2013 Maryland Code
BUSINESS OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS
§ 16-4A-05 - Record retention requirements


MD Bus Occ & Prof Code § 16-4A-05 (2013) What's This?

(a) In general. -- Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a licensed home inspector shall keep, for 5 years from the date of delivery to the client, the original or a copy of:

(1) each contract the licensee enters into for the provision of home inspection services;

(2) each home inspection report the licensee prepares or signs; and

(3) all supporting data that the licensee assembles or formulates to prepare a home inspection report.

(b) Effect of notice of litigation. -- If, within the 5-year period for the retention of records, a licensed home inspector is given notice that a home inspection is involved in litigation, a new 5-year period shall start on the date of the final disposition of the litigation.

(c) Duty to make records available to Commission. -- A licensed home inspector shall make any record required to be kept under this section available to the Commission to inspect or copy.

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