Ohio · statute · Ohio Rev. Code ch. 4764 · 22 active provisions
As used in this chapter: (A) "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. (B) "Crime…
(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. (B) No person shall perform a home inspectio…
Section 4764.02 of the Revised Code does not apply to any person described as follows if the person is acting within the scope of practice of the person's respective profession: (A) A person who is employed by or whose services otherwise are retained by this state or a political subdivision of this state for the purpos…
(A) There is hereby created the Ohio home inspector board consisting of seven members. The governor shall appoint five members who are licensed home inspectors. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives each shall appoint one member who represents the public and has no financial intere…
(A) The Ohio home inspector board shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to do all of the following: (1) Establish standards to govern the issuance, renewal, suspension, and revocation of licenses, other sanctions that may be imposed for violations of this chapter, the conduct of hearings…
(A) The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall do all of the following: (1) Administer this chapter; (2) Provide the Ohio home inspector board with meeting space, staff services, and other technical assistance required by the board to carry out the duties of the board under this chapter; (3) Pro…
(A) To obtain a license to perform home inspections, a person shall submit both of the following to the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing: (1) An application meeting the requirements of division (D) of this section on a form the superintendent provides; (2) The fee established in rules adopted by…
During each three-year period that a license is valid, a licensed home inspector shall successfully complete not less than fourteen hours of continuing education instruction annually in courses or programs directly applicable to the standards of practice and requirements specified in rules adopted by the Ohio home insp…
(A) A home inspector license issued or renewed pursuant to this chapter expires three years after the date of issuance or renewal. (B)(1) To renew a home inspector license, a licensed home inspector shall file all of the following with the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing within the ninety-day p…
(A) The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing may issue a home inspector license to an applicant who holds a license, registration, or certification as a home inspector in another jurisdiction other than another state if that applicant submits an application on a form the superintendent provides, pay…
(A) Every licensed home inspector shall maintain, or be covered by, a comprehensive general liability insurance policy or a commercial general liability insurance policy with coverage limits of not less than one hundred thousand dollars per occurrence and not less than a three- hundred-thousand-dollar aggregate limit.…
(A) On receipt of a written complaint or on the superintendent's or the board's own motion, the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing may investigate licensed home inspectors concerning any alleged violation of this chapter. Investigators and auditors employed by the superintendent may review and aud…
(A) If, upon examining the results of an investigation, the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing determines that reasonable evidence exists that a licensed home inspector has violated this chapter or engaged in an activity described in divisions (A)(1) to (7) of section 4764.14 of the Revised Code,…
(A) The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing may, except as provided in division (B) of this section, refuse to issue or renew a license if the applicant for the license or renewal has done any of the following: (1) Failed to establish to the satisfaction of the superintendent that the applicant is…
The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing may apply to any court of common pleas to enjoin a violation of this chapter. Upon a showing by the superintendent that a person has violated or is violating this chapter, the court shall grant an injunction, restraining order, or other appropriate relief.
(A) Upon receipt of a written complaint or upon the motion of the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing, the superintendent may investigate any person who is not a licensed home inspector who has allegedly violated section 4764.02 of the Revised Code. (B) The superintendent has the same powers to inv…
(A) Except as provided in divisions (B) and (C) of this section, nothing in this chapter shall be construed to create or imply a private cause of action against a licensed home inspector for a violation of this chapter if that action is not otherwise maintainable under common law. (B) An action for damages that is base…
Except as provided in section 4764.21 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall deposit all money collected under this chapter in the state treasury to the credit of the real estate operating fund. Last updated October 3, 2023 at 4:32 PM
On receipt of a notice pursuant to section 3123.43 of the Revised Code, the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall comply with sections 3123.41 to 3123.50 of the Revised Code and any applicable rules adopted under section 3123.63 of the Revised Code with respect to a license issued pursuant to t…
The superintendent of real estate and professional licensing shall comply with section 4776.20 of the Revised Code.
(A) The home inspection recovery fund is hereby created in the state treasury, to be administered by the superintendent of real estate and professional licensing. Amounts collected by the superintendent as prescribed in this section and interest earned on the assets of the fund shall be ascertained by the superintenden…
(A) Whoever violates division (A) of section 4764.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (B) Whoever violates division (D) of section 4764.02 of the Revised Code is guilty of a felony of the fifth degree.