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Home Inspector License and New Residential Structure Designation
By Drew Howard , President, HomePro, Inc.
There have been several chang-
es to the law in Virginia related to
home inspector requirements.
“Licensee” means a home inspector as
home inspection for compensation on a resi-
dential building.
B. A home inspection on a new residential
structure shall only be conducted by a home
defined in Chapter 5 (§ 54.1-500 et seq.) of inspector with the NRS specialty and who has
Title 54.1 of the Code of Virginia. completed a training module on the Virginia
“Licensure” means a method of regulation
Residential Code. The minimum provisions
whereby the Commonwealth, through the for a report prepared by a licensed home
issuance of a license, authorizes a person pos- inspector (18 VAC15-40-130) were amended
sessing the character and minimum skills to to conform to Chapter 805 of the 2017 Acts
engage in the practice of a profession or occu- of Assembly.
pation that is unlawful to practice without
such license.
The new law, effective July 1, 2017, man-
dates that if a home inspector observes the
“New residential structure” or “NRS” presence of any yellow corrugated stain-
means a residential structure for which the less steel tubing (CSST) while inspecting
first conveyance of record title to a purchaser a home built prior to the adoption of the
has not occurred or the purchaser has not 2006 Virginia Construction Code, the home
taken possession, whichever occurs later. inspector must disclose this observation in
“NRS specialty” means a designation
the home inspection report, along with a
granted by the board to a home inspector that specific advisory statement to the consumer.
authorizes such individual to conduct home In addition, 18 VAC 15-40-10 is amended to
inspections on any new residential structure. incorporate relevant definitions for the home
18VAC15-40-20. Necessity for licensure. inspection report from the applicable statute.
A. It shall be unlawful for any individual
These changes took place 1 July 2017. If
who does not possess a license as a home you have any questions please give me a call
inspector issued by the board to perform a [phone]. Drew Howard