Category 12 - Wood Destroying Pest Inspection (for real estate transactions)
Category 12 (wood destroying pest inspection) includes: Inspectors and pest inspection businesses that inspect and issue reports for termites, wood infesting beetles, carpenter ants, carpenter bees, and wood decay fungus. These for hire inspections are usually performed as part of a real estate transaction, and the inspection report is usually issued on the NPMA-33 form. The Category 12 business and inspector is NOT allowed to apply pesticides.
Certification, Applications, Licensing, Insurance, Testing Information:
- Obtaining a Wood Destroying Pest Inspection Business License
- Becoming a Wood Destroying Pest Inspector
- License Application Form (pdf, 257kb)
- Insurance Requirements
- Study Materials (Purdue Pesticide Programs)
- Exam Dates and Sign-up
- Exam Results
- CCH Requirements
- View a list of approved CCH programs
- Reciprocity -- Out of State Inspectors
- Contact Information for Non-Pest Home Inspector Licensing
Policy Statements:
- Interpretive Guidance 5-23-22: Licensing of Pesticide Business and RUP Dealer Locations (pdf, 169kb)
NPMA-33 (National Pest Management Association) Information:
A newly revised form NPMA-33 was released for use in July 2019. The previous version of this form became obsolete on December 31, 2019. Because neither Indiana law or regulations mandate a specific form be used for reporting on wood destroying pest inspections, existing stocks of the old version of this form may continue to be used, as long as your customers are willing to accept them. Those interested in ordering the newly revised form may contact: https://npmapestworld.org/resourcecenter/technical-resources/wood-destroying-insect-wdi-information/npma-33-wood-destroying-insect-inspection-form/
- "New" NPMA-33 Inspection Reporting Form Sample (pdf, 766kb)
- Revisions to NPMA-33 Inspection Reporting Form (pdf, 511kb)
- Guidelines for Completing the NPMA-33 (pdf, 36kb) -- may be copied
- Wood Destroying Organism Attachment to NPMA-33 (pdf, 26kb) -- may be copied