Licensure, insurance, renewal and continuing education 23
A comity applicant must have practiced as a home inspector in another state within how long before applying?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.20(a)
A home inspector lets 30 days pass after expiration without filing for renewal. What becomes of the license?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.10(e)
A license expires and is renewed 20 days later with the late fee. Was the licensee practicing without a license in between?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.10(d)
A licensee is disciplined in another state. How soon must the Committee be told in writing?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.13(c)
A licensee keeps inspecting on a suspended license and says no notice of suspension ever came. Does that matter?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.10(f)
At most how many units per biennial period may come from correspondence, Internet or other distance learning courses?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.14(f)
How far ahead of license renewal must the Committee receive a request to waive or extend continuing education?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.14(h)
How is continuing education credit earned for directly supervising a trainee's training inspection?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.14(f)
How many continuing education units must be on report writing?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.14(a)
How many credit hours of continuing education does each biennial renewal take?N.J.S.A. 45:8-78
How many extra continuing education units may be carried into the next biennial period?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.14(c)
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Licensure, insurance, renewal and continuing education, continued
How many hours is the approved course of study for licensure?N.J.S.A. 45:8-68(c)
How many of the course's hours must be unpaid field-based inspections under a licensee's direct supervision?N.J.S.A. 45:8-68(c)
How may a licensee send the Committee notice of a change of address?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.13(a)
How must the eight required units on report writing, ethics and the rules be taken?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.14(a)
Instead of the course, how many fee-paid home inspections under a licensee's direct supervision qualify an applicant?N.J.S.A. 45:8-68(c)
What insurance must a New Jersey home inspector maintain?N.J.S.A. 45:8-76(a)
What must a licensee carry during the performance of a home inspection?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.9(a)
What must a licensee who wants to reactivate an inactive license submit about the inactive period?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.11(a)
What must the licensee who supervises those 250 inspections have?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.6(a)
Which examination does N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.6 require for initial licensure?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.6(a)
Which of these appears on the identification card?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.9(a)
Who must notify the Committee in writing before the errors and omissions policy is discontinued?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.8(c)
Pre-inspection agreement, report, tools and the standard 18
A crawl space has 18 inches of unobstructed vertical clearance. Must the licensee enter it?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.16(b)
A material defect is found. Besides stating it, what must the report give?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.16(c)
By when must the pre-inspection agreement be executed?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.15(a)
For how long must a finalized pre-inspection agreement be kept?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.15(d)
How does N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.2 describe a home inspection?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.2
How long must the ladder a licensee brings to a home inspection be, at a minimum?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.17(a)
How soon after the appointment is made must the pre-inspection agreement be sent to the client?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.15(a)
Is the list of mandatory tools and equipment exclusive?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.17(b)
May "additional inspection services" include repairing a defect?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.2
Must a New Jersey licensee inspect a home's solar panels?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.16(b)
Snow keeps the licensee off part of the job. What must the pre-inspection agreement already say about that?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.15(c)
What must the pre-inspection agreement say about the rules that govern the licensee?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.15(a)
Which of these is an additional inspection service, outside the home inspection itself?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.21(a)
Which of these is on New Jersey's list of mandatory tools and equipment?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.17(a)
Which of these is within a New Jersey home inspection?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.2
Which of these must the pre-inspection agreement contain?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.15(a)
Who can be the "client's representative" under N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.2?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.2
Who prepares and signs the report of an inspection performed under "direct supervision"?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.2
Advertising, prohibited practices and lawsuits 13
A licensee who also owns a roofing business uses inspections to line up roofing jobs. What does the rule say?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.19(a)
