The Virginia Association of Real Estate Inspectors
Welcome to VAREI
Home Inspector Licensing Regulations - Updated and Effective September 20, 2017. [Follow the link above, download the document, read it...learn it... follow it].
STAY INFORMED
There is an easy way to stay up on regulations and notifications...
Sign up for the Regulatory Town Hall. Once you sign up, they will send a confirmation email and you can then select the Notification Preferences (emails you'd like to receive)...
Go to...
Commerce and Trade >
Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation>
Virginia Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspections
Home Inspector Licensing Regulations [18 VAC 15-40] <--check this box!
If you plan to inspect New Residential Construction, you are required to attend the NRS Module training class. More classes are now availale. If you haven't attended one yet, check the DPOR site to learn about upcoming classes/approved providers (scroll down to NRS Training Module).
If you have already taken the NRS Module - follow-up with DPOR and verify that you are properly classified as having the NRS designation.
NRS Application
The link above is for a secured, fillable PDF. You must have Adobe Reader. Click on the link to download. Once the download is complete, click on the PDF - if you have Adobe Reader, it will open.
CSST
Corrugated Stainless Steel Tubing
SB 812 Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors, Board for; home inspections, required statement.
Introduced by: David W. Marsden | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS ENACTED WITH GOVERNOR'S RECOMMENDATION: (all summaries)
Board for Asbestos, Lead, and Home Inspectors; home inspections; required statement related to the presence of yellow shaded corrugated stainless steel tubing. Provides that whenever a home inspector observes the presence of any shade of yellow shaded corrugated stainless steel tubing during an inspection of a home built prior to the adoption of the construction code effective in 2008, his observation must be included in the inspection report along with the following statement: "Manufacturers believe that this product is safer if properly bonded and grounded as required by the manufacturer's installation instructions. Proper bonding and grounding of the product should be determined by a contractor licensed to perform the work in the Commonwealth of Virginia."
January 10th
April 11th