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Adopted Construction Codes

These are the state-level code editions for Massachusetts. They apply in West Springfield Townunless a verified local adoption or amendment is noted — in local-adoption states, confirm the city or county's own code editions with the building department.

Code	Edition	Adoption
IBC — International Building Code	2021 IBC	780 CMR (MASSACHUSETTS STATE BUILDING CODE), TENTH EDITION, s. 101.1 — THE ADOPTING CLAUSE, READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN FROM THE CODE ITSELF AND QUOTED VERBATIM: "The Board of Building Regulations and Standards (\"BBRS\") adopts and incorporates by reference, the International Building Code-2021 (\"IBC\"), as periodically amended by errata". Promulgating body: BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS. Statutory authority as the code itself states it at ss. 101.1 and 101.2: M.G.L. c. 143, ss. 93 through 100. Effective date of the Tenth Edition: 2024-10-11. CONCURRENCY, QUOTED VERBATIM FROM s. 102: "Applications for building permits and related construction and other documents filed through June 30, 2025, may comply either with 780 CMR effective October 11, 2024, or with the Ninth Edition version" — SO THE TENTH EDITION HAS BEEN THE SOLE CODE IN EFFECT SINCE 2025-07-01, AND THE NINTH EDITION GOVERNED PERMITS FILED BEFORE THAT DATE. A reader with a 2025 permit application needs that sentence, not the effective date alone. CORROBORATED, ALSO FIRST-HAND THIS RUN, BY THE BBRS HANDBOOK PAGE https://www.mass.gov/handbook/tenth-edition-of-the-ma-state-building-code-780, QUOTED VERBATIM: "The tenth edition code is based on modified versions of the following 2021 International Codes (I-Codes) as published by the International Code Council (ICC): International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Existing Building Code (IEBC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC), International Fire Code (IFC)." and "The tenth edition building code became first effective on October 11, 2024", "This concurrency period, which was thereafter extended, ends June 30, 2025, at which time the tenth edition will be the only building code in effect." * NOTE THE IFC IN THAT LIST AND DO NOT BE MISLED BY IT: THE HANDBOOK SENTENCE DESCRIBES WHICH MODEL BOOKS THE BUILDING CODE DRAWS ON, NOT WHAT THE COMMONWEALTH ADOPTS AS ITS FIRE CODE. MASSACHUSETTS' STATEWIDE FIRE CODE IS 527 CMR 1.00 ON AN NFPA 1 2021 BASE — SEE ROW 9ae2f2a8, WHICH IS A SOURCED NEGATIVE. AN AUTOMATED READ OF THIS HANDBOOK SENTENCE WOULD MANUFACTURE A "MASSACHUSETTS: 2021 IFC" ROW THAT CONTRADICTS THE ONLY STATEWIDE FIRE INSTRUMENT THE COMMONWEALTH HAS. * CITATION-QUALITY REPAIR, RUN 1178 / TARGET 1234, 2026-09-14. PRIOR STATE RECORDED SO THE DEFECT CLASS STAYS TRACEABLE: adoption_citation WAS THE 60-CHARACTER LABEL "780 CMR 10th edition (sole code in effect since July 1 2025)", amendments WAS EMPTY, edition WAS THE BARE STRING "2021" WITH NO CODE NAME, effective_date WAS NULL, source_url POINTED AT A HANDBOOK PAGE RATHER THAN THE CODE — YET verified_at WAS SET (2026-08-07). It looked verified and had never been sourced. Same class as ND IBC (run 933), ND IRC (run 981) and the four Indiana rows (run 1175). * RIGHTS NOTE, CARRIED FORWARD FROM RUN 1115 AND STILL THE GOVERNING POSITION: the mass.gov copies of 780 CMR carry NO copyright notice and NO reproduction restriction, but DO carry an AUTHENTICITY disclaimer ("an unofficial version of Commonwealth regulations ... not an official statement of the regulations"; official copies from the Secretary of the Commonwealth). That is why Massachusetts text is classified state-silent rather than enacted-state-published. THE MASSACHUSETTS AMENDMENT LAYER — NOT THE ICC BASE — IS WHAT IS PUBLISHABLE, AND MASSACHUSETTS PUBLISHES IT CHAPTER BY CHAPTER AS SEPARATE FREE DOCUMENTS ON mass.gov. THAT SEPARABILITY IS THE SINGLE MOST VALUABLE PROPERTY THIS STATE HAS FOR THIS PRODUCT, AND IT IS WHY MA IS THE ONLY JURISDICTION WITH INGESTED TEXT.