2016 Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
440. Department of safety and professional services.
440.97 Definitions.
440.97 Definitions. In this subchapter:
440.97(1) (1) “Client" means a person who contracts with a home inspector for a home inspection.
440.97(2) (2) “Compensation" means direct or indirect payment, including the expectation of payment whether or not actually received.
440.97(3) (3) “Dwelling unit" means a structure or that part of a structure that is used or intended to be used as a home, residence or sleeping place by one person or by 2 or more persons who are maintaining a common household, to the exclusion of all others.
440.97(4) (4) “Home inspection" means the process by which a home inspector examines the observable systems and components of improvements to residential real property that are readily accessible.
440.97(5) (5) “Home inspection report" means a written opinion of a home inspector concerning all of the following:
440.97(5)(a) (a) The condition of the improvements to residential real property that contains not more than 4 dwelling units.
440.97(5)(b) (b) The condition of mechanical and structural components of the improvements specified in par. (a).
440.97(6) (6) “Home inspector" means an individual who, for compensation, conducts a home inspection.
440.97(7) (7) “Technically exhaustive" means the extensive use of measurements, instruments, testing, calculations and other means to develop scientific or engineering findings, conclusions or recommendations.
