| IBC — International Building Code | 2018 IBC | Minn. R. 1305.0011 (ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE BY REFERENCE), Minnesota Rules ch. 1305 — Minnesota Building Code, Dept. of Labor and Industry, Construction Codes and Licensing Division. CODIFIED RULE READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN at revisor.mn.gov, VERBATIM: "the 2018 edition of the International Building Code as promulgated by the International Code Council, Inc. (ICC)". THREE EXCLUSIONS THAT CHANGE THE ANSWER AND ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM ANY NATIONAL IBC VIEWER, ALL VERBATIM: "All of the IBC appendices are deleted"; "Any seismic or earthquake provisions of the IBC and any references to them are deleted and are not included in this code"; flood hazard provisions are excluded and replaced by Minnesota Rules ch. 1335. MINNESOTA HAS DELETED THE SEISMIC PROVISIONS OF THE IBC OUTRIGHT — A READER SERVED UNAMENDED IBC CHAPTER 16 TEXT FOR A MINNESOTA PROJECT IS BEING SHOWN REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NOT LAW THERE. STATUTORY AUTHORITY, VERBATIM: "MS s 16B.37; 16B.59 to 16B.76; 326B.02; 326B.101 to 326B.194". HISTORY, VERBATIM: "27 SR 1474; 32 SR 7; L 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4; L 2008 c 337 s 64; 39 SR 1605; 44 SR 609". Published Electronically March 31, 2020. *** CITATION ERROR CORRECTED: THIS ROW PREVIOUSLY CITED "44 SR 764", WHICH IS THE IRC PART'S STATE REGISTER CITE (Minn. R. 1309.0010), NOT THE IBC'S. THE IBC PART IS 44 SR 609. A WRONG-BUT-PLAUSIBLE SR NUMBER IS WORSE THAN NONE: IT SURVIVES EVERY SPOT-CHECK THAT DOES NOT ACTUALLY OPEN THE REGISTER. · source ↗ |
| IEBC — International Existing Building Code | 2018 | Minn. Rules ch. 1311 · source ↗ |
| IECC — International Energy Conservation Code | THE 2012 IECC, RESIDENTIAL PROVISIONS ONLY — AND ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE MINNESOTA DOES NOT ADOPT THE IECC AT ALL. TWO SEPARATE FINDINGS IN ONE ROW BECAUSE THE SCHEMA HOLDS ONLY ONE. RESIDENTIAL (Minn. R. ch. 1322, Residential Energy Code): Minn. R. 1322.0010 incorporates by reference "Chapters 2(RE) to 5(RE) of the Residential Provisions of the 2012 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)", "except as qualified by the applicable provisions in Minnesota Rules, chapter 1300, and as amended in this chapter"; "Chapter 1 of the Residential Provisions of the IECC and any references to code administration are deleted and replaced with Minnesota Rules, chapter 1300." THE 2012 IECC. NOT 2021, NOT 2018, NOT 2024. This is FOUR MODEL CYCLES AND FOURTEEN YEARS BEHIND the current model book and it is very probably the OLDEST LIVE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CODE EDITION IN THIS DATASET (the only older live I-Code edition recorded anywhere is Wisconsin's 2009 IECC for dwellings). DO NOT "CORRECT" THIS UPWARD. COMMERCIAL (Minn. R. ch. 1323, Commercial Energy Code): THIS IS AN IECC NON-ADOPTION. Minn. R. 1323.0010 incorporates "the 2019 edition of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings" — an ASHRAE standard, not an ICC code. Minnesota commercial buildings are NOT on any IECC edition. A national IECC viewer showing a Minnesota commercial reader IECC text is not showing stale text, it is showing text that is not law for that building at all. | Minn. R. 1322.0010 (ADOPTION OF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE (IECC) BY REFERENCE), Minnesota Rules chapter 1322 — Residential Energy Code, Dept. of Labor and Industry; AUTH Minn. Stat. ss 326B.02, 326B.101, 326B.106, 326B.13; hist. 33 SR 1480; 39 SR 232; eff. 2/14/2015. Commercial counterpart and IECC non-adoption: Minn. R. 1323.0010 (INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE OF ASHRAE STANDARD 90.1), ch. 1323 — Commercial Energy Code, hist. 33 SR 1473; 39 SR 1616; 44 SR 763; 47 SR 983; eff. 1/5/2024. Statutory glide path: Minn. Stat. s 326B.106 subd. 1(e) and 1(g) · source ↗ |
