InstaBidsHow do you check a home inspection license in Kentucky?
The Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors handles licensing for home inspectors. Open the public license search, select the board and the individual search criteria, then search by name or license number. The form also offers license-status filters; the separate Active License Directory is another tool linked by the board.
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, agency scope, read 6 November 2026.
Source: Kentucky public license search, empty form and instructions, read 6 November 2026.
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, public search tools, read 6 November 2026.
The license lookup is yours to run on the state's site.
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Key facts
- Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, agency scope, read 6 November 2026.
- For Individual
Source: Kentucky public license search, empty form and instructions, read 6 November 2026.
- the license number
Source: Kentucky public license search, empty form and instructions, read 6 November 2026.
How do you use the license search in Kentucky?
The public license search includes the Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors among its board selections. Choose the individual criteria for a person, then use the name or license-number fields described in the form's instructions.
Source: Kentucky public license search, empty form and instructions, read 6 November 2026.
The form continues: "Then press the “Search” button ."
Source: Kentucky public license search, empty form and instructions, read 6 November 2026.
The public search form in Kentucky offers status filters labelled Escrow, Active, Cancelled, Inactive and Not Active under its individual-search criteria, alongside All. Read any resulting status exactly as the record shows it.
Source: Kentucky public license search, empty form and instructions, read 6 November 2026.
The name and license-number fields in Kentucky can guide your optional research while you prepare a written inspection request on InstaBids.
Does Kentucky license individual home inspectors?
KRS 198B.712, subsection one, reads: "An individual shall not advertise or claim to be a home inspector and shall not conduct a home inspection for compensation without first obtaining a license as a home inspector."
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, KRS 198B.712, subsection one, read 6 November 2026.
Keep the individual inspection role in Kentucky distinct from your project description when you put the work into writing on InstaBids.
Where can you find the board's home inspector directory?
For finding a provider, the board's public-search tools page directs readers to the Active License Directory. The same board page separately links its license search for a Kentucky license lookup.
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, public search tools, read 6 November 2026.
Open the board's public-search tools.
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, public search tools, read 6 November 2026.
The directory linked by the board in Kentucky is an optional research resource while you assemble an inspection description for InstaBids.
What agreement document does the board's complaint form request?
The board's KBHI-7 complaint form requests a copy of the inspection agreement when the answer to its agreement question is yes. The preliminary question asks whether you signed an agreement with the inspector.
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, KBHI-7 complaint form, revision 27 August 2018, read 6 November 2026.
The preliminary question reads: "Did you sign an inspection agreement with the inspector?"
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, KBHI-7 complaint form, revision 27 August 2018, read 6 November 2026.
The instruction below it reads: "If yes, please attach a copy of the inspection agreement."
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, KBHI-7 complaint form, revision 27 August 2018, read 6 November 2026.
Use the inspection agreement mentioned in Kentucky's KBHI-7 form as a reference when you describe the inspection scope in your InstaBids request.
Where do you file a complaint about an inspection?
The Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors publishes the KBHI-7 complaint form with filing instructions. The form calls for notarization and supporting documentation, including the full written inspector's report; use its current return instructions for submission.
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, KBHI-7 complaint form, revision 27 August 2018, read 6 November 2026.
The filing instructions read: "You must complete the attached form, have it notarized, and return it with all supporting documentation to the address above."
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, KBHI-7 complaint form, revision 27 August 2018, read 6 November 2026.
The form also says: "You must attach copies of all supporting documents, including the full written inspector’s report, all documentation indicated above, and any other documentation proving what you claim is factual."
Source: Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, KBHI-7 complaint form, revision 27 August 2018, read 6 November 2026.
The KBHI-7 complaint path in Kentucky concerns an inspection dispute; you can describe any separate inspection work in a written request on InstaBids.
Where does InstaBids fit in?
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Start my requestSources for the facts on this page
- Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, agency scope, read 6 November 2026
- Kentucky public license search, empty form and instructions, read 6 November 2026
- Kentucky Legislative Research Commission, KRS 198B.712, subsection one, read 6 November 2026
- Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, KBHI-7 complaint form, revision 27 August 2018, read 6 November 2026
- Kentucky Board of Home Inspectors, public search tools, read 6 November 2026