Moving to Nevada as a home inspector: every state's rule

1. 1Pre-license course. Complete the required pre-license course. At least 40 hours of classroom instruction in structural inspection, taken in a course approved by the Division and covering Nevada's standards of practice in NAC 645D.480 to 645D.580. The Division will not credit more than 8 hours of instruction in a day. The approved pre-certification courses on the Division's current list (Form 725B) are 60 hours long and satisfy the classroom requirement for the residential, general and master certificates. Course approvals expire every June 30, and schools set their own prices. Send a copy of the course certificate with your application..
2. 2Trade exam. Pass the destination's trade exam. Nevada inspector of structures examination for the residential certificate: the National Home Inspector Examination, given in Nevada by Pearson VUE on the Division's behalf. Closed book, 175 scored questions plus unscored pretest questions, no calculator, and a score of 75 to pass. The passing result must be dated within the 12 months before you apply..
3. 3Exam fee. Pay the exam fee ($100). $100 examination fee for each attempt, paid on the Division's portal when you register. A retake costs the same, and exam payments are final and nonrefundable..
4. 4Application fee. Pay the application fee ($100). $100 application fee under NRS 645D.240, paid as part of the single $365 payment with Form 573. Fees are nonrefundable..
5. 5License fee. Pay the license or certificate fee ($250). $250 certificate issuance fee, part of the $365 payment with Form 573. The certificate runs two years from the first day of the month after it is issued..
6. 6Other. $15 technology fee charged on every issuance and renewal under NRS 645D.240(2), the remainder of the $365 payment with Form 573. ($15).
7. 7Background check. Complete a background check. A state and FBI fingerprint background check. Sign the fingerprint background waiver in Form 573 before your fingerprints are taken, use a vendor on the Division's approved list (Form 619), and send the vendor's fingerprint verification form with the application. The Division's online checklist says fingerprints expire after two months, while Form 573 says six months, so have them taken close to when you file. The Division charges a background investigation fee capped at its actual cost but does not publish the amount; ask the Division at (702) 486-4033..
8. 8Insurance. Carry the required insurance ($100,000). Errors and omissions insurance of at least $100,000, held by you or your employer, with your personal name on the insurance documents. Proof goes with the application and to the Division every year, and the certificate expires by law 60 days after coverage lapses..
9. 9Insurance. Carry the required insurance ($100,000). General liability insurance of at least $100,000, held by you or your employer, with your personal name on the insurance documents. Required alongside the errors and omissions policy, not as an alternative to it..
10. 10Other. Location of Records Form 575, telling the Division where you will keep inspection reports and work files. Nevada requires them to be kept for at least three years and open to Division audit..

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