Last Updated: June 5, 2026
CLUNKER BUSTERS INSPECTIONS INC.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR AGREEMENT (Inspection Services)
Effective upon your acceptance. By clicking “I Agree,” you enter into this Independent Contractor Agreement (“Agreement”) with Clunker Busters Inspections Inc. (“Company”). These terms govern your access to and performance of vehicle inspection services through the Company’s platform. By accepting this Agreement, you also agree to be bound by the Company’s Privacy Policy at www.clunkerbusters.com/privacy, which is incorporated by reference.
1. SERVICES
1.1. You will provide vehicle inspection services as an independent contractor (“Services”).
1.2. The Company operates a technology platform that connects independent inspectors with customers. The Company does not control the manner or means by which you perform the Services, except that Assignments must comply with applicable deadlines, safety requirements, platform requirements, and Inspection Standards. “Inspection Standards” means the inspection checklist, platform instructions, safety requirements, photo requirements, report submission requirements, and other written standards made available to you through the platform or otherwise provided by Company, as updated from time to time.
1.3. You may accept or decline any inspection assignment offered through the platform (“Assignment”) at your sole discretion.
1.4. The Company does not guarantee any minimum number of Assignments or any level of income.
1.5. You must complete each Assignment by accurately completing all required fields, uploading required photographs, and submitting all requested information through the Company’s platform. The Company’s inspection form defines the required deliverables for each Assignment and may be updated from time to time.
1.6. You determine your own routes, scheduling, sequence, and manner of performing Services, subject only to deadlines, safety requirements, and Inspection Standards.
1.7. You may not delegate or subcontract any Assignment without the Company’s prior written consent.
1.8. You are responsible for providing your own tools, equipment, transportation, mobile device, and internet access.
1.9. You must complete Assignments within the deadlines specified in the platform and respond promptly to Company communications relating to active Assignments.
2. SAFETY AND VEHICLE HANDLING
2.1. You must perform all Services in a safe, careful, and professional manner consistent with reasonable industry standards for vehicle inspections.
2.2. You must take reasonable precautions to avoid damage to vehicles, property, or equipment and to prevent personal injury to yourself or others.
2.3. You may enter, move, or operate a vehicle only when reasonably necessary to perform an Assignment and only in a safe and lawful manner.
2.4. Brief test drives are permitted only if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
2.4.1. you have express permission from the vehicle owner, seller, or authorized representative;
2.4.2. you maintain insurance coverage that applies to operating the vehicle;
2.4.3. the test drive is limited to a safe, appropriate location; and
2.4.4. the purpose of the test drive is solely to evaluate vehicle condition.
2.5. You are solely responsible for any damage, loss, or injury caused by your acts or omissions while performing Services, including any damage arising from entering, moving, or operating a vehicle.
2.6. You must promptly notify the Company of any incident occurring in connection with an Assignment, including:
2.6.1. damage to any vehicle, property, or equipment;
2.6.2. any personal injury or medical emergency;
2.6.3. unsafe conditions at the inspection location;
2.6.4. disputes, confrontations, or heated interactions with customers, sellers, or third parties;
2.6.5. threats, harassment, or hostile behavior; or
2.6.6. involvement of law enforcement or emergency services.
2.7. Notification must be made as soon as reasonably practicable after the incident. Reporting an incident does not constitute an admission of fault or liability.
2.8. You may decline or discontinue any Assignment if, in your independent judgment, conditions are unsafe.
3. FEES AND PAYMENT
3.1. Each Assignment states the applicable fee (“Fee”) at the time it is offered.
3.2. You are paid on a per-Assignment basis only.
3.3. Company will pay all undisputed Fees according to the payment schedule disclosed in the platform, but no later than 30 days after submission of a timely, complete, and compliant inspection report.
3.4. Fees are payable only for reports that comply with the Inspection Standards. The Company may reject or require correction of incomplete, inaccurate, or non-compliant reports, and you will have a reasonable opportunity to cure deficiencies.
3.5. If Company refunds a customer due to material errors, omissions, misconduct, or failure to complete an Assignment attributable to you, Company may offset the refunded amount against unpaid Fees. Where reasonably practicable, Company will provide notice of the basis for the offset and a reasonable opportunity for you to respond before applying the offset, except where immediate action is necessary due to fraud, safety, legal, or customer-protection concerns.
