# Unannounced state inspection

A term used when buying funeral home.

The state regulator's right to inspect a funeral home's buildings, grounds and vehicles anytime.

The license is held by the establishment, and in most states the board may walk in without notice and look at the preparation room, the vehicles and the files, the prepaid contracts among them. Florida puts it plainly: every licensed establishment is subject at all times to inspection of all its buildings, grounds and vehicles, and pays an annual inspection fee for the privilege. So the condition of the building is a licensing question and not a maintenance one, and the last inspection report is a document to ask for before the price is agreed.

Part of: Buying a Funeral Home (https://searchspheresource.com/guides/buying-a-funeral-home)

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