A "residential dwelling" is a structure of not more than how many single-family units?IC 25-20.2-2-10
A license is not renewed by the renewal date. What happens?IC 25-20.2-6-2(b)
A system named in the board's standards was not inspected. What must the report contain?IC 25-20.2-2-7(3)
An individual licensed under IC 15-16-5 makes diagnostic inspections for wood destroying pests. Does the home inspector article apply to that work?IC 25-20.2-1-1(b)(6)
Besides systems that are significantly deficient, which systems must the home inspection report cover?IC 25-20.2-2-7(1)
The certificate of insurance must say cancellation is not effective until the board has had how much prior written notice?IC 25-20.2-5-2(a)(4)
Does "home inspection" include a code compliance inspection?IC 25-20.2-2-6
For a deficiency it reports, what recommendation must the report give?IC 25-20.2-2-7(2)
For how many consecutive years, at most, may a member serve as chairperson?IC 25-20.2-3-4(c)
How large is the board the governor appoints under IC 25-20.2-3-2?IC 25-20.2-3-2(a)
How many times must the board meet each calendar year, at the least?IC 25-20.2-3-6(a)
How often is an Indiana home inspector license renewed?IC 25-20.2-6-1
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License law: IC 25-20.2-1 to 25-20.2-7, continued
How soon must a licensee notify the board of a change of business address?IC 25-20.2-5-6
In the statute's definition, what kind of analysis is a home inspection?IC 25-20.2-2-6
In which city must the board maintain its office, files and records?IC 25-20.2-3-8(14)
Is the board's secretary a member of the board?IC 25-20.2-4-1
May a city charge its own license fee to a state-licensed home inspector for home inspections?IC 25-20.2-7-2
Of the governor's appointees, how many seats are reserved for working Indiana home inspectors?IC 25-20.2-3-2(a)(1)
One seat on the board goes to a member from which background?IC 25-20.2-3-2(a)(2)
The statute caps the continuing education the board may require at how many hours per year?IC 25-20.2-6-4
To whom does the home inspector article apply?IC 25-20.2-1-1(a)
Under IC 25-20.2-6-2(c), within how long after expiration may the board reinstate a license under IC 25-1-8-6(c)?IC 25-20.2-6-2(c)
What is the least general liability coverage an applicant must show?IC 25-20.2-5-2(a)(4)
What is the minimum age to apply for a home inspector license?IC 25-20.2-5-2(a)(1)
What must a nonresident applicant file with the board?IC 25-20.2-5-4(b)
What must an applicant complete besides passing an examination?IC 25-20.2-5-2(a)(3)
What must be true of the board member who represents the public at large?IC 25-20.2-3-2(a)(3)
What must the report say about wood destroying insects and organisms?IC 25-20.2-2-7(6)
What vote does the board need to take official action?IC 25-20.2-3-6(d)
When may the report leave out the reason a system is significantly deficient?IC 25-20.2-2-7(1)
Where does money collected under the home inspector article go?IC 25-20.2-4-3
Which agency is "the agency" that supports the home inspectors licensing board?IC 25-20.2-2-2
Which diploma satisfies IC 25-20.2-5-2 for an Indiana applicant?IC 25-20.2-5-2(a)(1)
Which is a condition for waiving Indiana's licensing requirements for an inspector moving from another jurisdiction?IC 25-20.2-5-3(a)
Which of these is a subterranean system the report must say it does not address?IC 25-20.2-2-7(7)
Which of these is among the components listed in the definition of a home inspection?IC 25-20.2-2-6
Which of these keeps an applicant from qualifying under IC 25-20.2-5-2?IC 25-20.2-5-2(a)(1)
Which of these must the board establish by rule?IC 25-20.2-3-9
Which statement must every Indiana home inspection report carry?IC 25-20.2-2-7(5)
Who is outside the home inspector article when acting within the scope of their own employment?IC 25-20.2-1-1(b)(1)
Whose certificate takes its holder outside the home inspector article?IC 25-20.2-1-1(b)(5)
Whose property is a license issued by the board?IC 25-20.2-5-5
Discipline, enforcement, liability: IC 25-20.2-8 and 25-20.2-9 19
A broker recommends a licensed home inspector in good faith and receives nothing for it. Is the broker liable for the inspector's errors?IC 25-20.2-9-3
A client pays the inspector to do repair work that the inspector's own report recommended. How does the statute treat that?IC 25-20.2-8-1(4)
