Application Instructions
- General Information
The Fair Information Practice Act: In compliance with Ind. Code 4-1-6, this agency is notifying you that you must provide the requested information, or your application will not be processed. You have the right to challenge, correct, or explain information maintained by this agency. The information you provide will become public record. Your examination scores and grade transcripts are confidential except in circumstances where their release is required by law, in which case you will be notified.
Mandatory Disclosure of U.S. Social Security Number: Your social security number is being requested by this state agency in accordance with Ind. Code 4-1-8-1 and 25-1-5- 11(a). Disclosure is mandatory, and this record cannot be processed without it. Failure to disclose your U.S. social security number will result in the denial of your application. Application fees are not refundable.
Abandon Applications: If an applicant does not submit all requirements within one (1) year after the date on which the application is filed, the application for licensure is abandoned without any action of the Board. An application submitted after an abandoned application shall be treated as a new application.
- Home Inspector by Examination
Submit the following with your online application:
- Application Fee of $50.00: Pay by credit or debit card. All application fees are nonrefundable.
- Positive Response Documentation: If you answer "Yes" to any questions on the application, explain fully in a statement that includes all details. Include the violation, location, date, cause number, and disposition. Submit copies of court documents for each instance to support the statement.
- Name Change Documentation: Documentation of any legal name change if your name differs from that on any of your documents. Documentation may include a copy of your marriage certificate or divorce decree.
- Education: Applicants must meet the education requirements including having obtained a high school diploma or GED and a board approved training course. Applicants must submit a copy of their pre-licensure course certificate of completion.
- Examination: The Board has adopted the Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors' (EBPHI) National Home Inspector Examination to obtain a home inspector license. You will be required to pass this examination before you will be licensed as a home inspector in Indiana. Applicants must submit a copy of their original score report. For more information, you can go to: Exam Information.
- Certificate of Insurance: Applicants for licensure must have obtained insurance with general liability coverage of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) issued by an insurance company or other legal entity authorized to transact business in Indiana. This coverage must also list the state as an additional insured and must state that cancellation and nonrenewal of the underlying policy or other evidence of financial responsibility is not effective until the Board receives at least ten days prior written notice of the cancellation or nonrenewal. Please be sure your insurance company indicates your name (not just your company) as the insured and indicates HOME INSPECTORS LICENSING BOARD in the Certificate Holder section.
- Home Inspection by Reciprocity
Submit the following with your online application:
- Application Fee of $50.00: Pay by credit or debit card. All application fees are nonrefundable.
- Positive Response Documentation: If you answer "Yes" to any questions on the application, explain fully in a statement that includes all details. Include the violation, location, date, cause number, and disposition. Submit copies of court documents for each instance to support the statement.
- Name Change Documentation: Documentation of any legal name change if your name differs from that on any of your documents. Documentation may include a copy of your marriage certificate or divorce decree.
- Education: Applicants must meet the education requirements including having obtained a high school diploma or GED and a board approved training course. Applicants must submit a copy of their pre-licensure course certificate of completion.
- Examination: The Board has adopted the Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors' (EBPHI) National Home Inspector Examination to obtain a home inspector license. You will be required to pass this examination before you will be licensed as a home inspector in Indiana. Applicants must submit a copy of their original score report. For more information, you can go to: Exam Information.
- Certificate of Insurance: Applicants for licensure must have obtained insurance with general liability coverage of at least one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) issued by an insurance company or other legal entity authorized to transact business in Indiana. This coverage must also list the state as an additional insured and must state that cancellation and nonrenewal of the underlying policy or other evidence of financial responsibility is not effective until the Board receives at least ten days prior written notice of the cancellation or nonrenewal. Please be sure your insurance company indicates your name (not just your company) as the insured and indicates HOME INSPECTORS LICENSING BOARD in the Certificate Holder section.
- Verification of State Licensure(s) - We must receive verification from every state, territory, and country that you hold or have held a license. A copy of your license will not suffice.
- Licensed Home Inspector Education Providers
Submit the following with your online application:
- Application Fee of $50.00: Pay by credit or debit card. All application fees are nonrefundable.
- Resumes: For all Instructors teaching courses
- Mission Statement
- Organization's coordinators/leadership
- Exit Examination Materials
Renewal Instructions
- Renewal Information
Renewal Information
All Home Inspector's licenses renew by October 1st of odd numbered years.Renewal notices are sent approximately ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date. Licensees with a valid email address on file will be emailed the renewal information. Licensees that do not have a valid email address on file will be mailed license renewal information. This notice is mailed to the licensee's address of record with the Board. Continuing Education and proof of Liability Insurance is required to renew your license.
Prelicensing Course Provider Renewal BIENNIAL REPORT Requirements
Submit a biennial report, which shall contain:
(a) A list of instructors who teach any section of the course and a curriculum vitae for the instructor if the instructor was not listed on the provider's initial application for approval; and
(b) a roster of all students who attended the approved providers course during the previous renewal cycle and a report on whether each student passed or failed the course.
- Reinstatement Information
Home Inspector Licenses
- Payment of the current renewal fee ($50) and current initial application fee ($50). Total reinstatement fee: $100.
- Documentation to Upload
- Letter of work history detailing why your license expired and what you have been doing since the license expired.
- Proof of 32 hours of continuing education obtained within the previous 24 months following the Category I and II requirements.
- Pass the National Home Inspector Examination provided by the Examination of Professional Home Inspectors
- Certificate of insurance with a minimum of $100,000 in liability
Continuing Education Provider and Pre-Course Provider
If facility has been expired for three or more years, you may now reinstate. In order to do this, you must have your license number and Registration Code. If you need your registration code, contact PLA at 317-232-2960 for the Call Center or email pla12@pla.in.gov. - Continuing Education
A licensed home inspector is required to complete 32 hours of continuing education for each renewal cycle that is 24 months or more.