3.6. You are solely responsible for all taxes, expenses, insurance, and withholdings. You will receive a Form 1099.
4. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS
4.1. You are an independent contractor and not an employee, agent, partner, or joint venturer of the Company.
4.2. You are engaged in an independently established business and may provide services to other parties, including competitors, subject to confidentiality obligations.
4.3. You are solely responsible for your taxes, insurance, and compliance with applicable laws.
4.4. Nothing in this Agreement gives you authority to bind or represent the Company.
4.5. You represent and warrant that:
4.5.1. all information, credentials, experience, certifications, licenses, insurance information, tax information, and payment information you provide to Company are accurate, complete, and current;
4.5.2. you have all licenses, permits, authorizations, and insurance required to perform any Assignment you accept;
4.5.3. you are legally authorized to work as an independent contractor;
4.5.4. you will comply with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations when performing Services; and
4.5.5. you will promptly update Company if any information you provided becomes inaccurate or incomplete.
5. OWNERSHIP OF INSPECTION MATERIALS
5.1. All reports, photographs, videos, data, measurements, notes, checklists, communications, and related materials created or submitted in connection with an Assignment (“Inspection Materials”) are works made for hire and belong exclusively to the Company.
5.2. To the extent not considered works made for hire, you irrevocably assign all rights, title, and interest in the Inspection Materials to the Company.
5.3. You may not use, reuse, reproduce, distribute, disclose, or provide Inspection Materials outside the platform without the Company’s prior written consent.
5.4. You may not provide inspection results directly to customers except through the Company’s platform.
5.5. Your pre-existing tools, methods, templates, and know-how remain your property, but the Company may use them as incorporated into Inspection Materials.
5.6. You waive any moral rights in the Inspection Materials to the fullest extent permitted by law.
6. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PLATFORM INFORMATION
6.1. “Confidential Information” includes all non-public information accessed through the platform, including customer identities, contact information, vehicle data, inspection results, pricing, platform workflows, business methods, and system data.
6.2. You may use Confidential Information solely to perform Assignments.
6.3. You may not:
6.3.1. retain customer contact information outside the platform;
6.3.2. copy or scrape platform data;
6.3.3. use platform information to solicit customers outside the platform; or
6.3.4. disclose Confidential Information to third parties.
6.4. You must use commercially reasonable safeguards to protect Confidential Information.
6.5. These obligations relating to Confidential Information are perpetual and survive termination.
7. PLATFORM ACCESS AND USE
7.1. The Company grants you a limited, revocable license to access and use the platform solely for performing Assignments.
7.2. You may not:
7.2.1. interfere with or disrupt platform operations;
7.2.2. attempt unauthorized system access;
7.2.3. reverse engineer or copy platform functionality;
7.2.4. use automated tools, bots, or scraping;
7.2.5. share login credentials; or
7.2.6. impersonate the Company or other users.
7.3. The Company may suspend or restrict access at any time to protect platform integrity or customer safety.
8. BRANDING AND REPRESENTATION
8.1. When performing an Assignment, you may identify yourself as an independent inspector accepting an assignment through the Company’s platform.
8.2. You are not an employee of the Company and may not represent that you are an employee, owner, partner, officer, or agent of the Company.
8.3. You have no authority to make commitments, guarantees, refunds, credits, price adjustments, or other promises on the Company’s behalf.
8.4. You may use the Company’s name or branding solely as necessary to perform Assignments and in accordance with Company guidelines.
8.5. You must act professionally when interacting with customers and avoid conduct that would reasonably harm customer trust or the Company’s reputation.
8.6. Outside of Assignments, you may not create materials suggesting employment, endorsement, or formal affiliation without written permission.
9. DATA SECURITY
9.1. You must securely store, access, and transmit customer, vehicle, inspection, and platform data.
9.2. You may not download, copy, retain, photograph, export, or store such data outside the platform except as reasonably necessary to complete an Assignment.
9.3. You must promptly notify Company of any suspected or actual unauthorized access, loss, disclosure, misuse, or compromise of Confidential Information, customer information, inspection materials, or platform credentials.
9.4. You must cooperate with Company’s reasonable investigation and remediation efforts.
10. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
10.1. To accept Assignments, you must maintain:
10.1.1. automobile liability insurance;
10.1.2. commercial general liability and professional liability insurance if required by the Company.
