RCW 18.280.020
Licensure required.
(1) Beginning September 1, 2009, a person shall not engage in or conduct, or advertise or hold himself or herself out as engaging in or conducting, the business of or acting in the capacity of a home inspector within this state without first obtaining a license as provided in this chapter.
(2) Any person performing the duties of a home inspector on June 12, 2008, has until July 1, 2010, to meet the licensing requirements of this chapter. However, if a person performing the duties of a home inspector on June 12, 2008, has proof that he or she has worked as a home inspector for at least two years and has conducted at least one hundred home inspections, he or she may apply to the board before September 1, 2009, for licensure without meeting the instruction and training requirements of this chapter.
(3) The director may begin issuing licenses under this section beginning on July 1, 2009.
[ 2008 c 119 § 2.]
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Title 18 - Businesses and Professions
Chapter 18.280 - Home Inspectors.
18.280.020 - Licensure required.
18.280.030 - Duties of a licensed home inspector.
18.280.040 - Home inspector advisory licensing board.
18.280.050 - Director's authority.
18.280.060 - Board's authority.
18.280.070 - Qualifications for licensure.
18.280.090 - License length and renewal.
18.280.110 - License renewal—Continuing education requirements.
18.280.120 - Written reports—Limitation on work.
18.280.130 - Suspension of license—Appeal.
18.280.140 - Civil infractions.
18.280.150 - Uniform regulation of business and professions act.
18.280.160 - Relief by injunction—Director and board immunity.
18.280.170 - Exemption from licensing.