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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWhat is Certification vs. Licensing?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
A Certification verifies that a professional has met a certain set of criteria for a skill or job as measured by a third-party assessment, usually a non-government body like a Trade Association. For Home Inspectors, there are 2 national trade associations offering Certifications: ASHI (American Society of Home Inspectors) and NACHI (National Association of Certified Home Inspectors). They provide Standards of Practice for conducting Home Inspections and a Code of Ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A License is a verification by a government agency that a professional can perform a particular occupation in a particular location, such as a certain State.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why worry?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Excerpts from the Hawaii State Auditor\u2019s Report No. 19-09 dated March 2019:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAlthough certification programs are offered to home inspectors in Hawai\u2018i through the three organizations, we found indications that there are an undetermined number of non-certified individuals who are conducting home inspections in the State.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n 14 states do not require a license to perform home inspections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They are California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Utah, and Wyoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For many people, buying a home arguably represents the single largest purchase they will make in their lives and contracting the services of a qualified home inspector may be a first line of defense. State law currently requires sellers to provide prospective buyers a disclosure statement of any defects about which the homeowner is aware that may affect the value of a residential property. A home inspection may supplement the seller\u2019s disclosure statement by identifying other potential issues about which the homeowner is not aware.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on the limited scope of work that home inspectors perform, coupled with an absence of reported complaints against home inspectors or home inspection businesses that might indicate the profession presents a risk to home buyers\u2019 health, safety, and welfare, we are unable to conclude that regulation of home inspectors is \u201creasonably necessary to protect the health, safety, or welfare of consumers,\u201d nor can we conclude that the health, safety, or welfare of consumers may be \u201cjeopardized\u201d by the nature of home inspection services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Based on our assessment, we find there is insufficient evidence to meet the criteria under Section 26H-2, HRS, to require the regulation of home inspectors to protect the health, safety, or welfare of consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For any questions on this topic, please call Oscar Libed of Inspect Hawaii<\/a> at 808-728-5707 or send an email to oscar@inspecthawaii.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p> For many people, buying a home arguably represents the single largest purchase they will make in their lives, and contracting the services of a qualified home inspector may be a first line of defense. WRITTEN BY OSCAR LIBED OF INSPECT HAWAII What is Certification vs. Licensing? A Certification verifies that a professional has met a certain … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buying-a-home","tag-home-inspection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":584,"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573\/revisions\/584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oahure.com\/oahu-real-estate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Which states do not require a home inspection license to perform home inspections?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Conclusion of State Auditor on the Regulation of Home Inspectors:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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