Sections
9 entriesSection 7195Defines a home inspection as a paid, noninvasive physical examination connected with transfer of one-to-four-unit real property or residential stock cooperative and…Section 7195.5Allows a home inspection report for qualifying property with an owner- or occupant-controlled in-ground irrigation system to include an irrigation inspection report…Section 7195.7Prohibits a home inspector from giving an opinion about the valuation of a property. The restriction applies to valuation opinions by a…Section 7196Requires a home inspector who is not licensed as a general contractor, structural pest control operator, or architect, and is not registered…Section 7196.1Limits home inspectors who are not registered engineers from performing analysis constituting civil, electrical, or mechanical engineering and does not exempt them…Section 7196.2Requires a home inspector who observes any shade of yellow corrugated stainless steel tubing to report the observation and notify the client…Section 7197Prohibits home inspectors and affiliated companies from performing paid repairs on structures they inspected within 12 months, inspecting property in which they…Section 7198Prohibits contractual terms that purport to waive the home inspector’s statutory duty of care or limit the inspector’s liability to the cost…Section 7199Limits commencement of a legal action for breach of duty arising from a home inspection report to no more than four years…