GUIDE TO REQUIREMENTS OF OFFICIAL INSPECTION

The following are a requirement for Inspection:

• CHARTER (ORIGINAL OR WORKING), whichever is regularly used, is to be within the Lodge Room and in its regular location during the Communication of the Lodge.  
• All properties. as required by the Grand Lodge Rules and Regulations, are to be in their customary places and locations within and without the Lodge room.
• All Officers, elective and appointive, are to be in their respective Stations and Places. Absences are acceptable for vocational demands, illness, or death of family member or close friends.
• Candidate(s), properly prepared for initiation or advancement, per Grand Lodge Rules and Regulations and adopted Grand Lodge Ritual.
• Degree work, as previously scheduled between the Master and the District Deputy, should be performed by the Officers in the Stations and Places which are customary in that Lodge for the Degree being portrayed. The Master is to preside over the opening and closing. Any substitution or other exception is only permitted by approval of the Grand Master.
• Exemplification of the Degree work, as scheduled, is to conform conclusively to the Ritual as adopted for use by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Connecticut.
• The duplicate receipt for all Rituals (1 0 copies) on loan from Grand Lodge should be in the possession of the Lodge Secretary and available for review.
• The 10 Official Rituals on loan from Grand Lodge should be on the Secretary's desk for Inspection.
• All books and records of the Lodges proceedings and financial transactions for the current fiscal year, inclusive of all Annual Reports for the previous year, as kept by the Lodge Secretary and Treasurer are to be available for inspection. The Secretary's records should include the essential details of all activities of the Lodge. They should be either typed or in permanent ink, properly signed, and should be fully indicative that the Grand Lodge Rules and Regulations are being complied with in every respect. Grand Lodge fees and assessments should be listed separately in the records. If it was required, a copy of the IRS form no. 990, as filed by the Lodge for the preceding year, should be available for inspection.
• Make sure that the Grand Masonic Word is given properly by each of the three top officers (the Master, Senior Warden and Junior Warden) separately and in private. [Note: The Associate Grand Marshal/Chaplain may assist in this endeavor.]
• All Petitions accepted and voted on by the Lodge since the date of the last Official Inspection should be available for Inspection.
• The Lodge By-Laws Book, signed by all members, should be presented for Inspection.