The official appraisers were noted for doing their job, and the penalties for fraud were severe.

He functioned as official appraiser to the Russian Imperial Court from the early 1790s.

The opinions of the collector of the port and of the board of official appraisers were no more admissible on this question than those of any other competent experts.

Investigators charged that he waived a conflict of interest rule to allow a judge's son to sell $100,000 of property even though the son was the official appraiser of the items.