TL;DR
An inspection card is the document a building department issues with a permit that lists each required inspection, footing, framing, rough plumbing, electrical, insulation, final, and collects the inspector's signature or sticker as each passes. Posted on site, often in a window or on the temporary power pole, it is the running record proving the job advanced through its hold points legally.
What it means
An inspection card is the document a building department issues with a permit that lists each required inspection, footing, framing, rough plumbing, electrical, insulation, final, and collects the inspector's signature or sticker as each passes. Posted on site, often in a window or on the temporary power pole, it is the running record proving the job advanced through its hold points legally. A lost or unsigned example complicates closing the permit, and unsigned lines surface years later in title searches and home sales as open permits.
Where it sits in the glossary
Inspection card is part of the Permits group inside the ProFix Directory glossary. Browse every term in this category from the glossary index.
Why Ohio homeowners should know it
This is a term Ohio homeowners encounter when reading contractor quotes, hiring paperwork, or inspection reports. Understanding it well enough to ask one good follow-up question is usually all the protection a homeowner needs.
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