Effective July 1, 2006, all Tennessee Home Inspectors must be licensed to do inspection through the State of Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance.  The inspection must be conducted and the inspection report written in accordance with the State of Tennessee Standards of Practice.

During the search for your home inspector, ensure that you ask the home inspector what their license number is.  You can verify any inspectors status at the State of Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance website under "License Search".

Georgia Trade practice act (Chapter 3, Title 8) enacted in 1994. Georgia law requires home inspectors to provide written documents containing certain information with regard to inspections. This written document must include the scope of the inspection, including the structural elements and systems to be inspected, that the inspection is a visual inspection, and that the home inspector will notify, in writing, the person on whose behalf such inspection is being made of any defects noted during the inspection.