** · source ↗
IEBC — International Existing Building Code	2021 IEBC	780 CMR (MASSACHUSETTS STATE BUILDING CODE), TENTH EDITION, CHAPTER 34, adopted via s. 101.4.16 — READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN FROM THE CODE ITSELF AND QUOTED VERBATIM: "See 780 CMR 34 and the provisions of the 2021 International Existing Building Code as amended. 780 CMR 34 shall apply to matters governing the repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition to and relocation of existing buildings." Promulgating body: BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS; authority M.G.L. c. 143, ss. 93 through 100 (780 CMR ss. 101.1, 101.2). Effective 2024-10-11; sole code in effect since 2025-07-01 after a concurrency period for applications filed through 2025-06-30 (780 CMR s. 102). CORROBORATED first-hand this run by the BBRS handbook page https://www.mass.gov/handbook/tenth-edition-of-the-ma-state-building-code-780, which lists the International Existing Building Code among the 2021 I-Codes the Tenth Edition is based on. * STRUCTURAL POINT WORTH RECORDING, BECAUSE IT DIFFERS FROM EVERY OTHER IEBC ROW IN THIS TABLE: MASSACHUSETTS DOES NOT ADOPT THE IEBC AS A FREESTANDING CODE. IT PULLS THE 2021 IEBC IN AS CHAPTER 34 OF THE BUILDING CODE, THROUGH THE SAME s. 101.4 REFERENCED-CODES MECHANISM THAT REDIRECTS THE IPC AND IFGC TO 248 CMR (s. 101.4.3) AND THE IRC TO 780 CMR 51.00 (s. 101.4.12). SO THERE IS NO SEPARATE MASSACHUSETTS EXISTING-BUILDING CODE TO LOOK FOR, AND A SEARCH FOR ONE WILL COME BACK EMPTY AND BE MISREAD AS "NOT ADOPTED". IT IS ADOPTED — INSIDE 780 CMR 34. Compare North Dakota, where the IEBC is likewise not in the statutory enumeration but IS carried by the agency code book (row 7230770c): two states, two different mechanisms, same trap for anyone reading only the statute. * CITATION-QUALITY REPAIR, RUN 1178 / TARGET 1234, 2026-09-14. PRIOR STATE: adoption_citation WAS THE 20-CHARACTER STRING "780 CMR 10th edition" — THE SHORTEST CITATION IN THE ENTIRE 416-ROW TABLE — amendments EMPTY, edition THE BARE STRING "2021", effective_date NULL, source_url a handbook page. verified_at WAS NULL, WHICH WAS THE HONEST STATE FOR IT; IT IS NOW SET BECAUSE THE ADOPTING CLAUSE HAS ACTUALLY BEEN READ. THIS IS THE ONE ROW IN THIS RUN THAT MOVES adoption_progress(), AND IT MOVES IT BY BEING VERIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME RATHER THAN BY BEING RE-LABELLED. · source ↗
IECC — International Energy Conservation Code	2021	780 CMR 51.00 (MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTIAL CODE, Tenth Edition), CHAPTER R11 "ENERGY EFFICIENCY" — amendments to the 2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE. Chapter R11 amendments effective 2025-04-29. Promulgating body: BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS; authority M.G.L. c. 143, ss. 93 through 100. Parent rule: 780 CMR 51.00, effective 2024-10-11, sole code in effect since 2025-07-01 (see row 238b5e34). EDITION CONFIRMED IN THE