18VAC15-40-20. Necessity for licensure.
A. It shall be unlawful for any individual who does not possess a license as a home inspector issued by the board to perform a home inspection.
B. A home inspection on a new residential structure, to include any course of construction inspection, shall only be conducted by a home inspector with the NRS specialty.
C. An individual who does not hold a license as a home inspector and who is only conducting inspections of a component or system of a residential building is not considered to be performing a home inspection.
Statutory Authority
§§ 54.1-201 and 54.1-501 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 19, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2003; amended, Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2017; Volume 42, Issue 1, eff. October 1, 2025.