As states amend septic codes, some are adding language requiring a certificate of onsite system evaluation before properties transfer. The response to inspectors who report systems as unsatisfactory ranges from cooperation to arbitration and occasional litigation.Allstate Septic Systems LLP in Bangor, Pa., has performed buy-sell inspections since 1989, with real estate agents providing 25 percent of the business and homeowners the remainder. “We also do a lot of second opinions and support work for other inspectors,” says Allied partner Bruce Fox. “Branching into this field has been great for us.”Fox, who teaches the Pennsylvania Septage Management Association standards for real
