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CMI Application
Application/Affidavit
for the Certified Master Inspector® professional designation
The process for becoming a Certified Master Inspector® is very
straight forward. You must:
1.Have completed 1,000 fee-paid inspections or hours of
inspection-related continuing education (combined) in your lifetime.
a.Experience: Inspections must have been performed for actual
fee-paying clients, but do not have to be your clients (you can count
inspections you performed while working for someone else). Limit one inspection
per residence (3 inspections on one home count as one inspection).
b.Education: The Master Inspector Certification Board’s
qualifying continuing education subject matter is quite broad. Anything one
could reasonably deem to be inspection-related qualifies, including classroom,
home study, and online courses and seminars. Business success, accounting,
marketing, etc. courses do not count. Repeated courses do not count twice.
Hours count hour-for-hour. For example: If it takes you 6 hours to complete a
course, it counts as 6 hours. The Board realizes that applicants may not have
maintained proof of every hour of continuing education accumulated but
applicants should be able to offer a list substantially demonstrating
completion of the hours of inspection-related education completed in their
lifetime.
The sum of the inspections performed (a.) and the hours
of continuing education completed (b.) need to add up to 1,000 or more.
2.Agree to abide by the Master Inspector Certification Board’s
Code of Ethics a copy of which is posted at
http://www.certifiedmasterinspector.org/cmi/coe.html. The Board’s Code of
Ethics meets or exceeds all other inspection trade association’s and government
mandated Code of Ethics. Therefore, abiding by the Master Inspectors
Certification Board’s Code of Ethics places the Certified Master Inspector® in
compliance with all other existing inspector Codes of Ethics.
3.Agree to substantially follow any one of the Board approved
Standards of Practice (ASHI, CAHPI, CREIA, FABI, ISHI, NACHI, TREC). Any state
mandated Standards of Practice is also approved for Certified Master
Inspectors® in that state.
4. Agree to submit to a criminal background check. Applicants
may not be a convicted felon or sex offender. The background check will be
arranged and paid for by the Master Inspector Certification Board. There is no
additional fee for this background check.
5.Fill out the application/affidavit on page 2 but don’t sign
it yet. Sign the affidavit in front of a Notary Public and have it notarized.
6.Make a check or money order for $375 payable to “Master
Inspector Certification Board.” This is a one-time application processing fee
and is good for your lifetime. There are no annual dues or hidden costs. This
is a one-time, lifetime fee.
7. Mail the application/affidavit, the check or money
order, and a copy of your drivers license to:
Master Inspector Certification Board
7700-2 Square Lake Blvd
Jacksonville
Fl 32256
Your application will be processed and your background
check will be completed within 48 hours of receipt of your application. If your
application is approved you will be listed on the
www.CertifiedMasterInspector.org website the same day. If you are not accepted
the Board will not cash your check and it will be returned to you with an
explanation. Once your application is approved you may hold yourself out as a
Certified Master Inspector®
Once your application to become a Certified Master Inspector®
is approved:
There are a variety of ways to tout your Certifed Master
Inspector® professional designation. Some examples of the many permitted uses
of the Trademarked professional designation include:
John Smith, Certified Master Inspector®
John Smith, C.M.I.™
John Smith, CMI™
I am a Certified Master Inspector®, have completed more than
1,000 inspections or hours of continuing education, abide by the Master
Inspector Certification Board’s strict Code of Ethics, abide by a board
approved Standards of Practice, and have passed a criminal background check.
I have passed a criminal background check required by the
Master Inspector Certification Board.
I am a Board Certified™ inspector.
John Smith, Board Certified™.
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