State of Alabama Building Commission Information
Home inspectors in Alabama are required to be licensed as of March 2004. Alabama registration requirements. State of Alabama application.
All home inspectors shall have and maintain a current license issued by the Building Commission. To obtain an Alabama license you must complete the following actions:
- File a notarized application.
- Obtain insurance
- Pass a written examination
- Be a member of one of the following:
- American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI)
- Housing Inspection Foundation
- Home Inspection Institute
- National Association of Home Inspectors (NAHI)
- National Institute of Building Inspectors (NIBI)
- American Inspectors Society
- Home Inspection Institute of America
- Inspection Depot
- Advantage Systems
- Inspection Technology Institute
- Inernational Society of Home Inspectors
- Approved by: US Veterans Administration, HUD, Southern Building Code Congress International or The Council of American Building Officials.
- Have a high school diploma, work for at least one year as a home inspectors and complete at least 100 home inspections
- Alabama licensure after 01/98 as a general contractor, architech, engineer, or home builder
The current renewal requirements are:
(1) A license is valid only during the calendar year indicated on the license. At the end of that calendar year, the license expires unless it is renewed by the licensee.
(2) To renew a license, the licensee must file a complete, accurate, timely, and notarized annual license renewal application with the Director of the Building Commission. Applicants renewing a Home Inspector’s license must also demonstrate continued compliance with the requirements found in Rules 170-X-24-.05(1)(b) and (c), and for renewals of licenses for the year 2005, demonstrate compliance with the requirement for errors and omissions coverage found in 170-X-24-05(1)(b) above and compliance with the requirement found in 170-X-24-.05(1)(d) above of providing an original and duplicate test score report demonstrating that the applicant has passed the Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors National Home Inspectors Examination. Applicants renewing an EIFS Inspector’s license must also demonstrate continued membership in and adherence to the ethical standards of the Exterior Design Institute or the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industry. Annual license renewal applications must be filed with the Building Commission by October 1 of the year preceding the year for which the license is to be renewed. Any renewal applications received after October 1 may, in the sole discretion of the Director, be rejected for that reason alone. Certificates of licensure shall be renewed on or before 60 days prior to the expiration date.
(3) If a licensee changes its address during the license year, the licensee promptly must notify the Building Commission of the new address.
There are currently no requirments for continuing education to renew your Alabama home inspectors license. Therefore, our courses can be used to maintain your professional membership requirements. Alabama Permanent Rules.