143-151.50. License required to perform home inspections for compensation or to claim to be a "licensed home inspector".
(a) 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.
(b) 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. (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 724, s. 1; 2009-509, s. 3.4.)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 143 - State Departments, Institutions, and Commissions
Article 9F - North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board.
§ 143-151.46 - North Carolina Home Inspector Licensure Board established; members; terms; vacancies.
§ 143-151.47 - Compensation of Board members.
§ 143-151.48 - Election of officers; meetings of Board.
§ 143-151.49 - Powers and responsibilities of Board.
§ 143-151.51 - Requirements to be licensed as a home inspector.
§ 143-151.53 - Notification to applicant following evaluation of application.
§ 143-151.54 - Miscellaneous license provisions.
§ 143-151.55 - Renewal of license; inactive licenses; lapsed licenses.
§ 143-151.56 - Suspension, revocation, and refusal to renew license.
§ 143-151.58 - Duties of licensed home inspector.
§ 143-151.59 - Violation is a misdemeanor.
§ 143-151.62 - Persons and practices not affected.