A licensed home inspector who has had their license for less that 24 months but more than 12 months is required to complete 16 hours of continuing education.
A licensed home inspector who has had their license for less than 12 months is not required to complete any continuing education for this cycle.
Rule 5. Continuing Education
878 IAC 1-5-1 Continuing education requirements
Authority: IC 25-20.2-3-8
Affected: IC 25-20.2
- Sec. 1. (a) A licensee who renews a license as a home inspector shall complete not less than thirty-two (32) continuing education hours in each renewal period.
- (b) Continuing education hours shall be obtained within the biennial renewal period in which the licensee is applying and shall not be carried over from one (1) biennial renewal period to another.
- (c) A holder of a license issued under IC 25-20.2 must retain a record of the continuing education required by subsection (b) for two (2) years following the end of the biennial renewal period for which it was obtained.
- (d) Continuing education completed to satisfy the continuing education requirements of another state with which a reciprocal agreement exists, in which the licensee also holds a license as a home inspector, may be applied towards the continuing education requirement of this rule for renewal of a license issued under IC 25-20.2.
- (e) A holder of a license issued under IC 25-20.2 who has been licensed for less than two (2) full years before the first renewal date for that license shall meet the following continuing education requirements for the licensee’s first renewal period:
- (1) A licensee who has been licensed for at least twelve (12) months, but less than twenty-four (24) months, shall complete sixteen (16) hours of continuing education for renewal of that initial license.
- (2) A licensee who has been licensed for less than twelve (12) months shall be exempt from the continuing education hours required for renewal of that initial license.
- Home Inspectors Licensing Board; 878 IAC 1-5-1; filed Apr 18, 2005.
878 IAC 1-5-2 Continuing education
Authority: IC 25-20.2-3-8
Affected: IC 25-20.2
- Sec. 2. (a) As used in IC 25-20.2, “continuing education” means education provided by board-approved providers that is obtained by a licensee in order to maintain, improve, or expand the licensee’s skills and knowledge.
- (b) Continuing education shall be comprised of two (2) categories, Category I and Category II. The licensee shall obtain a minimum of seventy-five percent (75%) of the required amount of continuing education hours for renewal from Category I and may obtain a maximum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the required amount of continuing education hours for renewal from Category II.
- (c) Category I is defined as continuing education that is formal programming, which includes instruction in one (1) of the following areas:
- (1) Heating systems.
- (2) Cooling systems.
- (3) Electrical systems.
- (4) Plumbing systems.
- (5) Structural components.
- (6) Foundations.
- (7) Roof coverings.
- (8) Exterior and interior components.
- (d) Category II is defined as continuing education that is formal programming, which includes instruction in:
- (1) any other site aspects that affect a residential dwelling; or
- (2) business operations, contract writing, ethics courses, report writing, legal liability instruction, or any other formal programming that is specifically directed toward the home inspection industry.
Continuing Education Reporting Form
Fee Schedule
- Home Inspector Applications/Renewals
Home Inspector Application/Renewal Fee Penalty Total Application/Issuance Fee for Licensure as a Home Inspector $50.00 NA $50.00 Renewal - Unexpired - prior to October 1 of odd-numbered years $50.00 NA $50.00 Renewal - Expired < 3 Years - after October 1 of odd-numbered years $50.00 $50.00 $100.00 Reinstatement - Expired > 3 Years $100.00 NA $100.00 Fee for activating a retired license $10.00 NA $10.00 - Home Inspector Continuing Education Providers
Continuing Education Providers Fee Penalty Total Continuing Education Provider Application $50.00 NA $50.00 Pre-Licensing Course Provider Application $50.00 NA $50.00 Provider Renewal - Unexpired - prior to September 30 of odd-numbered years $50.00 NA $50.00 Provider Renewal - Expired - after September 30 of odd-numbered years $50.00 $50.00 $100.00
FAQs
- FAQs
Apply for Licensure
- Question - Is there a fee to apply for a home inspector license?
- Answer - Yes. There is a nonrefundable fifty dollar ($50.00) fee to apply for a home inspector license.
- Question - Is the education I have taken acceptable for application as a home inspector?
- Answer - The Home Inspectors Licensing Board and the IPLA cannot pre-approve education prior to application. If you are unsure if the education you have taken meets requirements, please consult the licensure law compilation.
Renewal
- Question - When does my home inspector license need to be renewed?
- Answer - The home inspector license expires on October 1 of every odd-numbered year. Renewal begins sixty (90) days prior to the date of expiration, and license renewal can be done any time during that period.
- Question - What is the renewal fee?
- Answer - For home inspector license renewal, the fee is fifty dollars ($50.00) if renewal is done before expiration. For renewal after expiration there is a one hundred dollar ($100.00) late fee.
Continuing Education Requirements
- Question - When do I need to have continuing education completed for the home inspector license?
- Answer - The continuing education is due when the license is renewed.
- Question - How many hours of continuing education do I need?
- Answer - If the license has been held for twenty-four (24) months or more, then thirty two (32) hours of approved continuing education is required. If the license has been held for more than twelve (12) months but less than twenty-four (24) months, the requirement is sixteen (16) hours of approved continuing education. A license that has been held less than (1) one year will not need continuing education to renew the license during the current renewal cycle?
Legal Questions
- I have a question about home inspector law in Indiana...
- The Home Inspectors Licensing Board and the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency are prohibited from providing legal advice on issues contained in licensure laws and regulations. If you have a question about legal requirements, please review the compilation of laws and regulations made available by IPLA or consult an attorney.
- Question - Is there a fee to apply for a home inspector license?