APPRAISER, one licensed to set a value upon real or personal property. In England, appraisers are usually auctioneers also, and the name itself has given place, to a great extent, to that of "valuer." One who exercises the calling of appraiser or valuer, and who makes any valuation chargeable with stamp duty, must take out an appraiser's licence, costing 12 per annum, unless he is licensed as an auctioneer or house-agent. (See VALUATION.) In the United States appraiser is a term often used to describe a person specially appointed by a judicial or quasi-judicial authority to put a valuation on property or land. Appraisers of imported goods appointed by the customs court (formerly boards of general appraisers) have extensive functions in ad ministering the customs laws of the United States. Merchant appraisers are sometimes appointed temporarily under the revenue laws to value where there is no resident appraiser without holding the office of appraiser (U.S. Rev. Stats. § 2609).