What is Section 6 of the Texas WDI report?

Section 6 of the Official Texas Wood Destroying Insect Report (Form SPCS/T-5) is the treatment disclosure. If a treatment is being performed or proposed in connection with the inspection, the inspector discloses the targeted insect, the type of treatment, the date, the common name of the pesticide or bait used, the application method, and whether a contract or warranty is involved.

When am I allowed to recommend corrective treatment on a Texas WDI report?

Only when there is visible evidence of an active infestation, or evidence of a previous infestation with no evidence of prior treatment. Recommending corrective treatment without qualifying findings is one of the fastest ways to draw a complaint, because the report itself documents whether the findings support the recommendation.

What is the difference between corrective and preventive treatment on the T-5?

Corrective treatment addresses an infestation the report documents (Section 12A). Preventive treatment addresses conducive conditions, like wood-to-ground contact, where no infestation was found but conditions favor one (Section 12B). The form separates them so a buyer can see whether they are paying to fix a problem or to prevent one.

Do I have to disclose a treatment the homeowner declined?

The report documents what was recommended and what was performed. If treatment was recommended and not performed, the recommendation stands in Section 12 and the treatment disclosure reflects that no treatment was made. Do not quietly drop a recommendation because the customer declined it; the report is the record.

What goes in the warranty part of the disclosure?

Whether the treatment carries a contract or warranty, and the relevant information about it. In a real estate transaction this matters as much as the treatment itself, because the buyer wants to know if an existing warranty transfers and what it covers.

Can Serv AI fill out the treatment disclosure from a voice memo?

Yes. The inspector dictates what was treated, with what product, and how, and Serv AI populates the treatment disclosure along with the rest of the T-5: product common name, method, date, and the contract or warranty details, matched to the form's structure. The inspector reviews and signs.

The Texas T-5 Treatment Disclosure (Section 6), Explained

Where Section 6 sits on the form

The Official Texas Wood Destroying Insect Report (Form SPCS/T-5, issued by the Texas Department of Agriculture's Structural Pest Control Service) walks from the property and parties through the findings and out to the recommendations. Section 6 is the treatment disclosure: if a treatment is being made or proposed in connection with the inspection, this is where the details go, in writing, on the same document the buyer and lender read.

What must be disclosed

When treating, the report discloses:

The insect the treatment targets
The type of treatment and the date
The common name of the pesticide or bait applied
The application method
Whether a contract or warranty is involved, and its information

The pattern to notice: everything a future reader would need to evaluate the treatment without calling you. Which pest, what product, how it was applied, and what promise stands behind it. In a real estate file, the warranty line often matters most, because the buyer wants to know whether an existing termite contract transfers with the house.

When you can recommend treatment at all

The T-5 does not let an inspector recommend corrective treatment freely. The form's own recommendation section (Section 12) permits corrective treatment only with:

Visible evidence of an active infestation, or
Evidence of a previous infestation with no evidence of prior treatment

Preventive treatment is separate: it is recommended against conducive conditions (wood to ground contact, excessive moisture, and the like) where no infestation was found. The form splits the two so a reader can tell whether they are paying to fix a documented problem or to reduce a documented risk.

The report checks itself

Because the findings (Section 11), the recommendations (Section 12), and the treatment disclosure (Section 6) all live on one document, they have to agree. A corrective treatment disclosed in Section 6 with no qualifying finding in Section 11 is visible to anyone who reads the whole form, including the TDA when a complaint lands. Consistency across the sections is the compliance work.

Dictate the treatment, get a consistent T-5

Serv AI builds the whole T-5 from the inspector's voice memo: findings, diagram, recommendations, and the Section 6 treatment disclosure, filled from what was actually said and kept consistent across sections. The inspector reviews and signs.

The Texas T-5 treatment disclosure (Section 6), explained