| IBC — International Building Code | NO STATEWIDE BUILDING CODE IN KANSAS. There is no Kansas adoption of the International Building Code for private construction, of any edition. The only statewide-applicable IBC in Kansas is the 2018 IBC, and it reaches ONLY projects on State of Kansas owned property, through Form 110 "List of Applicable Codes" issued by the Department of Administration, Office of Facilities and Property Management. For every privately owned building in Kansas the governing building code is the city or county ordinance, and there is no state edition to name. | K.S.A. 66-1227 (the only statewide code standard, energy only); Kan. Const. art. 12, s. 5 and K.S.A. 19-101a (home rule — building code adoption left to cities and counties); for state-owned property only: Kansas Dept. of Administration Form 110 "List of Applicable Codes" rev. 06-16-26, under the Building Design and Construction Manual (July 2023) and K.S.A. 75-3783 · source ↗ |
| IECC — International Energy Conservation Code | 2006 IECC | K.S.A. 66-1227(a) (Energy efficiency of buildings; standards); History: L. 1997, ch. 132, s. 17; L. 2003, ch. 86, s. 1; L. 2007, ch. 100, s. 1; July 1. Local authority preserved by K.S.A. 66-1227(c) under Kan. Const. art. 12, s. 5 home rule; state agency barred from standards by K.S.A. 66-1227(b) · source ↗ |
| IFC — | 2006 IFC | K.A.R. 22-1-3 (Kansas Fire Prevention Code, adopted codes and standards), authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 31-133; uniform statewide force per K.S.A. 31-134 · source ↗ |
| IMC — International Mechanical Code | NO STATEWIDE MECHANICAL CODE IN KANSAS. Kansas adopts NO edition of the International Mechanical Code — or of any other mechanical code — for privately owned construction, anywhere in the state. No Kansas statute and no Kansas administrative regulation names a mechanical code as a standard for private construction. THE ONE STATEWIDE-APPLICABLE IMC IN KANSAS IS THE 2018 IMC, AND IT REACHES ONLY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON STATE OF KANSAS OWNED PROPERTY, through Department of Administration, Office of Facilities and Property Management, Division of Construction Compliance Form 110 "List of Applicable Codes for construction projects on State property" (rev. June 2026), item E verbatim: "International Mechanical Code (IMC), 2018 Edition." NOT the 2021 IMC and NOT the 2024 IMC. Mechanical work in a private Kansas building is governed by whatever mechanical code its city or county adopted by ordinance, if any — and in unincorporated Kansas, often by nothing at all. Any national table printing a single edition year for "Kansas" mechanical is printing a number that is not in Kansas law. | Kan. Const. art. 12, s. 5 and K.S.A. 19-101a (home rule — mechanical code adoption left to cities and counties; NO statewide mechanical code exists and no Kansas statute or regulation names the International Mechanical Code for private construction); K.A.R. 22-1-3 read in full and adopting no mechanical code, under K.S.A. 31-133 and K.S.A. 31-134; K.S.A. 66-1227(b) (state agencies barred from setting building standards other than the statutory energy standard). For State of Kansas owned property only: Kansas Dept. of Administration, OFPM-DCC Form 110 "List of Applicable Codes for construction projects on State property" (rev. June 2026), item E, issued under the Building Design and Construction Manual (July 2023) and K.S.A. 75-3783. · source ↗ |
| IPC — International Plumbing Code | NO STATEWIDE PLUMBING CODE IN KANSAS FOR PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION - NO IPC, NO UPC, NO EDITION, ANYWHERE IN KANSAS LAW. Kansas is a home-rule state (Kan. Const. art. 12, s. 5 for cities; K.S.A. 19-101a for counties) and plumbing code adoption is left entirely to cities and counties, exactly as this lane already established for the Kansas building code. THE ONE STATEWIDE-APPLICABLE IPC IN KANSAS IS THE 2018 IPC, AND IT REACHES ONLY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON STATE OF KANSAS PROPERTY: Department of Administration, Office of Facilities and Property Management, Division of Construction Compliance, Form 110 "List of Applicable Codes for construction projects on State property", rev. June 2026, item F verbatim: "International Plumbing Code (IPC), 2018 Edition." The same form carries item E "International Mechanical Code (IMC), 2018 Edition." and item G "International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), 2018 Edition." alongside the 2018 IBC, 2018 IRC, 2018 IEBC and 2018 IECC (or ASHRAE 90.1-2013). NOT the 2021 IPC and NOT the 2024 IPC. A private house or private commercial building in Kansas is governed by whatever plumbing code its city or county adopted, if any - the state answer does not exist and any national table printing one edition year for "Kansas" is printing a number that is not in Kansas law. | Kan. Const. art. 12, s. 5 and K.S.A. 19-101a (home rule - plumbing code adoption left to cities and counties; no statewide plumbing code exists); K.S.A. 12-1508 and 12-1509 (plumber licensure only, no code named); for State of Kansas owned property only: Kansas Dept. of Administration, OFPM-DCC Form 110 "List of Applicable Codes" (June 2026), item F, under the Building Design and Construction Manual and K.S.A. 75-3783 · source ↗ |
