Certified Access Specialist Program
CASp for California
For California
A CASp Report Is Where Your Protection Starts — Not a Certificate to Shelve.
Many California owners think a CASp report is something you get once, file away, and forget. It isn't. A CASp report opens the door to real legal protections — but those protections are built to move you toward fixing barriers, not sitting on a list of them. Get the report, work the plan, and you turn ADA risk into a documented, defensible position. Leave it on a shelf, and you've done little more than write down your own violations.
What is it?
What is a CASp?
A Certified Access Specialist (CASp) is a professional certified by the State of California to inspect properties for compliance with the ADA and the California Building Code. CASp is a California program — but the standard behind it is the strictest in the country, and every ADA-PROS report, in every state, is built to meet the California CASp standard.
Our inspections are led by a CASp (#240).
What it actually gets you
Protections a Non-Inspected Owner Can’t Use.
Having a CASp report before a lawsuit unlocks three specific protections under California law.
90-Day Stay
If you're sued, a CASp-inspected property can request an immediate court stay — pausing motions, discovery, and the legal fees that pile up with them.
Civil Code §55.54
Early Evaluation Conference
A court-administered conference where both sides explore an early resolution before costs escalate.
Civil Code §55.54
Reduced Statutory Damages
$4,000 → $1,000
Per violation — if you correct the cited barriers within 60 days of being served. The largest protection is earned by fixing, not filing.
Civil Code §55.56
The Part Owners Miss
A CASp Report doesn’t make you compliant.
Working the plan does.
No property is 100% compliant — and a report won't protect you if you ignore what it found. Its value comes from correcting what you can now, scheduling the rest, and keeping your documentation current.
How It Works
Getting Your CASp Report
Request it
Contact us and agree to the inspection.
We inspect
A Certified Access Specialist surveys your property.
You get the report
We deliver it and review it with you, so you understand the plan.
Certificate issued
Compliant? A certificate to post. Items to correct? A "pending" certificate — and we help you build the correction schedule.
Keep it on file
Report, certificate, and schedule: your evidence if you're ever sued.
Our Standard
California Standard, Nationwide.
The CASp legal safeguards — the stay, the conference, the reduced damages — are specific to California. What travels beyond California is the standard. A CASp inspection is the highest bar in the country, and we build every report we produce to meet it, in every state we serve.
CASp was created by California Senate Bill 1608 (2008) — a balanced law that encourages proactive compliance and curbs the "drive-by" lawsuits that have cost California businesses millions.
Get Your CASp Inspection
We’ll inspect, report, and help you build the plan that actually protects you.