A licensee is aggrieved by an order of the board. What is the licensee entitled to?IC 25-20.2-8-7
A licensee owns part of a firm whose work could affect the client. What does IC 25-20.2-8-1(5) expect?IC 25-20.2-8-1(5)
A licensee tells the public the license is of a type it is not. How does the statute treat that?IC 25-20.2-8-1(12)
A person who was not a party to the inspection contract sues the inspector over the inspection. What does IC 25-20.2-9-2 provide?IC 25-20.2-9-2
A third party wants an inspection's results and the client has not approved. What is the one exception in IC 25-20.2-8-1(1)?IC 25-20.2-8-1(1)
An inspector sues to collect an inspection fee. What must the inspector allege and prove?IC 25-20.2-8-6
An unlicensed person performs ten paid inspections. How many violations is that?IC 25-20.2-8-5(c)
How long after the cause of action accrues may a damages action based on a licensed home inspector's services be filed?IC 25-20.2-9-1
IC 25-20.2-8-3 lets the board suspend a license summarily. What is the longest a single summary suspension may run?IC 25-20.2-8-3
In which courts is the board's cease and desist order enforceable?IC 25-20.2-8-4(c)
What finding lets the board summarily suspend a license?IC 25-20.2-8-3
What may the board issue first to an unlicensed individual believed to be doing home inspections?IC 25-20.2-8-4(a)
What offense is performing home inspections for compensation without a license or an exemption?IC 25-20.2-8-5(a)
When entering judgment for that infraction, what must the court add to the penalty?IC 25-20.2-8-5(b)
When may an inspector accept pay for the same service from more than one party?IC 25-20.2-8-1(2)
Which of these is a ground for discipline under IC 25-20.2-8-1?IC 25-20.2-8-1(11)
Who acts as legal adviser to the board?IC 25-20.2-8-8
Board rules: 878 IAC 1 38
A license has been expired for more than two years. What does the rule then require outright that a shorter lapse leaves to the board's discretion?878 IAC 1-3-4(e)
A license has been expired for one year. Which of these must the licensee submit to renew?878 IAC 1-3-4(d)
A license has been in retirement for two years. How many hours of continuing education does reinstatement take?878 IAC 1-3-5(c)
A licensee has held the license for eight months at the first renewal date. How many continuing education hours are due?878 IAC 1-5-1(e)
A licensee has held the license for eighteen months at the first renewal date. How many continuing education hours are due?878 IAC 1-5-1(e)
A waiver of continuing education is granted. For how long is it effective?878 IAC 1-5-4(c)
After how long in retirement must a licensee pass the examination to reinstate?878 IAC 1-3-5(c)
An applicant pays the application fee and then withdraws. What does the rule say about the fee?878 IAC 1-3-1(l)
An inspector expects payment for an inspection and is never paid. Was the inspection done for "compensation"?878 IAC 1-1-4
For how long after the renewal period ends must a licensee keep the record of continuing education?878 IAC 1-5-1(c)
For the "vulnerable member of the public" aggravating factor, what ages does the rule name?878 IAC 1-7-1(d)
How does a licensee place a license in retirement?878 IAC 1-3-5(a)
How far ahead of the license expiration date must a request to waive continuing education be submitted?878 IAC 1-5-4(a)
How many hours must the prelicensing course run, at the least?878 IAC 1-3-2(a)
How many of the prelicensing hours must be classroom training, at the least?878 IAC 1-3-2(a)
How many of the prelicensing hours must be practical experience, at the least?878 IAC 1-3-2(a)
May an applicant with a conviction of concern still be granted a license?878 IAC 1-6-2
May continuing education hours be carried over to the next renewal period?878 IAC 1-5-1(b)
What counts as "practical experience" in the prelicensing course?878 IAC 1-3-2(b)
What does it cost to renew a home inspector license, and how often?878 IAC 1-3-1(c)
What does the rule say competent performance of home inspections requires of a licensee's knowledge?878 IAC 1-2-1(a)
What is the application and issuance fee for a home inspector license?878 IAC 1-3-1(b)
What is the biennial continuing education total under 878 IAC 1-5-1(a)?878 IAC 1-5-1(a)
What is the fee for activating a retired license?878 IAC 1-3-1(e)
What is the fee to petition for a determination of whether a conviction may disqualify a person from a license?878 IAC 1-6-6
