Keys to Renewing Home Inspector Licenses
7 Easy Steps
KY Board Of Home Inspectors: 911 Leawood Ave
The most common problem we hear about the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors (KBHI) is basic -- calls do not get returned. The most frequent calls seem to be questions about how to renew home inspector licenses.
So here's some advice. If you call, just leave your name and number.
Meanwhile, save a call, if you're wondering about the specifics of license renewal. The details are here, and PLI always answers your calls and questions. Call anytime.
Here's the Checklist
I. Enclose a Passport Quality Color Photographa. Must be a color photograph (KBHI cannot scan black and white pictures)
b. Should be 2" x 2"
c. Passport photos usually can be obtained at your local post office. Other retailers, including Walgreen's and Fedex also offer passport photos.
II. Address Information -- You must provide a current, physical street address. P.O. BOXES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.
III. Renewal Period and Fees -
By statute, renewal licenses expire on the last day of the licensee's birth month of each even numbered year. (a) The fee is $500 for a 2 year renewal (the old $250 per year, times two years).
(b) Almost all renewals now will be for two years. The exception is new licensees (less than 1 year old).
(c) Make your checks payable to
Kentucky State Treasurer.
IV. Continuing Education Course Information (a) Proof of Completion -- You must supply the original or copy of a certificate of course completion. It is better to send a copy just in case it gets lost along the way.
(b) Required Courses - each licensee must have a
minimum of fourteen (14) continuing education hours per license year prior to renewal. In addition, a minimum of
three (3) hours in manufactured housing, three (3) hours in Kentucky laws and regulations, six (6) hours of applicable
standards of practice and two (2) hours in other Board approved continuing education is required prior to renewal.
(c) Only courses approved by the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors will qualify as satisfying these requirements.
28 CE hours is the minimum required for standard two-year 2010 renewals.
V. Certificate of Insurance - You must submit an original or copy of a certificate of insurance that meets the following requirements:
(a) Provides for general liability coverage of at least $250,000;
(b) Lists the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors as the "certificate holder"
(c) Provides cancellation or non-renewal of the policy is not effective until the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors receives at least 10 days prior written notice of the cancellation or non-renewal; and
(d) Is issued by an insurance company or other legal entity authorized to do business in Kentucky.
VI. Copy of completed home inspection report - (a) You must submit a copy of a completed home inspection report that has been compiled within the previous twelve (12) months immediately preceding renewal. Remember, your home inspection report is required to meet the Standards of Practice you chose, ie: ASHI, NAHI or InterNACHI.
(b) You may change your SOP in your renewal application (or in writing at other times), but your report must comply with your SOP at the time of the report.
VII. Statewide Criminal Background Check www.kystatepolice.org (a) Mail completed form (address is on the bottom of that form) including a check for
$20.00 made payable to
Kentucky State Treasurer.(b) Alternatively, you can get your background check in person at the KSP Frankfort Barracks.
(c) Background checks
not from the KSP have been turned down (including the FBI, NCIC, Court of Appeals, and CourtNet).
Download your application, www.bhi.ky.gov select the button Applications and Forms in the left column.DO NOT FORGET TO SIGN AND DATE YOUR COMPLETED RENEWAL APPLICATION AND INCLUDE YOUR CHECK.
Note: All information on the application must be typed or printed clearly.
Mail Package: (Certified/Return Receipt)
ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET
OFFICE OF OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
KENTUCKY BOARD OF HOME INSPECTORS
P.O. BOX 1360
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY 40602Hand Deliver: (get a signature)
The office is in Frankfort 2 miles from exit 53 off Rte 64. At exit 53, take 127N, go 1 mile to Rt 60E, turn right at the light on 60E, then go 1 mile to 2nd light, turn right onto Leawood. The KBHI office is the second building on your left.
BOARD OF HOME INSPECTORS
911 LEAWOOD AVENUE
FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY 40601
MISSING YOUR TAGS?
License tags got clogged up over the last three or four months.
The KBHI gave up on its old supplier. It decided to buy its own license tag making equipment. The gear has arrived!
The new tags have an updated look (photo at top) -- but no lanyard hole punched.
If you've been waiting for your license to arrive in the mail, give it a week or two (to let them get caught up; they're trying). If you do not have new tags by then, call or email the KBHI.
www.bhi.ky.gov 
