N.Y. Real Property Law § 444-f: License periods, renewals and fees

§ 444-f. License periods, renewals and fees. 1. Home inspector

licenses and renewals thereof shall be issued for a period of two years,

except that the secretary may, in order to stagger the expiration date

thereof, provide that those licenses first issued or renewed after the

effective date of this section shall expire or become void on a date

fixed by the secretary, not sooner than six months nor later than

twenty-nine months after the date of issue. No renewal of a license

shall be issued unless the applicant has successfully completed a course

of continuing education approved by the secretary.

2. The secretary shall collect a fee of two hundred fifty dollars for

the first application for a license and the license as a home inspector.

The secretary shall collect a fee of one hundred dollars to renew a home

inspector license. The secretary shall collect an examination fee of

fifty dollars. All fees and any fines imposed by the secretary pursuant

to this article shall be deposited in the business and licensing

services account established pursuant to section ninety-seven-y of the

state finance law.