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915 I St, Sacramento, CA
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Sacramento, California
Adopted codes
CBC 2025 CBC · CRC 2025 CRC · CEnC 2025 CEnC · CEC 2025 CEC · CMC 2025 CMC +2 more
Permit authority
Water Heater fee — from Sacramento’s published schedule
$95.00
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205 Government St, Mobile, AL
Jurisdiction
Mobile, Alabama
Adopted codes (Alabama baseline)
IPC 2021 IPC · IMC 2021 IMC · IRC 2015 IRC · IFC 2021 IFC — the 2021 edition of the International Fire Code, adopted by reference by the ALABAMA STATE FIRE MARSHAL at Ala. Admin. Code r. 482-2-101-.02, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2025. Adopting text verbatim: "Except as specifically provided in paragraph (2), the 2021 edition of the International Fire Code(R) and Appendices B, C, D, E, and M, as promulgated by the International Code Council(R), are adopted by reference as a regulation" of the State Fire Marshal. NOT 2024: the 2024 IFC is NOT adopted in Alabama. THE EDITION IS ONLY HALF THE ANSWER — WHAT IS ADOPTED IS A PARTIAL CODE. Part 2 of Chapter 1 ("Administration and Enforcement") is expressly NOT adopted, so the model code's own administration, permitting and enforcement machinery is NOT Alabama law; enforcement authority comes from Ala. Code 1975 ss 27-2-17 and 36-19-9 and the Fire Marshal's own regulations instead. Serving IFC Chapter 1 Part 2 as Alabama law would be wrong. This is the FIRE code only; Alabama's building codes sit with the Alabama Building Commission (DCM) and its energy/residential codes with the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board under Ala. Code 41-23-80 — three separate programs, three separate editions. · IECC 2015 IECC — BOTH HALVES, AND THEY ARE TWO SEPARATE RULES. RESIDENTIAL: "The 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) as modified below" (Ala. Admin. Code r. 305-2-4-.10, Residential Energy Code), with 27 Alabama modifications enumerated in the amendments field. COMMERCIAL: r. 305-2-4-.08 gives a CHOICE OF TWO COMPLIANCE PATHS, verbatim: "Either the 2015 International Energy Conservation Code or the ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2013 shall be implemented and enforced for commercial buildings." NOT 2021 AND NOT 2024. ALABAMA HAS NOT MOVED ITS ENERGY CODE SINCE THE 2017 AMENDMENT AND IS THREE I-CODE CYCLES BEHIND. The pre-existing row said bare "2015" with no half named, no modification list, no effective date and a landing-page source; the edition year was right and everything else was missing. +4 more
Permit authority
Water Heater fee — from Mobile’s published schedule
$10
Minimum permit fee · verified 2026-09-29
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