Determine whether a home inspector operating in California must hold a state license before trying to build a CA license-lookup integration

domain: leginfo.legislature.ca.gov · 4 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps

  1. Check California Business & Professions Code Chapter 9.3, Sections 7195-7199 (the Home Inspector Practice Act), available via leginfo.legislature.ca.gov — this is the operative state law, and it does not create a licensing or certification regime for home inspectors
  2. Confirm there is no state license number, board, or exam to look up: Section 7196 only imposes a 'reasonably prudent home inspector' standard of care on anyone not otherwise licensed as a contractor, architect, engineer, or structural pest control operator
  3. If you need a credibility signal in place of a state license, check voluntary certification instead via the InterNACHI (nachi.org/verify) or ASHI (homeinspector.org) directories
  4. Do not build a state-agency license-search integration for California home inspectors specifically — no such licensing board or dataset exists for this occupation

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