| IFC — | 2018 IFC — incorporated by reference at Minn. R. 7511.0090 verbatim as "the 2018 edition of the International Fire Code as promulgated by the International Code Council, Inc.", and published as the 2020 MINNESOTA STATE FIRE CODE (2018 IFC base + Minnesota amendments in Minn. R. ch. 7511). Effective 2020-03-31. *** NOT the 2021 IFC and NOT the 2024 IFC. As of 2026-09-09 the codified rule still reads 2018 and the State Fire Marshal Division's own current page still says "2020 Minnesota State Fire Code... based on the 2018 International Fire Code": MINNESOTA'S FIRE CODE IS SIX YEARS BEHIND THE NEWEST ICC EDITION AND THAT IS THE CORRECT ANSWER, NOT A STALE RECORD. | Minn. R. 7511.0090 (CODES AND STANDARDS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE), Minnesota Rules chapter 7511 (FIRE CODE) — the Minnesota State Fire Code; AUTH Minn. Stat. s 299F.011 (State Fire Marshal to adopt the Uniform Fire Code by rule) and s 326B.02; rule history 32 SR 10, 36 SR 1479, 40 SR 1437, 44 SR 610 (the 2020 amendment adopting the 2018 IFC); administered by the Department of Public Safety, State Fire Marshal Division · source ↗ |
| IMC — International Mechanical Code | 2018 IMC | Minn. R. 1346.0050 (TITLE; INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE), Minnesota Rules chapter 1346 — the Minnesota Mechanical Code; AUTH Minn. Stat. ss 16B.59, 16B.61, 16B.64, 326B.02, 326B.101, 326B.106, 326B.13; rule history 15 SR 71; 19 SR 1306; 29 SR 299; L 2007 c 140; 34 SR 537; 39 SR 690; 44 SR 1085; administered by the Department of Labor and Industry, Construction Codes and Licensing Division · source ↗ |
| IPC — International Plumbing Code | NO IPC ADOPTION — MINNESOTA IS A UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE STATE. Minnesota adopts NO edition of the International Plumbing Code, in whole or in part. What governs is the Minnesota Plumbing Code, Minn. R. ch. 4714, which incorporates the 2018 UPC (IAPMO) PARTIALLY. Minn. R. 4714.0050 verbatim: "Chapters 2 to 11, 16, and 17 of the 2018 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) as promulgated by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), Ontario, California, and UPC appendices A, B, and I, are incorporated by reference and made part of the Minnesota Plumbing Code except as qualified by the applicable provisions in chapter 1300, and as amended in this chapter." The International Plumbing Code is not named anywhere in ch. 4714. NOTE THE PARTIAL INCORPORATION: UPC chapters 12-15 and every appendix other than A, B and I are NOT incorporated, so even the UPC base is not adopted whole. A national IPC viewer serving a Minnesota reader is not showing a stale edition — it is showing a different model family that is not law in this state at all. DLI, on its own 2020 Minnesota Plumbing Code page: "The code incorporates by reference the 2018 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code with Minnesota amendments" and "The 2020 Minnesota Plumbing Code, Chapter 4714, took effect Dec. 17, 2021." | Minn. R. 4714.0050 (INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE), Minnesota Rules chapter 4714 — Minnesota Plumbing Code, Minnesota Plumbing Board / Dept. of Labor and Industry; AUTH Minn. Stat. ss 326B.43 subd. 1 and 326B.435 subd. 2; rule history 40 SR 71; 45 SR 1007. 2018 UPC rulemaking R-04633: SONAR filed 2020-10-16, hearing notice 45 SR 397 (2020-10-26), virtual hearing 2020-12-18, ALJ order 2021-03-02, Order Adopting Rules 2021-03-02, filed with Secretary of State 2021-03-05 (SOS-212615), notice of adoption with modifications 45 SR 1007 (2021-03-22); DLI states the code took effect 2021-12-17. Subsequent amending rulemaking R-04713 (parts 4714.0609, .0712, .1107, .1601, .1602, .1701): filed with SOS 2022-01-12 (SOS-221817), adopted as proposed 46 SR 857 (2022-01-24), effective 2022-01-31. · source ↗ |
| IRC — International Residential Code | 2018 IRC | Minn. R. 1309.0010 (INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE), Minnesota Rules ch. 1309 — Minnesota Residential Code, Dept. of Labor and Industry. CODIFIED RULE READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN at revisor.mn.gov, VERBATIM: "The 2018 edition of the International Residential Code (\"IRC\") as promulgated by the International Code Council, Inc." *** MINNESOTA DOES NOT ADOPT THE IRC AS A WHOLE BOOK, AND THIS IS THE FINDING ON THE ROW: IT ADOPTS A MINORITY OF IT AND REPLACES THE REST WITH MINNESOTA CHAPTERS. VERBATIM: "All of the IRC appendices are deleted except Appendix K and Appendix Q"; "The 2018 IRC chapters 2 to 10, 44, section P2904 of chapter 29, Appendix K, and Appendix Q shall be administered by any municipality". IRC chapter 1 and chapters 11 through 43 are deleted and replaced by the Minnesota energy, mechanical, plumbing and electrical chapters; "Any flood hazard or floodproofing provisions in the IRC ... are deleted in their entirety"; elevator and platform lift provisions are removed. SO AN IRC ENERGY, MECHANICAL, PLUMBING OR ELECTRICAL QUESTION HAS NO MINNESOTA ANSWER IN THE IRC AT ALL — IT IS ANSWERED BY ch. 1322 (2012 IECC residential, row aa6e45a0), ch. 1346 (2018 IMC, row 79e751a4), ch. 4714 (2018 UPC, row bd74f242) AND ch. 1315 (NEC, row cfcccf17). A NATIONAL IRC VIEWER SHOWING A MINNESOTA READER IRC CHAPTER 11 ENERGY TEXT IS SHOWING TEXT THAT WAS DELETED BY RULE. STATUTORY AUTHORITY, VERBATIM: "MS s 16B.59; 16B.61; 16B.64; 326B.02; 326B.101; 326B.106; 326B.13". HISTORY, VERBATIM: "27 SR 1475; 32 SR 12; L 2007 c 140 art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4; 39 SR 91; 40 SR 71; 44 SR 764". Published Electronically March 31, 2020. · source ↗ |
| NEC — National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) | 2026 NEC | Minn. R. 1315.0200 subp. 1a (Minnesota Electrical Code), Minnesota Rules ch. 1315, Board of Electricity / Dept. of Labor and Industry; AUTH Minn. Stat. ss 14.07, 16B.59, 16B.61 to 16B.64, 326.241 to 326.248, 326B.101, 326B.106 to 326B.13, 326B.31 to 326B.399. 2026 NEC (ANSI/NFPA 70-2026) ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTRICITY, EFFECTIVE 2026-08-17; rulemaking trail recorded by the previous run: adopted rules filed with the Secretary of State 2026-07-20, Notice of Adoption published in the State Register 2026-08-10.
*** THE TRIGGER IS THE PERMIT-FILING DATE, NOT THE INSTALLATION OR INSPECTION DATE, AND THAT IS THE WHOLE ANSWER FOR ANYONE WITH WORK IN PROGRESS. DLI, VERBATIM, READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN: "Electrical permits filed on or after Aug. 17, 2026, must comply with the 2026 NEC." Permits filed BEFORE that date stay on the 2023 NEC. DLI adds that "Electrical licensing exams will transition to the 2026 NEC beginning Sept. 8, 2026."
*** CODIFICATION LAG, AND IT IS A LIVE TRAP: THE REVISOR'S CODIFIED COPY OF Minn. R. 1315.0200 AT https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/1315.0200/ STILL READS, VERBATIM AS FETCHED 2026-09-14: "the 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code (NEC) as approved by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI/NFPA 70-2023)", AND ITS FOOTER STILL SAYS "Published Electronically: July 20, 2023". THE OFFICIAL CODIFIED RULE TEXT AND THE PROMULGATING BOARD'S OWN PAGE DISAGREE ABOUT WHAT THE LAW IS TODAY. THE BOARD IS RIGHT AND THE REVISOR IS BEHIND — an adopted rule takes effect on its stated effective date, not on the date the Revisor republishes it. A RUN THAT TRUSTS THE CODIFIED PAGE ALONE WOULD DOWNGRADE THIS ROW FROM 2026 TO 2023 AND BE CONFIDENTLY WRONG. THE INVERSE OF THE UTAH TRAP (run 1181): THERE, PUBLISHED TEXT RAN AHEAD OF THE LAW; HERE IT RUNS BEHIND IT.
verified_at DELIBERATELY NOT REFRESHED: I read the administering agency's page, not the adopted rule as filed with the Secretary of State. This row is at AGENCY-RECORD standard, not instrument standard, and the difference is written down rather than smoothed over. · source ↗ |
| UPC — | 2018 UPC | Minn. R. 4714.0050 (INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE), Minnesota Rules ch. 4714 — Minnesota Plumbing Code, Minnesota Plumbing Board / Dept. of Labor and Industry; AUTH Minn. Stat. ss 326B.43 subd. 1 and 326B.435 subd. 2; rule history 40 SR 71; 45 SR 1007. THE PARTIAL INCORPORATION IS THE POINT, VERBATIM FROM THE RULE (quoted on the sibling IPC row bd74f242, which a prior run verified first-hand — I did NOT re-open the rule this run): "Chapters 2 to 11, 16, and 17 of the 2018 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC) as promulgated by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO), Ontario, California, and UPC appendices A, B, and I, are incorporated by reference and made part of the Minnesota Plumbing Code except as qualified by the applicable provisions in chapter 1300, and as amended in this chapter." UPC CHAPTERS 12 TO 15 AND EVERY APPENDIX EXCEPT A, B AND I ARE NOT INCORPORATED — EVEN THE UPC BASE IS NOT ADOPTED WHOLE. Effective 2021-12-17 per DLI. verified_at LEFT NULL DELIBERATELY: this row is evidenced by cross-reference to an already-verified sibling row, which is not a first-hand instrument read and must not be stamped as one. THIS ROW AND ROW bd74f242 ARE TWO HALVES OF ONE FACT — bd74f242 IS THE SOURCED IPC NON-ADOPTION, THIS IS THE POSITIVE UPC ADOPTION IT POINTS TO. · source ↗ |