New Construction Inspection
A new construction home inspection is a private ten-category inspection of a finished new build, separate from the municipal inspections the permit already required.
A new construction inspection applies the same OAR chapter 812 standard to a house that just passed its municipal inspections. The two are different things. The jurisdiction checks code at permit stages; the certified home inspector reports on condition and workmanship across ten categories.
Municipal inspections are not a home inspection
The building official inspects at permit stages, footing, framing, rough plumbing and so on, against the adopted code. That record lives with the permit, not with the buyer.
A certified home inspector looks at the finished product once, across ten categories, and OAR 812-008-0204(1)(e) excludes code compliance from the report. The two documents answer different questions.
What a new build still gets wrong
The ten categories apply to a new house as fully as to a 1912 bungalow. Roofing, plumbing, electrical and insulation each have a rule, and a new build can fail any of them on workmanship.
East of the Cascades and in adopting cities, section R327 wildfire construction applies to new homes only where locally adopted. The adoption tracker on this site records each jurisdiction.
Asked and answered
Oregon does not require one. The municipal inspections tied to the building permit are mandatory; a private home inspection is the buyer choice. They answer different questions. The jurisdiction checks code at permit stages, while a certified inspector reports on the finished condition of ten systems under OAR chapter 812 division 8.
A new build has passed code inspections at permit stages, not a condition inspection of the finished house. The ten-category Oregon standard examines roofing, plumbing, electrical, heating and insulation as installed. Code compliance itself is excluded from the report by rule, so the home inspection adds a different layer rather than repeating the permit record.
The same ten categories as any Oregon inspection, applied to a house with no wear to hide behind. Roofing, plumbing, electrical, heating, and insulation and ventilation are among them. In jurisdictions that adopted section R327, wildfire construction requirements also apply to new homes. Confirm the permit record is complete and final inspections are signed off.
Questions are taken verbatim from live Google People Also Ask results for this inspection type. Answers rest on Oregon rule text and the records cited above.