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Arkansas Registration (Act 1328 of 2003) repealed and replaced (Act 791 of 1997). Under the "Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Act," all home inspectors in the state must register with the Secretary of State. Applicants must pass the National Home Inspector Examination. In addition, home inspectors must conduct all inspections in adherence to the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics of ASHI, the Arkansas Association of Real Estate Inspectors, or an equivalent professional home inspection association. The law also prohibits inspectors from performing repairs on a structure that he has inspected within the last 12 months. In order to register under the law, an applicant must procure general liability insurance of at least $100,000. These requirements, along with the duties and responsibilities of the Board, complaint and disciplinary procedures, continuing education requirements and more can be found In the Rules and Procedures of the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board.

For more information, contact the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board.

Arkansas Home Inspector Education

The folloing information is extracted from the Rules and Procedures of the Arkansas Home Inspector Registration Board:

702 –Additional Requirement For First Time Applicant: A person applying for registration for the first time shall have their signature on their application witnessed by a notary public, and attested to thereon. They shall also be required to fulfill the following:

A. Competency Examination: The first-time applicant shall submit with the application, copies of documents attesting to the successful passage of the competency examination. For the purposes of this State, the examination consists of two parts; the current version of the National Home Inspector Examination (NHIE) as provided by the Examination Board of Professional Home Inspectors, Inc., (http://homeinspectionexam.org ) and the current version of the Standards and Ethics Examination as provided by the American Society of Home Inspectors, (http://www.ashi.org.).

B. Pre-Registration Education: The first-time applicant shall submit with the application, copies of documents attesting to the successful passage of a Board approved pre-registration home inspector education curriculum as defined in Section 900 et. seq., consisting of no less than eighty (80) hours of classroom/on-site instruction taken within the 12 months preceding
the date of receipt of their completed application for registration.

C. Exemptions: The following persons shall be exempt from any educational requirements for initial registration, but not from the requirements concerning the competency examination, and not from requirements for continuing education:

1. City inspectors certified by the International Code Council; and
2. Contractors who hold a builder’s license and have ten (10) years experience as a
contractor.

703 –Additional Requirements For Renewal of Registration: Effective in 2004, and thereafter:

A. All persons who have been registered more than 12 months and are renewing a current registration, in addition to the requirements of paragraph 701, shall submit a AHIRB Form CE-1 that establishes that he/she has satisfactorily completed the continuing education requirements in the proceeding training year. The form shall be completed in its entirety and
attached to the registration renewal application. Failure to do so will be adequate basis for denial of registration renewal without further action by the Board. See paragraph 801 below, for the continuing education requirements.

B. Penalties For Unsubstantiated Data On Continuing Education Claim Form: Submission of a Continuing Education Claim Form whose content cannot be substantiated may be the basis for denial of registration renewal or revocation of a previously renewed registration and punitive actions as may be levied by the Board based on the facts of the particular circumstances involved.

C. As stated in §17-52-307 A.C.A, as part of an investigation or as a condition of renewal, the
Board may require an inspector to submit inspection reports and other documents to be
reviewed by the board. Further, requests by the board for copies of inspection reports shall
supersede any contract of client privacy or confidentiality, whether written or oral.