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The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 468
MISCELLANEOUS PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
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F.S. 468.8319
468.8319 Prohibitions; penalties.
(1) A person may not:
(a) Effective July 1, 2011, practice or offer to practice home inspection services unless the person has complied with the provisions of this part.
(b) Effective July 1, 2011, use the name or title “certified home inspector,” “registered home inspector,” “licensed home inspector,” “home inspector,” “professional home inspector,” or any combination thereof unless the person has complied with the provisions of this part.
(c) Present as his or her own the license of another.
(d) Knowingly give false or forged evidence to the department or an employee thereof.
(e) Use or attempt to use a license that has been suspended or revoked.
(f) Perform or offer to perform any repairs to a home on which the inspector or the inspector’s company has prepared a home inspection report. This paragraph does not apply to a home warranty company that is affiliated with or retains a home inspector to perform repairs pursuant to a claim made under a home warranty contract.
(g) Inspect any property in which the inspector or the inspector’s company has any financial or transfer interest.
(h) Offer or deliver any compensation, inducement, or reward to any broker or agent therefor for the referral of the owner of the inspected property to the inspector or the inspection company.
(i) Accept an engagement to make an omission or prepare a report in which the inspection itself, or the fee payable for the inspection, is contingent upon either the conclusions in the report, preestablished findings, or the close of escrow.
(2) Any person who is found to be in violation of any provision of this section commits a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
History.s. 2, ch. 2007-235; s. 20, ch. 2010-106; s. 12, ch. 2010-176; s. 8, ch. 2011-222.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 468.8319
Level: Degree
Misdemeanor/Felony: First/Second/Third

S468.8319 1a - HEALTH-SAFETY - PRACTICE HOME INSPECTION SERVICES UNLAWFULLY - M: F
S468.8319 1b - HEALTH-SAFETY - USE NAME TITLE HOME INSPECTOR WO LICENSE - M: F
S468.8319 1c - HEALTH-SAFETY - PRESENT USE HOME INSPECTOR LICENSE OF ANOTHER - M: F
S468.8319 1d - HEALTH-SAFETY - GIVE FALSE FORGED INFO TO DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE - M: F
S468.8319 1e - HEALTH-SAFETY - USE SUSPENDED REVOKED HOME INSPECTOR LICENSE - M: F
S468.8319 1f - HEALTH-SAFETY - OFFER PERFORM REPAIRS ON HOME INSPECTED - M: F
S468.8319 1g - HEALTH-SAFETY - INSPECT HOME HAVE FINANCIAL TRANSFER INTEREST - M: F
S468.8319 1h - HEALTH-SAFETY - OFFER REWARD FOR REFER OF OWNER TO INSPECTOR - M: F
S468.8319 1i - HEALTH-SAFETY - ACCEPT UNLAWFUL HOME INSPECTION AGREEMENT - M: F
S468.8319 2 - HEALTH-SAFETY - VIOLATE HOME INSPECTION SERVICES LAW - M: F



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