N.C. Gen. Stat. § 143-151.50
License required to perform home inspections for compensation or to claim to be a "licensed home inspector"
Redline — June 1, 2021 → current.View current text →
Current — April 1, 2022
As of June 1, 2021
(1) Requirement. - To perform a home inspection for compensation or to claim to be a licensed home inspector, an individual must be licensed by the Board. An individual who is not licensed by the Board may perform a home inspection without compensation.
(1) Requirement. — To perform a home inspection for compensation or to claim to be a licensed home inspector, an individual must be licensed by the Board. An individual who is not licensed by the Board may perform a home inspection without compensation.
(2) Form of License. - The Board may issue a license only to an individual and may not issue a license to a partnership, an association, a corporation, a firm, or another group. A licensed home inspector, however, may perform home inspections for or on behalf of a partnership, an association, a corporation, a firm, or another group, may conduct business as one of these entities, and may enter into and enforce contracts as one of these entities.
(2) Form of License. — The Board may issue a license only to an individual and may not issue a license to a partnership, an association, a corporation, a firm, or another group. A licensed home inspector, however, may perform home inspections for or on behalf of a partnership, an association, a corporation, a firm, or another group, may conduct business as one of these entities, and may enter into and enforce contracts as one of these entities.
History
(1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 724, s. 1; 2009-509, s. 3.4.)
Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-509, s. 3.4, effective October 1, 2013, substituted "compensation or to claim to be a licensed home inspector" for "compensation on or after October 1, 1996, or to claim to be a licensed home inspector or a licensed associate home inspector on or after that date" in the first sentence of subsection (a); and deleted "or licensed associate home inspector" following "licensed home inspector" in the second sentence of subsection (b).
Official source: North Carolina General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain North Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.