COMMONWEALTH'S OWN WORDS, quoted by run 1115 from the state's Chapter R11 document: "Buildings shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) with Massachusetts Amendments contained herein." CORROBORATED first-hand this run at https://www.mass.gov/handbook/tenth-edition-of-the-ma-state-building-code-780, which lists the International Energy Conservation Code among the 2021 I-Codes the Tenth Edition is based on: "The tenth edition code is based on modified versions of the following 2021 International Codes (I-Codes) as published by the International Code Council (ICC): International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Existing Building Code (IEBC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC), International Fire Code (IFC)." * ================ DO NOT "NORMALISE" THIS ROW'S edition STRING. READ THIS BEFORE EDITING THIS ROW. ================ `edition` IS THE BARE STRING '2021' AND IT MUST STAY THAT WAY. IT IS NOT A DEFECT; IT IS A JOIN KEY. is_publicly_adoptable() matches code_sections to jurisdiction_adopted_codes by EXACT EQUALITY on (jurisdiction, code_type, edition). code_sections row fbf3e1f7 (R401.2.5, MA Stretch energy code, rights_basis state-silent) carries code_type 'IECC' and edition '2021'. THAT TUPLE IS THE ONLY JOIN IN THE ENTIRE PRODUCT THAT RESOLVES — IT IS THE WHOLE OF sections_publicly_adoptable = 1 AND THE WHOLE OF states_serving_adopted_editions = 1. RUN 1178 ALMOST REWROTE THIS FIELD TO '2021 IECC' WHILE TIDYING THE OTHER MASSACHUSETTS ROWS (IBC -> '2021 IBC', IRC -> '2021 IRC', IEBC -> '2021 IEBC', NEC -> '2026 NEC') AND CHECKED THE code_sections SIDE FIRST. THAT EDIT WOULD HAVE TAKEN BOTH PRODUCT METRICS FROM 1 TO 0 SILENTLY, WITH NO ERROR AND NO CONSTRAINT VIOLATION, AS A COSMETIC SIDE EFFECT OF A CITATION SWEEP. THIS IS EXACTLY THE FAILURE MODE TARGET 1304 DOCUMENTS FOR `edition`, AND IT IS LIVE. Any future normalisation of edition strings MUST change both tables in one transaction or not at all. * CITATION-QUALITY REPAIR, RUN 1178 / TARGET 1234, 2026-09-14. PRIOR STATE: adoption_citation WAS THE 109-CHARACTER LABEL "780 CMR 51.00 (Massachusetts Residential Code, 10th Edition), Chapter R11: Energy Efficiency, eff. 2025-04-29", effective_date NULL, edition_verified_at NULL — AND verified_at SET (2026-08-27). verified_at IS LEFT AT ITS PRIOR VALUE: I DID NOT RE-OPEN THE CHAPTER R11 DOCUMENT THIS RUN, SO I AM NOT RE-DATING A VERIFICATION I DID NOT PERFORM. edition_verified_at IS SET, BECAUSE THE 2021 IECC BASE IS CORROBORATED FIRST-HAND FROM THE BBRS HANDBOOK THIS RUN. · source ↗
IFC —	NOT ADOPTED — MASSACHUSETTS ADOPTS NO EDITION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. MASSACHUSETTS IS AN NFPA STATE. The statewide fire code is the MASSACHUSETTS COMPREHENSIVE FIRE SAFETY CODE, 527 CMR 1.00, promulgated by the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations, EFFECTIVE 2023-05-12 (Mass. Register No. 1495), the current text of a code first effective 2022-12-09. Section 1.04 verbatim: "527 CMR 1.00 adopts and incorporates, the provisions of (National Fire Protection Association) NFPA 1 Fire Code - 2021 edition as modified by 1.05." The phrase "International Fire Code" does not appear in the code. An answer of the form "Massachusetts: 20xx IFC" is contrary to the only statewide fire instrument the Commonwealth has.	527 CMR 1.00 (Massachusetts Comprehensive Fire Safety Code), s.1.04 (adoption of NFPA 1, 2021 edition) with s.1.05 (Massachusetts amendments) and s.1.02 (purpose/authority); promulgated by the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations under M.G.L. c. 148 and c. 22D; current text effective 2023-05-12 per Mass. Register No. 1495; predecessor text of the same edition effective 2022-12-09. · source ↗
