Ohio Code 4764.02 – License
(A) No person shall knowingly conduct a home inspection or represent a qualification to conduct a home inspection for compensation or other valuable consideration unless that person is licensed pursuant to this chapter as a home inspector or performing a parallel inspection.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 4764.02
- Client: means a person who enters into a written contract with a home inspector to retain for compensation or other valuable consideration the services of that home inspector to conduct a home inspection and to provide a written report on the condition of a residential building. See Ohio Code 4764.01
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Home inspection: means the process by which a home inspector conducts a visual examination of the readily accessible components of a residential building for a client. See Ohio Code 4764.01
- Licensed home inspector: means a person who holds a valid license issued pursuant to section 4764. See Ohio Code 4764.01
- Parallel inspection: means a home inspection performed by an applicant for a home inspector license at which both of the following take place concurrently:
(1) A licensed home inspector observes and evaluates the applicant during the inspection to verify the applicant's compliance with the standards of practice specified in rules adopted by the Ohio home inspector board pursuant to division (A)(10) of section 4764. See Ohio Code 4764.01
- Person: includes an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, and association. See Ohio Code 1.59
(B) No person shall perform a home inspection unless it is performed pursuant to a written contract entered into between a licensed home inspector and a client.
(C) No person shall perform a home inspection unless the home inspection conforms to requirements specified in rules adopted by the Ohio home inspector board pursuant to division (A)(10) of section 4764.05 of the Revised Code.
(D) No person shall knowingly make or cause to be made any false representation concerning a material and relevant fact relating to the person’s licensure as a home inspector.