{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-08.18.152","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 08.18.152","heading":"Prohibited acts for home inspectors.","body":"An individual registered under this chapter as a home inspector or associate home inspector may not\n(1) perform or offer to perform, for an additional fee, repairs to a subject property on which the home inspector or the home inspector's company has prepared a home inspection report in the past 12 months;\n(2) inspect for a fee any property in which the home inspector or the home inspector's company has a financial interest or an interest in the transfer of the property;\n(3) offer or deliver compensation, an inducement, or a reward to the owner of the inspected property, the broker, or the agent, for the referral of business to the home inspector or the home inspector's company;\n(4) without the written consent of the home inspection client or the client's legal representative, disclose information from a home inspection report prepared by the home inspector or the home inspector's company unless the disclosure is made\n(A) to a subsequent client who requests a home inspection of the same premises; or\n(B) by the home inspector in an administrative or judicial proceeding in which disclosure of the home inspection report is relevant to resolution of the legal issues in the proceeding;\n(5) without the written consent of all interested parties, accept compensation from more than one interested party for the same home inspection services;\n(6) accept from a person who has other dealings with a home inspection client a commission or allowance, directly or indirectly, for work for which the home inspector or the home inspector's company is responsible;\n(7) accept an engagement to make an inspection or to prepare a report in which the employment itself or the fee payable for the inspection is contingent upon the conclusions in the report, preestablished findings, or the close of escrow.","path":["Title 8. Business and Professions.","Chapter 18. Construction Contractors and Home Inspectors.","Article 4. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#08.18.152","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:30Z","sha256":"1a4cc819576597e9507902a796e0cea0b2b3de66da1bf58a896bd63a226f0d48","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-08.18.151","next":"us-ak/as-08.18.154"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}