Maryland MD-1

In most Maryland home purchases, the MD-1 Wood Destroying Insect report is a required stop on the way to settlement — lenders want it in hand before they'll finance the deal. Behind the requirement is a simple fact: termite damage is expensive, hidden, and almost never covered by homeowners insurance. As a Category 7B certified applicator, your inspection is the buyer's only professional assessment of the risk built into the largest purchase of their life.

A thorough MD-1 gives your customer certainty either way. Visible evidence of termites or other wood-destroying insects gets documented with the damage locations and the insects involved, backed by photos and a site-layout diagram — so the buyer can negotiate treatment or repairs before closing instead of discovering them after. A clean report keeps the settlement on schedule and everyone at the table confident.

Maryland MD-1 makes the professional part effortless: the official MD-1 form (Revised Nov. 2005), findings, obstructions, and treatment sections walked in order, an additional-comments page added automatically, and inspector, seller, and buyer signatures captured in the field. Email the finished PDF from the driveway — not from your desk at 9 pm.