IMC — International Mechanical Code	2021 IMC	780 CMR (Massachusetts State Building Code), Tenth Edition, s. 101.4.2 — the adopting clause, quoted VERBATIM: "The installation of mechanical systems shall generally be governed by the International Mechanical Code – 2021 (\"IMC\")." Chapter-level scope at 780 CMR s. 2801.1, quoted VERBATIM: "[M] 2801.1 Scope. The provisions of this chapter, the International Mechanical Code, the International Residential Code, the International Energy Conservation Code, 248 CMR: Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters shall govern the design, construction, erection and installation of mechanical appliances, equipment and systems used in buildings and structures covered by this code." \|\| PROMULGATING BODY AND AUTHORITY, READ FROM THE CODE ITSELF: the Board of Building Regulations and Standards (BBRS) adopts and incorporates 780 CMR under M.G.L. c. 143, ss. 93 through 100. Base code: the 2021 IBC as periodically amended by errata. EFFECTIVE 2024-10-11, with a concurrency period allowing applications filed through 2025-06-30 to use the Ninth Edition; THE TENTH EDITION HAS BEEN THE SOLE CODE IN EFFECT SINCE 2025-07-01. \|\| REFERENCED-CODE FRAME, quoted VERBATIM from s. 101.4: "Referenced Codes and Standards include the specialized codes of M.G.L. c. 143, s. 96 and other codes and regulations listed in 101.4.1 through 101.4.16, 780 CMR 35, and 780 CMR 51, and shall be considered part of 780 CMR to the prescribed extent of each such reference." · source ↗
IPC — International Plumbing Code	NOT ADOPTED — Massachusetts adopts NO edition of the International Plumbing Code, and the state building code EXPRESSLY REDIRECTS AWAY FROM IT. The statewide plumbing code is the UNIFORM STATE PLUMBING CODE, 248 CMR 10.00, promulgated by the BOARD OF STATE EXAMINERS OF PLUMBERS AND GAS FITTERS, EFFECTIVE 2023-12-08 (Massachusetts Register #1510, 12/8/2023). 248 CMR 10.01 scope: "248 CMR 10.00 governs the requirements for the installation, alteration, removal, replacement, repair, or construction of all plumbing" — expressly excluding refrigeration, heating, cooling and ventilation systems beyond the point of direct connection to the potable water distribution system. * TWO INDEPENDENT MECHANISMS PRODUCE THIS NEGATIVE, WHICH IS WHY IT IS UNUSUALLY SOLID. (1) SEPARATE BOARD, SEPARATE CMR TITLE: plumbing is not the building official's code at all. M.G.L. c. 142 s. 13 directs the examiners to "make and from time to time in like manner alter, amend and repeal rules" that are "reasonable, uniform and based on generally accepted standards of plumbing practice" — IT NAMES NO MODEL CODE AND NO PUBLISHER, and the Board has never used it to adopt one. Authority also M.G.L. c. 112 s. 61 and c. 142 s. 21. (2) EXPRESS REFERENCE SUBSTITUTION IN THE BUILDING CODE: 780 CMR (Massachusetts State Building Code, 10th Edition, 2021 IBC base, effective 2024-10-11, sole code since 2025-07-01) s. 101.4.3 reads VERBATIM: "Reference to the International Plumbing Code or International Fuel Gas Code shall be considered reference to 248 CMR: Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters." EVERY IPC CROSS-REFERENCE INHERITED FROM THE MODEL IBC IS LEGALLY REDIRECTED TO 248 CMR. * NOTE THE SAME CLAUSE DISPOSES OF THE IFGC: MASSACHUSETTS HAS NO INTERNATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE EITHER, and there is currently no MA IFGC row in this table. DO NOT RECORD ANY IPC EDITION FOR MASSACHUSETTS.	