North Carolina § 143-151 - 50. License required to perform home inspections for compensation or to claim to be a "licensed home inspector".
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§ 143-151. 50. License required to perform home inspections for compensation or to claim to be a "licensed home inspector".
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. 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).
Source: official North Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 143-151 ("50. License required to perform home inspections for compensation or to claim to be a "licensed home inspector".") is part of the North Carolina General Statutes, the codified statutory law of North Carolina. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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