Home Inspection Online Training Courses

State of Alaska Division of Corporation and Professional Licensing Information

i-Course is an approved continuing education provider for Alaska.

Home inspectors in Alaska are required to be licensed by the Division of Corporation and Professional Licensing. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development adopts regulations to carry out laws governing home inspectors in Alaska. Inspectors can be licensed to inspect existing homes, new homes, or both (joint). If you are applying to be a new home or joint inspector you must pass four inspector exams. If you are applying to inspect existing homes you must pass either the NHIE exam or NAHI's exam. Alaska application information.

The requirements to become a home inspector or associate home inspector in Alaska are:

Sec. 08.18.022. Home inspectors; associate home inspectors. (a) The department shall issue a certificate of
registration as a home inspector for new homes, existing homes, or both, as appropriate, to an individual who

1. passes the appropriate home inspection examination; for purposes of this paragraph, the appropriate home
   inspection examination for an individual who applies to be registered for inspection of
   • existing homes is the examination offered by the American Society of Home Inspectors or National
     Association of Home Inspectors;
   • new homes or for a joint registration is the examination offered by the International Code Council;
2. meets the educational and experience requirements adopted by the department in regulations for the type
   of registration applied for;
3. submits a complete application for registration either
   • within three years after passing the examination required under (1) of this subsection; or
   • accompanied by documentation that the applicant has completed continuing education requirements
     established by the department;
4. within the seven years preceding the date of application, has not been under a sentence for an offense
   related to forgery, theft in the first or second degree, extortion, or defrauding creditors or for a felony involving
   dishonesty;
5. has not had the authority to perform home inspections revoked in this state or in another jurisdiction;
6. is not the subject of an unresolved criminal complaint or unresolved disciplinary action before a regulatory
   authority in this state or in another jurisdiction related to real estate or home inspection matters; and
7. pays the appropriate fees.
   • An individual may register with the department as an associate home inspector upon application, payment of
     the required fee, and determination by the department that the individual
     1. within the seven years preceding the date of application, has not been under a sentence for an offense
        related to forgery, theft in the first or second degree, extortion, or defrauding creditors or for a felony involving
        dishonesty;
     2. has not had the authority to perform home inspections revoked in this state or in another jurisdiction; and
     3. is not the subject of an unresolved criminal complaint or unresolved disciplinary action before a regulatory
        authority in this state or in another jurisdiction related to real estate or home inspection matters.
        Sec.

An applicant for renewal of a home inspection registration must complete at least eight (8) hours of acceptable continuing competency activities for the concluding two-year licensing period. Biennial Home Inspector Renewal application. i-Course is an approved Continuing Competency education provider for Alaska home inspectors.

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