M.G.L. c. 142 s. 13 (Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters — "the examiners shall make and from time to time in like manner alter, amend and repeal rules", "reasonable, uniform and based on generally accepted standards of plumbing practice"; NAMES NO MODEL CODE AND NO PUBLISHER); M.G.L. c. 112 s. 61; M.G.L. c. 142 s. 21. Operative instrument is 248 CMR 10.00 (Uniform State Plumbing Code), effective 2023-12-08, Mass. Register #1510. The International Plumbing Code is excluded by express reference substitution at 780 CMR s. 101.4.3 (Massachusetts State Building Code, 10th Edition, effective 2024-10-11): "Reference to the International Plumbing Code or International Fuel Gas Code shall be considered reference to 248 CMR: Board of State Examiners of Plumbers and Gas Fitters." · source ↗
IRC — International Residential Code	2021 IRC	780 CMR 51.00 (MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTIAL CODE), TENTH EDITION — amendments to the 2021 International Residential Code. Promulgating body: BOARD OF BUILDING REGULATIONS AND STANDARDS; authority M.G.L. c. 143, ss. 93 through 100. Effective 2024-10-11; sole code in effect since 2025-07-01 (concurrency for applications filed through 2025-06-30). INSTRUMENT TEXT, READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN AND QUOTED VERBATIM. Scope, 780 CMR s. 101.2.1: "Detached one- and two-family dwellings and multiple single-family dwellings (townhouses) not more than three stories above grade plane in height and their accessory structures, and other buildings as described in 780 CMR may comply with 780 CMR 51.00: Massachusetts Residential Code." Reference substitution, 780 CMR s. 101.4.12: "Any reference in 780 CMR to the International Residential Code shall be considered reference to 780 CMR 51.00 through 120.00 115.00" (transcribed exactly as printed, including what appears to be an uncorrected errata artefact in the trailing range — DO NOT SILENTLY TIDY THIS; it is what the published code says). Chapter header of the residential code itself, read first-hand at https://www.mass.gov/doc/10th-edition-residential-chapter-3-building-planning/download: "780 CMR 51.00: MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTIAL CODE (Amendments to the 2021 International Residential Code)". BBRS handbook, https://www.mass.gov/handbook/tenth-edition-of-the-ma-state-building-code-780: "a new chapter 51 has been added, this chapter is entitled the Massachusetts Residential Code and adopts the 2021 International Residential Code with Massachusetts specific amendments." * THE CROSS-LINK THAT MAKES THIS ROW LOAD-BEARING: MASSACHUSETTS' RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CODE LIVES INSIDE THIS RULE. Row d0606a62 (IECC) is 780 CMR 51.00 CHAPTER R11 "Energy Efficiency" — a chapter OF this residential code, on a 2021 IECC base. AND IT IS THE ONLY PLACE IN THE ENTIRE PRODUCT WITH INGESTED, RIGHTS-CLEARED TEXT: code_sections row fbf3e1f7 (R401.2.5, MA Stretch energy code) IS THE SINGLE SECTION sections_publicly_adoptable COUNTS. AN EDITION CHANGE ON THIS ROW MOVES THE ONE THING THE PRODUCT METRIC IS MADE OF. * CITATION-QUALITY REPAIR, RUN 1178 / TARGET 1234, 2026-09-14. PRIOR STATE: adoption_citation WAS THE 67-CHARACTER LABEL "780 CMR 51.00, 10th edition (sole code in effect since July 1 2025)", amendments EMPTY, edition THE BARE STRING "2021", effective_date NULL, source_url a handbook page — AND verified_at SET (2026-08-07). Looked verified, never sourced. · source ↗
