68 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Chapter 75 - Home Inspections

• Chapter Notes
• Section 7501 - Short Title Of Chapter
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Home Inspection Law.
• Section 7502 - Definitions And Index Of Definitions
  (a) Definitions.--The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context...
• Section 7503 - Relationship To Other Laws
  (a) General rule.--Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to allow a home inspector who is not registered or licensed under one or more...
• Section 7504 - Duty Of Care Of Home Inspectors
  (a) General rule.--It is the duty of a home inspector to conduct a home inspection with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent...
• Section 7505 - Consumer Remedies
  (a) General rule.--The performance of a home inspection is a service that is subject to the act of December 17, 1968 (P.L.1224, No.387), known...
• Section 7506 - Required Contractual Provision Regarding Home Inspections
  Except as provided in this section, a provision of an agreement of transfer regarding the right of the buyer to obtain a home inspection...
• Section 7507 - Contracts With Home Inspectors
  (a) Prohibited provisions.--The following types of provisions in a contract with a home inspector for the performance of a home inspection are contrary to...
• Section 7508 - Home Inspection Reports
  (a) Required contents.--A home inspection report must be in writing and shall include: (1) A description of the scope of the inspection, including without...
• Section 7509 - Liability Insurance
  (a) Required insurance.--A home inspector shall maintain insurance against errors and omissions in the performance of a home inspection and general liability, with coverages...
• Section 7510 - Reliance By Buyer
  A buyer shall be entitled to rely in good faith, without independent investigation, on a written representation by a home inspector that the home...
• Section 7511 - Penalties
  (a) Criminal penalty.--A person who violates section 7509 (relating to liability insurance) or who provides a false representation under section 7510 (relating to reliance...
• Section 7512 - Statute Of Limitations
  An action to recover damages arising from a home inspection report must be commenced within one year after the date the report is delivered.
• Section 7513 - Engineers And Architects
  Notwithstanding section 7503(b)(1) (relating to relationship to other laws), the following sections: 7505 (relating to consumer remedies), 7507(a)(1) and (b) (relating to contracts with...

Last modified: October 8, 2016