Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-501
No person shall act as a real estate appraiser or provisional appraiser or engage in the real estate appraisal business without the appropriate certification or provisional license issued by the commission, unless exempted by the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 20-501
( P.A. 93-354, S. 26, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 00-192, S. 55, 102; P.A. 01-100, S. 1; P.A. 14-52, S. 2.)
Section is a licensing statute and does not preclude witness from testifying as to his opinion of the diminution in value of plaintiff's property where trial court found that witness's education, training and experience qualified him to testify as an expert and defendant pointed to no evidence showing that witness was engaged in the business of real estate appraising. 49 CA 781.