NEC — National Electrical Code (NFPA 70)	2026 NEC	527 CMR 12.00 (MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRICAL CODE), promulgated by the BOARD OF FIRE PREVENTION REGULATIONS (BFPR). REGULATORY AUTHORITY LINE, QUOTED VERBATIM FROM THE REGULATION: "REGULATORY AUTHORITY: 527 CMR 12.00: M.G.L. c. 143, s. 3L." ADOPTING SENTENCE, READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN FROM THE REGULATION AT https://www.mass.gov/doc/527-cmr-1200-massachusetts-electrical-code-effective-42426/download AND QUOTED VERBATIM: "The Massachusetts Electrical Code (527 CMR 12.00) of the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations (BFPR) shall be the 2026 National Electrical Code (NEC), as published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) as NFPA 70 in the form released by vote of the NFPA Standards Council on August 20, 2025..." * THAT SENTENCE PINS THE ADOPTION TO A NAMED NFPA STANDARDS COUNCIL VOTE OF 2025-08-20 — A PRECISION ALMOST NO OTHER STATE OFFERS, AND IT DISPOSES IN ADVANCE OF ANY ARGUMENT ABOUT WHICH PRINTING OR ERRATA STATE OF THE 2026 NEC GOVERNS IN MASSACHUSETTS. RECORD IT; IT IS THE KIND OF DETAIL A CODE-SELLER'S SUMMARY NEVER CARRIES. EFFECTIVE DATE, AND IT IS NOT A PLAIN DATE — QUOTED VERBATIM FROM RULE 7: "527 CMR 12.00 shall be effective on all installations for which a permit has been granted subsequent to April 24, 2026." SO THE TRIGGER IS THE PERMIT GRANT DATE, NOT THE INSTALLATION OR INSPECTION DATE. effective_date IS RECORDED AS 2026-04-24 BUT THE OPERATIVE TEST IS PERMIT-BASED AND A READER MUST BE TOLD SO; WORK UNDER A PERMIT GRANTED ON OR BEFORE THAT DATE STAYS ON THE PRIOR EDITION. Corroborated first-hand this run by the BFPR's own regulation page https://www.mass.gov/regulations/527-CMR-12-massachusetts-electrical-code-amendments: "The Board of Fire Prevention Regulations voted to approve the Amendments to 527 CMR 12.00 Massachusetts Electrical Code based on the 2026 edition of NFPA 70 National Electrical Code.", effective April 24, 2026. That page states the mass.gov copy is UNOFFICIAL and directs official copies to the Secretary of the Commonwealth's regulation search (https://www.sec.state.ma.us/reg_pub/regulationSearch.aspx) — the same authenticity disclaimer that keeps Massachusetts text at rights_basis state-silent rather than enacted-state-published. * MASSACHUSETTS IS ON THE CURRENT NEC AND THAT IS WORTH SAYING OUT LOUD, BECAUSE IT IS THE OPPOSITE END OF THE RANGE FROM INDIANA: INDIANA ENFORCES THE 2008 NEC UNDER 675 IAC 17-1.8 (ROW 9e26fe05) — SIX NFPA CYCLES AND EIGHTEEN YEARS APART, BOTH TRUE ON THE SAME DAY. THE SPREAD BETWEEN JURISDICTIONS IS THE PRODUCT. * CITATION-QUALITY REPAIR, RUN 1178 / TARGET 1234, 2026-09-14. PRIOR STATE: adoption_citation WAS THE 61-CHARACTER LABEL "527 CMR 12.00 Massachusetts Electrical Code, eff. Apr 24 2026", amendments EMPTY, edition THE BARE STRING "2026" WITH NO CODE NAME, effective_date NULL — AND verified_at SET (2026-08-07). Looked verified, never sourced. THE BARE "2026" WAS ALSO THE MOST DANGEROUS STRING IN THIS STATE'S STACK: ON ITS FACE IT READS AS A PUBLICATION YEAR RATHER THAN AN NFPA 70 EDITION, AND IT HAPPENS TO COINCIDE WITH THE CURRENT CALENDAR YEAR, SO IT LOOKED LIKE A DEFAULT EVEN THOUGH IT WAS RIGHT.** · source ↗

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