An agent offers an inspection job with the fee payable only if title closes. May the licensee accept?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.19(a)
For how long must advertising records be retained?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.18(d)
How do the rules classify a prohibited practice for purposes of discipline?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.19(b)
How must a licensee's commercial vehicle be marked?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.18(f)
How tall must the lettering be for the vehicle owner's or lessee's name and the municipality?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.18(f)
The licensee's company stands to gain from the sale of a house. May the licensee inspect that house for a fee?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.19(a)
May a licensee pay a referral fee to a person who sends a home inspection client?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.19(a)
What may not be used as the business address in a licensee's advertising?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.18(c)
What must a radio advertisement by a licensee include?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.18(b)
Which is a ground under N.J.S.A. 45:8-74 for suspending or revoking a license?N.J.S.A. 45:8-74
Which of these does N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.19 list as a prohibited practice?N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.19(a)
Within how long of the date of the home inspection must an action for an error or omission be commenced?N.J.S.A. 45:8-76.1
The Committee, the Act and who needs a license: N.J.S.A. 45:8-61 to -75 8
A New Jersey home inspector license comes from which body?N.J.S.A. 45:8-62
Is a newly built house that has never been occupied a "residential building" under the Act?N.J.S.A. 45:8-62
May a licensed home inspector practice professional engineering on a house?N.J.S.A. 45:8-75
To which of these persons does the Act not apply?N.J.S.A. 45:8-70
Under which board does the Home Inspection Advisory Committee sit?N.J.S.A. 45:8-63(a)
What is the fewest meetings the Committee may hold in a year?N.J.S.A. 45:8-65
Which applicant may the Committee license as a home inspector without examination?N.J.S.A. 45:8-71(b)
Who are the five members of the Committee?N.J.S.A. 45:8-63(a)
How this list was compiled: N.J.S.A. 45:8-61 to 45:8-81, the Home Inspection Professional Licensing Act, read in the New Jersey Legislature's statutes database (its text file dated October 16, 2026; the Legislature's statutes site is https://lis.njleg.state.nj.us/nxt/gateway.dll?f=templates&fn=default.htm&vid=Publish:10.1048/Enu), and N.J.A.C. 13:40-15, Home Inspection Advisory Committee, read in the Legal Information Institute's copy of the New Jersey Administrative Code (https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/new-jersey/title-13/chapter-40/subchapter-15), both on October 16, 2026. The rule amendments of January 6, 2020 were read as well in the Division of Consumer Affairs' own adoption notice (52 N.J.R. 46(a), https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/Adoptions/pelsado_01062020.pdf), and its notice of April 7, 2025 (57 N.J.R. 716(a)) readopts the chapter without change. The Committee's Laws and Regulations page and its Frequently Asked Questions page (https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/hom/Pages/regulations.aspx) were 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 rules. Nothing comes from an examination, a course provider, a prep course or a question pool.
How it works
This unofficial New Jersey home inspector license practice test asks what the state's own law says: 62 of our own questions on N.J.S.A. 45:8-61 to 45:8-81 and N.J.A.C. 13:40-15. Not affiliated with the Home Inspection Advisory Committee.
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What the questions cover
The Act and the Committee, the 180-hour course or 250 supervised inspections, insurance, the identification card, renewal and the 40 units of continuing education. Then the pre-inspection agreement, the mandatory tools, what a report must give, advertising and vehicle lettering, and the list of prohibited practices.
What is left out
How building systems work and fail, which the national examination asks, and the system-by-system inspection lists of N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.16. Fees are left out as well.
The pre-inspection agreement goes out within one business day of the appointment and is signed before the inspection starts (N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.15).
A licensee carries the Committee's identification card and an 11-foot ladder to every inspection (N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.9, 15.17).
Advertising other than radio and television shows a street address, never a post office box (N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.18).
Questions and answers
What exam does New Jersey require for a home inspector license?
The National Home Inspector Examination, named in N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.6. The statute asks for an examination administered or approved by the Committee, and New Jersey writes none of its own.
How do you become a home inspector in New Jersey?
Finish high school, complete a 180-hour approved course with 40 hours of unpaid field inspections, or perform 250 fee-paid inspections under a licensee's direct supervision, pass the national examination, and carry $500,000 per occurrence of errors and omissions insurance (N.J.S.A. 45:8-68, 45:8-76).
How many continuing education hours does a New Jersey home inspector need?
Forty credit hours each two-year renewal (N.J.S.A. 45:8-78). Four units are on report writing and four on ethics and the rules, all eight taken in person; at most 32 may come from distance learning (N.J.A.C. 13:40-15.14).
Who licenses home inspectors in New Jersey?
The Home Inspection Advisory Committee, five licensed home inspectors appointed by the Governor. It sits under the State Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors in the Division of Consumer Affairs (N.J.S.A. 45:8-63).