It is the duty of a home inspector who is not licensed as a general contractor, structural pest control operator, or architect, or registered as a professional engineer to conduct a home inspection with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent home inspector would exercise.
Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 7196
Home Inspectors
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 106 Cal. App. 4th 1415 - Moreno v. Sanchez (2003)
Most recently applied in Evans v. Hood Corp. (November 2016)
Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 338, Sec. 2
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