diff --git a/app/templates/inspections/view.html b/app/templates/inspections/view.html
index d9cc54b..4f3b961 100644
--- a/app/templates/inspections/view.html
+++ b/app/templates/inspections/view.html
@@ -588,10 +588,19 @@
           {% elif ftype == 'label' %}
             {# Only show labels that are ancestors of rated fields #}
             {% if field.id in ns.visible_label_ids %}
-              {% if remap.last_orig_row != -1 %}
-                {% set remap.out_row = remap.out_row + 1 %}
+              {# Advance row only when original row actually changes #}
+              {% if field.row != remap.last_orig_row %}
+                {% if remap.last_orig_row != -1 %}{% set remap.out_row = remap.out_row + 1 %}{% endif %}
+                {# Flush pending section before the first field on this new row #}
+                {% if remap.pending_sec is not none %}
+                  <div class="fg-cell" style="grid-column:1 / span 12; grid-row:{{ remap.out_row }} / span 1;">
+                    <div class="section-head"><strong>{{ remap.pending_sec.label }}</strong></div>
+                  </div>
+                  {% set remap.out_row = remap.out_row + 1 %}
+                  {% set remap.pending_sec = none %}
+                {% endif %}
+                {% set remap.last_orig_row = field.row %}
               {% endif %}
-              {% set remap.last_orig_row = field.row %}
               {% set fs_map = {'small':'0.72rem','normal':'0.82rem','large':'0.96rem','x-large':'1.1rem'} %}
               <div class="fg-cell"
                    style="grid-column: {{ field.col }} / span {{ field.colSpan }};
@@ -612,24 +621,21 @@
             {% endfor %}
 
             {% if vis.show %}
-              {# Advance out_row for any row gap since the last rendered field.
-                 This MUST happen before flushing the section head so the section
-                 always appears below the previous content, never on the same row. #}
-              {% if field.row != remap.last_orig_row and remap.last_orig_row != -1 %}
-                {% set remap.out_row = remap.out_row + 1 %}
+              {# Advance row only when original row actually changes.
+                 Section flush is also guarded here so a label already placed on
+                 this row at the same out_row cannot be displaced. #}
+              {% if field.row != remap.last_orig_row %}
+                {% if remap.last_orig_row != -1 %}{% set remap.out_row = remap.out_row + 1 %}{% endif %}
+                {% if remap.pending_sec is not none %}
+                  <div class="fg-cell" style="grid-column:1 / span 12; grid-row:{{ remap.out_row }} / span 1;">
+                    <div class="section-head"><strong>{{ remap.pending_sec.label }}</strong></div>
+                  </div>
+                  {% set remap.out_row = remap.out_row + 1 %}
+                  {% set remap.pending_sec = none %}
+                {% endif %}
+                {% set remap.last_orig_row = field.row %}
               {% endif %}
 
-              {# Flush pending section head onto its own row, then advance for data. #}
-              {% if remap.pending_sec is not none %}
-                <div class="fg-cell" style="grid-column:1 / span 12; grid-row:{{ remap.out_row }} / span 1;">
-                  <div class="section-head"><strong>{{ remap.pending_sec.label }}</strong></div>
-                </div>
-                {% set remap.out_row = remap.out_row + 1 %}
-                {% set remap.pending_sec = none %}
-              {% endif %}
-
-              {% set remap.last_orig_row = field.row %}
-
               {# Render the field at its original col/colSpan but remapped row #}
               <div class="fg-cell"
                    style="grid-column: {{ field.col }} / span {{ field.colSpan }};