Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 35 - Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food, and Forestry
Chapter 30 - Consumer Protection
Subchapter 17 - Combined Pesticide
Part 22 - WOOD INFESTATION REPORTS
Section 35:30-17-105 - WIR inspections

Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 35:30-17-105

Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024

(a) Areas to be inspected shall include, but not be limited to, the following:

(1) All structures on the property, unless specifically identified on the WIR.

(2) Areas around the plumbing in bathrooms, kitchens, laundry areas, or any other areas with plumbing.

(3) Window and door frames and sills.

(4) Baseboards, flooring, walls, and ceilings.

(5) Floored attics.

(6) Entrance steps and porches.

(7) Exteriors of slabs or foundations walls.

(8) Exteriors of all structures.

(9) Crawl spaces, including but not limited to, support piers or stiff legs, floor joists, sub floors, sill plates, or foundation walls.

(10) Fireplaces.

(b) Inaccessible areas are not required to be inspected for the WIR, and may include, but are not limited to, the following:

(1) Areas of attics with no flooring.

(2) Interiors of hollow walls, floors, or ceilings.

(3) Structural segments that cannot be accessed without defacing or tearing out lumber, masonry, or finished work, such as enclosed bay windows, buttresses, and other similar areas.

(4) Areas behind or beneath stoves, refrigerators, furniture, built in cabinets, insulation, or floor coverings.

(5) Areas where storage, locks, or other conditions render an inspection impracticable.

(6) Insufficient clearance for inspection of a crawl space.

(c) Any structures on the property not included in the inspection shall be identified on the WIR as not inspected.

(d) Any subsequent inspections shall be considered a follow up inspection.

(e) An ODAFF-1 Form shall be completed on all property transactions or when contesting a WIR issued on a property. An ODAFF-1 Form is not required for routine termite inspections not involving property transactions.

(f) Any routine report not intended for a property transaction shall contain a disclaimer stating it is not intended for a property transaction.

Added at 20 Ok Reg 1537, eff 6-12-03; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 1775, eff 6-25-07; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 2441, eff 7-25-10

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