Are property appraisers licensed or sworn in Morocco?

This is the most poorly documented question in the sector, and the one where misleading wording is most common. What does not exist: a public licence, a national order or an official register of property appraisers in Morocco. The title is not protected — it can be used by a trained professional or by someone who has valued three properties. Which is exactly why the checking is yours to do. What can be verified: - RICS certification. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors certifies individuals, never firms, so no company can be RICS certified. A certified professional holds the MRICS or FRICS designation and appears on the institution's public register — a register you can actually consult. They apply the Red Book Global Standards, a published framework that binds them: bases of value, methods and disclosure duties are all written down. - Professional liability and the insurance behind it. Ask for the certificate. - Track record in numbers: valuations per year, asset types, districts covered. A number can be checked; a reputation cannot. - The method itself. A report where every comparable is dated and sourced can be checked line by line, whatever its author's title. A frequent confusion worth clearing up: the chartered land surveyor is a regulated and sworn profession in Morocco. Surveys, boundary setting, registration plans and cadastral files belong to them, not to us. ReaConsult works in partnership with chartered land surveyors for that work. The existence of a sworn profession in one field does not mean an equivalent licence exists for property valuation. A point of vocabulary to close. A private valuation is commissioned by one party and serves to decide, negotiate or document an agreement. It is not binding on anyone: it carries weight through what it demonstrates, not through a status. That is also its strength in a family division or a purchase negotiation, where each side can check the reasoning instead of being handed a figure. What we write: reports produced by RICS certified appraisers, compliant with the Red Book. What we never write: certified firm, licensed expert, or binding report.