State guide
Nevada
Nevada regulates home inspectors through its Inspector of Structures program under the Nevada Real Estate Division. Nevada’s system is more formal than simple registration: applicants must meet education, exam, experience, fingerprinting, and insurance requirements, and residents can use both a live lookup tool and monthly active-licensee lists.
Checked against official sources on October 4, 2026. Rules and links change; confirm with the office listed before you act.
- Licenses home inspectors?
- yes
- Regulator
- Nevada Real Estate Division
- License lookup
- Official page →
- File a complaint
- Official page →
Official resources in Nevada
Official lookup tool to verify a Nevada inspector’s credential status by name or license number.
Official checklist for first-time certification, including education, experience, exam, fingerprints, insurance, and fee.
Official program page with definitions, insurance section, forms, and links for inspector regulation.
Official renewal page listing continuing-education requirements and renewal steps.
Official complaint instructions and forms for complaints against Inspectors of Structures.
Key facts for Nevada
- Nevada requires an Inspector of Structures certificate to perform regulated structural inspection work.
- Nevada’s inspector certification program dates to 1997 legislation, with implementing regulations effective May 11, 1998.
- Initial prelicensing education is at least 40 hours for residential, 50 for general, and 60 for master inspectors.
- Residential applicants must document 25 observed inspections or complete an approved 25-inspection course.
- Applicants must submit a passing Inspector of Structures exam result dated within the last 12 months.
- Applicants must show $100,000 errors-and-omissions insurance and $100,000 general-liability insurance.
- Renewal requires 20 hours of continuing education, including 3 hours of safety and 2 hours of law.
What to do next
- Use the live License Lookup first, then check the monthly Active Licensee Lists if you want a second official source.
- If the inspection is residential, ask whether the inspector is certified residential, general, or master, because Nevada issues different certificate levels.
- If you want complaint history, use the complaint process or submit a Request for Record of Complaints through the Real Estate Division.
Helpful guides
- How to check if a home inspector is licensed
- Which states license home inspectors (and which do not)
- How to look up disciplinary actions against a home inspector
- How to file a complaint against a home inspector