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Home inspector license requirements by state
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Verified states
Verified so far: 7 of 51 states
| State | What the state says | Last checked |
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Arizona's board asks a home inspector candidate for 84 classroom hours, 30 parallel inspections and a pass on the National Home Inspector Examination. You also need a fingerprint card. | |
| Florida | If you aren't licensed in another state, you work as a licensed home inspector in Florida after you finish a course of at least 120 hours, pass the required exam and show good moral character. You apply to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation. A few groups are exempt from the license. | |
| Massachusetts | If you are new to the trade, you start as an Associate Home Inspector: 75 hours of Board approved training, 25 supervised inspections and a passing exam. A full Home Inspector license comes after a year as an associate and 100 more inspections. | |
| New Hampshire | If you have never held a home inspector license and your work is not exempt, New Hampshire asks for 80 hours of board-approved courses, a passing exam score, liability coverage and a criminal history check, among other things. You mail the paperwork to the Office of Professional Licensure & Certification. A license in good standing from a qualifying state opens a separate route. | |
| New York | If you hold no home inspector license from another state, a U.S. possession or D.C., New York asks for high school or its equivalent, a passed exam and the fees. You also need a course of at least one hundred forty hours, or one hundred supervised inspections instead. You need the license to inspect homes for compensation, unless you are on the statute's exempt list. | |
| North Carolina | In North Carolina, you need a license from the Home Inspector Licensure Board to inspect homes for compensation, unless the licensing law does not apply to you. You apply on the Board's form, pass its exam, pay the fees, carry insurance and meet one of the statute's conditions on schooling or experience. | |
| Texas | If you have never held a Texas inspector license, the usual path starts at apprentice inspector, sponsored by a professional inspector, unless the agency's rules for swapping in work history or an out-of-state waiver may let you skip it. You then move up to real estate inspector and professional inspector. The higher levels ask for time, supervised jobs and classroom hours. |
Coverage by state
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- AL Alabama, no page yet
- AK Alaska, no page yet
- AZ Arizona, verified
- AR Arkansas, no page yet
- CA California, no page yet
- CO Colorado, no page yet
- CT Connecticut, no page yet
- DE Delaware, no page yet
- DC District of Columbia, no page yet
- FL Florida, verified
- GA Georgia, no page yet
- HI Hawaii, no page yet
- ID Idaho, no page yet
- IL Illinois, no page yet
- IN Indiana, no page yet
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- KS Kansas, no page yet
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- LA Louisiana, no page yet
- ME Maine, no page yet
- MD Maryland, no page yet
- MA Massachusetts, verified
- MI Michigan, no page yet
- MN Minnesota, no page yet
- MS Mississippi, no page yet
- MO Missouri, no page yet
- MT Montana, no page yet
- NE Nebraska, no page yet
- NV Nevada, no page yet
- NH New Hampshire, verified
- NJ New Jersey, no page yet
- NM New Mexico, no page yet
- NY New York, verified
- NC North Carolina, verified
- ND North Dakota, no page yet
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- PA Pennsylvania, no page yet
- RI Rhode Island, no page yet
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- TN Tennessee, no page yet
- TX Texas, verified
- UT Utah, no page yet
- VT Vermont, no page yet
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- WA Washington, no page yet
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- WI Wisconsin, no page yet
- WY Wyoming, no page yet
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