The Tennessee State Code only applies to the inspection of new construction and authorizes such inspections if the inspector is:
- A licensed contractor
- Certified by the state as a fire prevention officer or building official;
- Certified by the Southern Building Code Congress
- Certified by the Home Inspectors of Tennessee Association; or
- Certified by the American Society of Home Inspectors (ASHI).
The law only applies to inspectors in certain counties in Tennessee.
The below counties are currently exempt from the licensing requirements.
| ANDERSON |
DECATUR |
HARDIN |
LINCOLN |
ROANE |
| BEDFORD |
HAWKINS |
MACON |
SCOTT |
BENTON |
| DICKSON |
HAYWOOD |
MARION |
SEQUATCHIE |
BLEDSOE |
| DYER |
HENDERSON |
MARSHALL |
SMITH |
CAMPBELL |
| FAYETTE |
HENRY |
MAURY |
STEWART |
CANNON |
| FENTRESS |
HICKMAN |
MCNAIRY |
TIPTON |
CARROL |
| FRANKLIN |
HOUSTON |
MOORE |
UNICOI |
CHESTER |
| GRAINGER |
JEFFERSON |
OBTON |
VAN BUREN |
CLAIBORNE |
| GRUNDY |
LAKE |
OVERTON |
WARREN |
CLAY |
| HAMBLEN |
LAUDERDALE |
PICKETT |
WAYNE |
COFFEE |
| HANCOCK |
LAWRENCE |
PUTMAN |
WEAKLEY |
CUMBERLAND |
| HARDEMANN |
LEWIS |
RHEA |
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