Hawaii to Nevada: home inspector license reciprocity

1. 1Trade exam. Pass the destination's trade exam. The Nevada inspector of structures examination, taken through Pearson VUE as the agent designated by the Division. It is one paper, not two: NAC 645D.250(2) requires it to cover the technical subjects for the certificate applied for and also NRS chapter 645D, its regulations and Nevada's standards of practice at NAC 645D.460 to .580. The content outline the Division's testing agent publishes for it is the national home inspector content outline used for the National Home Inspector Examination. A scaled score of 75 passes, and the paper carries 175 scored questions plus a few unscored pretest questions. Register and pay on the Division's portal first, wait for the Authorization to Test email, then book with Pearson VUE. Because the rule demands an examination administered by the Division or its agent and the Division publishes no substitute, an NHIE result obtained for another state's license does not replace sitting Nevada's paper. Results count only if the examination was taken in the year before you apply..
2. 2Exam fee. Pay the exam fee ($100). Examination fee of $100, set by NAC 645D.250(7) and payable each time the examination is taken. A retake costs the same as the first attempt. It is paid to the Division on registration, before the appointment is booked with Pearson VUE..
3. 3Application fee. Pay the application fee ($100). Application fee of $100 under NRS 645D.240(1). It is non-refundable. The Division collects it together with the issuance fee and the technology fee as a single payment of $365.00 with Form 573..
4. 4License fee. Pay the license or certificate fee ($250). Issuance fee of $250 under NRS 645D.240(1), collected with the application. The certificate then runs for two years from the first day of the month after it is issued, and renews for $265, which is the same $250 plus the technology fee. Renewing late but within a year costs 150 percent of the ordinary renewal; leaving it longer than a year means applying again as for an original certificate..
5. 5Other. Technology fee of $15, added by NRS 645D.240(2) to every issuance and every renewal and paid into the Division's technology account. It is the difference between the statutory fees and the $365.00 the Division asks for with Form 573. ($15).
6. 6Insurance. Carry the required insurance ($100,000). Errors and omissions insurance of not less than $100,000, required by NRS 645D.190 of every applicant for an original certificate and again at every renewal. Nevada requires it outright rather than as an alternative to a bond or a net worth test. The policy may be held by you or by your employer, but the certificate of insurance must carry your name exactly as it appears on your certificate. Proof goes to the Division every year even though the certificate itself runs two years, and under NAC 645D.335 your certificate expires by operation of law on the 60th day after you cease to be covered..
7. 7Insurance. Carry the required insurance ($100,000). General liability insurance of not less than $100,000, required alongside the errors and omissions cover by NRS 645D.190 and confirmed on the Division's own insurance page and application checklist. It too may be held by you or by your employer, must name you personally on the certificate of insurance, must be proved to the Division annually, and its lapse ends your certificate 60 days later..
8. 8Other. At least 40 hours of classroom instruction in subjects related to structural inspections, taken with a school the Division has approved, and covering the inspection of structures to the standard set by NAC 645D.480 to .580. The Division publishes its list of approved pre-certification schools as Form 725B and will not credit more than 8 hours of instruction in a day. Out-of-state experience does not shorten this: the regulations offer no credit against the classroom hours, only against the observation requirement. The general and master certificates need 50 and 60 hours respectively..
9. 9Other. The observation of at least 25 inspections performed for a fee by a Nevada certified general or certified master inspector, or by an instructor approved by the Administrator, recorded on observation log Form 594. The Division will alternatively accept the certificate of completing its approved 25-inspection course. An applicant who has held a residential inspector certificate or the equivalent in another state may ask the Division to accept 25 of their own inspection reports from the previous two years instead, under NAC 645D.210(3). Whichever route you take, you must also show the Division that you can produce a complete and credible inspection report to Nevada's standards..
10. 10Background check. Complete a background check. A fingerprint-based criminal history check through the Central Repository for Nevada Records of Criminal History and the FBI, required by NRS 645D.180. You arrange and pay for the fingerprints yourself, using a vendor on the Division's approved list (Form 619), and you sign the fingerprint background waiver before they are taken. Fingerprints expire six months after they are taken. The Division also charges a background investigation fee, which NAC 645D.165 caps at its actual cost and which the Division does not publish as a fixed figure; ask the Division what it currently is when you file..
11. 11Other. Location of Records Form 575, filed with the application, telling the Division where your inspection records are kept. NAC 645D.620 requires those records to be maintained and makes them open to inspection and audit by the Division..
12. 12Other. Form 656, the notarized consent to service of process, required only if you are not a Nevada resident. It appoints the Real Estate Administrator as your attorney within Nevada for service of legal process arising from your work here, and it stays in force until you attest by affidavit that you have become a bona fide Nevada resident. Non-residents otherwise apply on exactly the same Form 573 and the same terms as residents. (if applicable).
13. 13Business license. Obtain a business license (if applicable). A Nevada state business license from the Secretary of State under NRS chapter 76. Form 573 asks every applicant to report whether they hold one, have applied for one or have none, and the Division states plainly that it is not the arbiter of whether you need one. If you trade under a fictitious name, the Division does want proof of the filing with the Nevada Secretary of State or the county clerk..
14. 14Continuing education. Complete continuing education. 20 hours of Division-approved continuing education in the two years before each renewal, and it is not free-form: at least 3 hours must be on safety for the occupants of the structure and for the inspector, and at least 2 hours on NAC and NRS chapter 645D. The Division publishes approved providers as Form 725A. An inspector reinstating a certificate that expired more than 60 days but less than a year ago needs 30 hours on the same terms..

Published fees on this path total $450, excluding exam-vendor fees, bonds, and insurance.