Ohio inspector news.

[Nick Gromicko]

• The Columbus Board of REALTORS requires that inspectors be members in good standing of a national inspection association such as InterNACHI. Thanks to lobbying efforts by InterNACHI’s attorney, it was the decision of the Board of Directors of the Columbus Board of REALTORS, at its February 23, 2011 meeting to approve the Standard Qualified Inspector Clause #402 which prevents non-members from performing inspections and requires home inspectors to be a members in good standing of a national inspection association such as InterNACHI. Read more...
  
  
• The City of Toledo includes InterNACHI as a certifying agency for home inspectors. The City of Toledo will accept the certification of professional home inspectors as identified in the Standards and Practices of the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors (InterNACHI). To comply with this provision, professional home inspectors must be certified and registered with the City of Toledo through the Division of Building Inspection and provide documented proof to the Commissioner of Building Inspection that you are currently certified with InterNACHI. Read more...
  
  
• The Ohio Division of Real Estate and Professional Licensing approved InterNACHI course “What Every Real Estate Agent Needs to Know About Inspections.” Read more...
  
  
• Inspecting across the Ohio border? InterNACHI’s courses are approved in West Virginia, Kentucky and Indiana. Read more...
  
  
• The Ohio Department of Agriculture approved InterNACHI as a program sponsor. Read more...
  
  
• Columbus State Community College is using InterNACHI’s inspection textbooks in their professional home inspection course. Read more...
  
  
• InterNACHI member running full-page ad running on the back cover of the Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide of Youngstown, Ohio. Read more...
  
  
• InterNACHI’s Ohio inspector search sites: www.OHHomeInspector.org, www.OH-Home-Inspector.org, www.OhioHomeInspector.org, www.Ohio-Home-Inspector.org, www.ohhomeinspector.net, www.oh-home-inspector.net, www.ohiohomeinspector.net, www.ohio-home-inspector.net, www.ohhomeinspector.com, www.oh-home-inspector.com, and www.ohio-home-inspector.com
  
  
• Ohio is InterNACHI's 6th strongest state with 258 members.
  

[Gary Farnsworth]

I believe that in some states, if you live in a right-to-work state, a requirement of being a member of an association to do business or have a license to do business is against the law, as in Kansas.

[Nick Gromicko]

It's not a legal requirement, it is a requirement of a private trade association. The National Association of REALTORs is a private trade association, like InterNACHI is.