Jim:

I'm not an attorney, but have had the same great one for 25 years. Additionally I have worked for at least 20 or 30 attorneys locally that I call on occasion for advice. You'll need to call your own if your interested in what's "codified".

What I'm telling you is simple. TRCC requires certain certification for its SIRP process (redundant, I know). Period. Any attorney with a brain can extrapolate from that the fact that TRCC considers ICC certification the entry level requirement for new construction inspection.

I do not give a flying - rhymes with truck- what TREC does or does not do. But, suffice it to say that TREC specifically exempts new construction inspections from their oversight. Why? Because a TREC inspector is not qualified by design.

I am and have been aware of the 9/08 TRCC requirement for new homes in the sticks to be inspected by somebody, just anybody - please! The idea here is that any inspection, even a worthless-ass TREC inspection is better than nothing. I tend to disagree, but I don't write the rules.

So, TREC on [sic] and do all of the inspections you like with or without credentials, whatever cranks your shaft. Hope you don't get your tit in a wringer.

Aaron