, mention the deadline in the quote request — we'll confirm we can hit it before quoting.