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Design, Construction & Environment

California statewide coverage directory

California Home Inspectors: qualification, exams, and education

California standards of practice, ethics, reporting, defect recognition, and professional-development pathways for home inspectors.

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Regulated credentials

Who this California guide covers

Licenses and credentials

  • - Home-inspection professional development
  • - Voluntary industry certifications

What 101PD may provide

  • - California statutory standards and duty-of-care education
  • - Inspection reporting and consumer-protection training
  • - Preparation for voluntary third-party certifications

Provider qualification route

How 101PD can become authorized

Offer this pathway as professional development or clearly named third-party certification preparation. California regulates conduct by statute but does not issue a general statewide home-inspector license.

Non-substitution boundary

What online training cannot replace

101PD must not advertise a California home-inspector license, state approval, engineering or contracting authority, or a voluntary credential it is not authorized to award.

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Professional development

California Home Inspection Standards

$0 / Free

Training-only; California does not issue a general statewide home-inspector license.

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Professional development

Home Inspection Reporting and Ethics

$0 / Free

Training-only unless a named third-party credential owner approves the course.

Not yet enrollable

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The regulator controls eligibility, fees, applications, examinations, and credit. These are the sources used for this page.

Research review date: July 22, 2026. Next review due October 22, 2026. Recheck required before activation.