Register as a valuer with the Valuers Registration Board
Valuers Registration Board · sources read 3 Oct 2026
Apply to the Valuers Registration Board on its prescribed form and pay the prescribed fee. You qualify if you are a full member of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (valuation chapter) or hold an equivalent qualification the Board recognises, and your certificate must be renewed every year.
- Fee
- We couldn't confirm a fee from the official page. Check it there before you pay.
- Deadline
- Renew your certificate every year, before the renewal date
- Where
- The Valuers Registration Board, which sits under the State Department for Lands
What you need
- The Board's prescribed application form
Steps
- Fill in the Board's prescribed application form and pay the prescribed fee.
- The full Board considers your application. If you qualify, your name is entered in the register.
- The registrar issues your certificate of registration.
- Renew the certificate every year by paying the prescribed renewal fee before the renewal date.
Watch out
- You cannot carry on business as a practising valuer unless you are registered. Firms can only practise if the partners or directors who do valuations are registered.
- Practising unregistered can lead to a fine of up to KSh 10,000, up to 12 months in jail, or both.
Who can apply
- Full members of the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya (Chapter of Valuation and Estate Management Surveyors).
- Corporate members of RICS (General Practice, Land Agency or Agriculture) who qualify for full ISK valuation chapter membership.
- Holders of a degree or diploma recognised by the Board that qualifies them for full ISK valuation chapter membership.
Official sources (2)
- Valuers Act (Cap. 532) new.kenyalaw.org · read 3 Oct 2026
- State Department for Lands and Physical Planning lands.go.ke · read 3 Oct 2026