| IRC — International Residential Code | NO STATEWIDE RESIDENTIAL CODE IN KANSAS. Kansas adopts NO edition of the International Residential Code for privately owned houses, anywhere in the state. No Kansas statute and no Kansas administrative regulation names the International Residential Code as a standard for private residential construction. THE ONE STATEWIDE-APPLICABLE IRC IN KANSAS IS THE 2018 IRC, AND IT REACHES ONLY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ON STATE OF KANSAS OWNED PROPERTY, through Department of Administration, Office of Facilities and Property Management, Division of Construction Compliance Form 110 "List of Applicable Codes for construction projects on State property" (rev. June 2026), item C verbatim: "International Residential Code (IRC), 2018 Edition." NOT the 2021 IRC and NOT the 2024 IRC. A Kansas house is governed by whatever residential code its city or county adopted by ordinance, if any — and in unincorporated Kansas, often by nothing. Any national table printing a single edition year for "Kansas" residential is printing a number that is not in Kansas law. | Kan. Const. art. 12, s. 5 and K.S.A. 19-101a (home rule — residential building code adoption left to cities and counties; NO statewide residential code exists and no Kansas statute or regulation names the International Residential Code for private construction). For State of Kansas owned property only: Kansas Dept. of Administration, OFPM-DCC Form 110 "List of Applicable Codes for construction projects on State property" (rev. June 2026), item C, issued under the Building Design and Construction Manual (July 2023) and K.S.A. 75-3783. · source ↗ |
| NEC — National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) | 2008 NEC — AND THIS ONE IS A STATEWIDE POSITIVE, UNLIKE EVERY OTHER KANSAS ROW. Kansas adopts NFPA 70 (the National Electrical Code), 2008 edition, including annexes A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, through K.A.R. 22-1-3(n), part of the KANSAS FIRE PREVENTION CODE. Verbatim, paragraph (n) in full: "national electric code. NFPA standard no. 70, including annexes A, B, C, D, E, F, G, and H, 2008 edition;" — note the heading of the section, verbatim: "22-1-3. Adopted codes and standards. The following codes and national fire protection association (NFPA) standards are adopted by reference:". SCOPE IS STATEWIDE AND PREEMPTIVE, NOT STATE-PROPERTY-ONLY: K.S.A. 31-134 provides, verbatim, "The rules and regulations adopted by the state fire marshal under authority of this act shall be known and may be cited as the Kansas fire prevention code. Such rules and regulations shall have uniform force and effect throughout the state." and "No municipality shall enact or enforce any ordinance, resolution or rule or regulation inconsistent therewith, except that nothing in this act shall be construed to impair the power of any municipality to regulate the use of land by zoning or fire district regulations or to prohibit or regulate the sale, handling, use or storage of fireworks within its boundaries." SO KANSAS DOES HAVE A STATEWIDE ELECTRICAL EDITION EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NO STATEWIDE BUILDING, RESIDENTIAL, PLUMBING OR MECHANICAL CODE — the electrical answer rides in the FIRE code, not the building code, which is why a building-code-shaped search finds nothing and concludes wrongly. NOT 2011, NOT 2014, NOT 2017, NOT 2020, NOT 2023 — the edition is 2008 and it has stood unamended since the Feb. 4, 2011 rulemaking. THE 2017 FIGURE PRINTED BY CODE-SELLER SUMMARY PAGES FOR "KANSAS ELECTRICAL CODE" IS NOT IN KANSAS LAW. CAVEAT A READER NEEDS: many Kansas cities adopt a far newer NEC by ordinance (Eudora, De Soto, Haysville, Medicine Lodge, Benton, Hesston and others each carry their own electrical article), and a more stringent local edition is not necessarily "inconsistent" with the state code within the meaning of K.S.A. 31-134, so the practical governing edition for a given Kansas project is the LOCAL one where a city has acted, with the 2008 NEC as the statewide floor. The local-ordinance map is unworked. ALSO UNCHECKED THIS RUN: whether Dept. of Administration OFPM-DCC Form 110 (the state-owned-property code list cited on the Kansas IBC/IRC/IPC/IMC rows) names an NEC edition for state projects — the Form 110 PDF was not reachable by search this run. | K.A.R. 22-1-3(n) (State Fire Marshal, Kansas Fire Prevention Code, Article 1, Adopted codes and standards), authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 31-133; effective May 10, 1993; amended Feb. 4, 2011. Statewide force and municipal preemption: K.S.A. 31-134. Municipal modification filing duty: K.A.R. 22-1-1(a), authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 31-133 and 31-134. Home rule for building codes generally (which is why no statewide IBC/IRC/IPC/IMC exists): Kan. Const. art. 12, s. 5 and K.S.A. 19-101a. · source ↗ |