What is the smallest fine or civil penalty the board may set?878 IAC 1-7-1(b)
What must a licensed home inspector present when a client asks?878 IAC 1-3-6
What must a licensee show to be granted a waiver of continuing education?878 IAC 1-5-4(b)
What share of the required continuing education must come from Category I, at the least?878 IAC 1-5-2(b)
Where no statutory maximum is set, at what amount does the rule set a fine before mitigating and aggravating factors?878 IAC 1-7-1(a)
Which course falls in Category II?878 IAC 1-5-2(d)
Which examination do the board's rules require applicants to pass?878 IAC 1-3-3
Which of these is a mitigating factor under 878 IAC 1-7-1?878 IAC 1-7-1(c)
Which of these is on the rule's list of "convictions of concern"?878 IAC 1-6-4
Which of these must be identified on the written report?878 IAC 1-2-1(c)(1)(C)
Which topic must the prelicensing course cover besides the building systems?878 IAC 1-3-2(c)
Who collects the fee for sitting the licensing examination?878 IAC 1-3-1(a)
Whose responsibility is it to verify that a continuing education course has been approved by the board?878 IAC 1-5-5(a)
How this list was compiled: Indiana Code 25-20.2, Home Inspections, in the Indiana Code 2026 as published by the Indiana General Assembly (https://iga.in.gov/laws/2026/ic/titles/25#25-20.2), and Title 878 of the Indiana Administrative Code, Home Inspectors Licensing Board, Article 1 (https://iar.iga.in.gov/code/current/878/1), both read on October 16, 2026. The board's licensing information page of the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (https://www.in.gov/pla/professions/home-inspectors-home/home-inspectors-licensing-information) was read the same day. Each question names its section and links to it. Licence: Own work. Every question, wrong choice and explanation was written for this site from the text of the statute and the board's rules. Nothing comes from an examination, a candidate bulletin's sample questions, a course provider, a prep course or a question pool.
How it works
This unofficial Indiana home inspector license practice test asks what the state's own law says: 99 of our own questions from IC 25-20.2 and 878 IAC 1. Not affiliated with the Indiana Home Inspectors Licensing Board.
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What the questions cover
The license law: who is exempt, what a home inspection report must state, the board, the application, insurance, renewal, discipline and the limits on lawsuits. Then the board's rules on fees, the 60-hour course, continuing education, retirement and fines.
What is left out
How building systems work and fail, and the board's performance standards and code of ethics beyond what the statute itself requires of a report. Indiana tests applicants with a national examination, so none of that is asked here.
A report must say it does not address environmental hazards, wood destroying insects or subterranean systems (IC 25-20.2-2-7).
Renewal takes 32 hours of continuing education every two years, at least 75 percent from Category I (878 IAC 1-5-1, 1-5-2).
A damages suit over an inspector's services must be filed within two years (IC 25-20.2-9-1).
Questions and answers
What exam does Indiana require for a home inspector license?
The National Home Inspector Examination: 878 IAC 1-3-3 names it, and the board's licensing page says applicants send in a copy of the original score report. The fee goes directly to the examination service (878 IAC 1-3-1).
Does Indiana have its own home inspector exam?
No. The state writes no examination and publishes no question count or pass mark. The 50-question test offered here is this site's choice, on Indiana law only.
How do you become a home inspector in Indiana?
Be 18 with a high school diploma or Indiana GED, complete a board approved course of at least 60 hours, pass the examination, and show general liability insurance of at least $100,000 (IC 25-20.2-5-2, 878 IAC 1-3-2).
How much does an Indiana home inspector license cost?
The application and issuance fee is $50, and renewal is $50 every two years, with a $50 penalty when late (878 IAC 1-3-1). The examination fee is separate.
How many continuing education hours does an Indiana home inspector need?
32 hours in each two-year renewal period, none carried over. A first renewal after 12 to 24 months takes 16 hours, and under 12 months none (878 IAC 1-5-1).