10.2. You must provide proof of insurance policies upon request.
10.3. The Company may verify insurance status at any time.
10.4. You acknowledge that personal auto insurance may not cover commercial activity, test drives, or vehicle inspection services. You are responsible for confirming that your insurance applies to the activities you perform.
11. INDEMNIFICATION
11.1. You will indemnify and hold the Company harmless from claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of:
11.1.1. your acts or omissions;
11.1.2. your performance or failure to perform Services;
11.1.3. errors or omissions in inspection reports;
11.1.4. breach of this Agreement;
11.1.5. false or misleading information you provide; or
11.1.6. property damage, vehicle damage, or personal injury occurring during an Assignment.
12. TERMINATION AND SUSPENSION
12.1. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time.
12.2. The Company may immediately suspend access if it reasonably believes you provided false information, engaged in unsafe or negligent conduct, violated Inspection Standards or confidentiality obligations, or created risk to customers or the platform.
12.3. Confidentiality, ownership, indemnification, data security, and payment obligations survive termination.
13. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
13.1. To the maximum extent permitted by law, the Company will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages. The Company’s total liability under this Agreement will not exceed the total Fees paid to you in the six months preceding the claim.
14. GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE
14.1. This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, except to the extent that the laws of the jurisdiction where Services are performed cannot be waived.
14.2. Any dispute arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the platform, or Services shall be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its applicable commercial rules. The arbitration shall take place in Minnesota unless the parties agree to remote proceedings or another location. The parties waive any right to a jury trial or class, collective, or representative proceeding. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
14.3. Company may seek temporary, preliminary, or permanent injunctive relief in court for actual or threatened misuse of Confidential Information, platform misuse, unauthorized access, intellectual property violations, or circumvention of the platform.
15. MESSAGING TERMS
15.1. When you opt in to receive messages from the platform, we will send you a message to confirm your signup.
15.2. By opting into messages, you agree to receive recurring automated text messages from Clunker Busters Inspections, including assignment dispatch notifications, schedule updates, platform announcements, and other operational and informational communications. Automated messages may be sent using an automatic telephone dialing system to the mobile telephone number you provided when registering or any other number that you designate.
15.3. Message frequency varies based on assignment volume, platform activity, and your interaction with Clunker Busters Inspections. Clunker Busters Inspections reserves the right to alter the frequency of messages sent at any time to increase or decrease the total number of sent messages. Clunker Busters Inspections also reserves the right to change the short code or phone number or alphanumeric sender where messages are sent.
15.4. Your usual message and data rates may apply. If you have any questions about your text plan or data plan, it is best to contact your mobile provider. Your mobile provider is not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
15.5. Your consent to receive messages is not a condition of your participation on the platform or your eligibility to receive Assignments.
15.6. Carriers. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages.
15.7. Cancellation. Messages will provide instructions to unsubscribe either by texting STOP or through an included link. After you unsubscribe, we will send you a message to confirm that you have been unsubscribed and no more messages will be sent. If you would like to receive messages from Clunker Busters Inspections again, just sign up as you did the first time and Clunker Busters Inspections will start sending messages to you again. Unsubscribing from messages does not affect your obligations under this Agreement or your eligibility to receive Assignments through the platform.
15.8. Info. For support regarding our services, email us at support@clunkerbusters.com or, if supported, text “HELP” to our messages at any time and we will respond with instructions on how to unsubscribe. If we include a link in messages we send you from Clunker Busters Inspections, you may also access instructions on how to unsubscribe and our company information by following that link.
15.9. Transfer of Number. You agree that before changing your mobile number or transferring your mobile number to another individual, you will either reply “STOP” from the original number, unsubscribe using the link included in our messages (if one is provided), or notify us of your old number at support@clunkerbusters.com. The duty to inform us based on the above events is a condition of using this service to receive messages.
15.10. Privacy. If you have any questions about your data or our privacy practices, please visit our privacy policy at www.clunkerbusters.com/privacy.
15.11. Messaging Terms Changes. We reserve the right to change or terminate our messaging program at any time. We also reserve the right to update these Messaging Terms at any time. Such changes will be effective immediately upon posting. If you do not agree to a change to these Messaging Terms, you should cancel your enrollment in our messaging program. Your continued enrollment following such changes shall constitute your acceptance of such changes.
16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
16.1. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties. Inspection Standards and platform rules may be updated from time to time and will apply upon posting.
17. ACCEPTANCE
17.1. By clicking “I Agree,” you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Agreement.