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Adopted Construction Codes

These are the state-level code editions for North Dakota. They apply in Wahpetonunless 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	2024 IBC	NDCC 54-21.3-03, read first-hand at https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t54c21-3.pdf. VERBATIM: "The department of commerce, in cooperation with the state building code advisory committee, shall adopt rules to implement, amend, and periodically update the state building code, which must consist of the international building, residential, mechanical, and fuel gas codes." THE IBC IS NAMED BY THE LEGISLATURE ITSELF -- the strongest adoption footing in North Dakota, unlike the ND IECC (row ae0cde72) and ND IEBC (row 7230770c), which rest only on the 54-21.3-03(1) rulemaking grant. EDITION AND EFFECTIVE DATE come from the instrument the statute compels: NORTH DAKOTA STATE BUILDING CODE, 2026 edition (Dept of Commerce, Division of Community Services), VERBATIM: "Effective January 1, 2026, the North Dakota State Building Code consists of the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Energy Conservation Code, and the International Existing Building Code as published by the International Code Council (ICC)." Book header: "Effective January 1, 2026". Corroborated first-hand at the administering agency page https://www.commerce.nd.gov/community-services/building-codes, which states the 2024 editions effective January 1, 2026 and lists the IBC among them. Codified rule chapter: NDAC art. 108-01-01 (General Authority NDCC 54-21.3-03(1); Law Implemented NDCC 18-12-06, 54-21.3-01 through -05). CAUTION, READ FIRST-HAND AT https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/108-01-01.pdf: THE CODIFIED RULE IS STALE ON EDITION AND NAMES NO CURRENT EDITION FOR ANY CODE. NDAC 108-01-01-09 VERBATIM: "The legislative assembly has mandated that the state building code consist of the IBC, IRC, IMC, and IFGC... The first published version of these codes that will be adopted is the 2000 publication," history effective September 1, 2002. Taking an edition off that rule would yield "2000 IBC", wrong by eight cycles. THE RULE CARRIES THE AUTHORITY; THE AGENCY CODE BOOK CARRIES THE EDITION. BOTH READS ARE NECESSARY. PRIOR STATE OF THIS ROW, RECORDED SO THE DEFECT CLASS IS TRACEABLE: edition was the bare string "2024" with NO code name, effective_date was NULL, source_url was the commerce.nd.gov landing page, and adoption_citation was the label-only string "North Dakota State Building Code eff. Jan 1 2026; NDCC 54-21.3-03" carrying no quoted instrument text -- yet verified_at was SET (2026-08-07). It looked verified and had never been sourced. · source ↗
IEBC — International Existing Building Code	2024 IEBC	North Dakota State Building Code, 2026 edition, published by the Department of Commerce with the State Building Code Advisory Committee. ADOPTING SENTENCE READ AND QUOTED VERBATIM FROM THE CODE BOOK THIS RUN: "Effective January 1, 2026, the North Dakota State Building Code consists of the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Energy Conservation Code, and the International Existing Building Code as published by the International Code Council (ICC)." Book header: "EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026". Administrative rules at NDAC art. 108-01-01; General Authority NDCC 54-21.3-03(1); Law Implemented NDCC 18-12-06, 54-21.3-01, 54-21.3-02, 54-21.3-03, 54-21.3-04, 54-21.3-05. *** CAVEAT THAT MUST TRAVEL WITH THIS ROW: THE IEBC IS ADOPTED BY THE CODE BOOK, NOT BY THE STATUTE AND NOT BY THE CODIFIED RULE CHAPTER. NDCC 54-21.3-03 NAMES ONLY THE IBC, IRC, IMC AND IFGC, AND NDAC 108-01-01-09 REPEATS THAT LIMIT IN TERMS -- READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN AT ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/108-01-01.pdf: "The legislative assembly has mandated that the state building code consist of the IBC, IRC, IMC, and IFGC." THE STRINGS "IEBC" AND "INTERNATIONAL EXISTING BUILDING CODE" APPEAR NOWHERE IN NDAC ch. 108-01-01. THE IEBC AND THE IECC ARE THEREFORE BOTH DEPARTMENT ADDITIONS RIDING ON THE NDCC 54-21.3-03(1) RULEMAKING GRANT RATHER THAN ON THE LEGISLATIVE ENUMERATION -- THE SAME STATUTE-VERSUS-PRACTICE MISMATCH ALREADY RECORDED ON THE ND IECC ROW ae0cde72, NOW CONFIRMED TO EXTEND TO THE IEBC. · source ↗
IECC — International Energy Conservation Code	2024 IECC	NDCC 54-21.3-03 (State building code), NDCC ch. 54-21.3, implemented through the NORTH DAKOTA STATE BUILDING CODE, 2026 EDITION, adopted by the Department of Commerce with the State Building Code Advisory Committee; authority cited in the code book as NDCC 54-21.3-03(1), law implemented NDCC 18-12-06 and 54-21.3-01 through 54-21.3-05. Exemptions: NDCC 54-21.3-04. Local election and local amendment: NDCC 54-21.3-05. * A STATUTE-VERSUS-PRACTICE MISMATCH THAT MUST BE RECORDED RATHER THAN SMOOTHED OVER: NDCC 54-21.3-03 NAMES ONLY FOUR CODES — "the international building, residential, mechanical, and fuel gas codes" — AND DOES NOT NAME THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE AT ALL. THE IECC AND THE IEBC ARE CARRIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE'S CODE BOOK, NOT BY THE LEGISLATURE'S LIST. THE COMMERCE BUILDING-CODES PAGE SAYS SO IN ITS OWN WORDS: "The North Dakota Legislative Assembly has mandated that the state building code consist of the International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), and International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC)", with the IECC and IEBC also adopted. SO NORTH DAKOTA'S ENERGY CODE RESTS ON AN ADMINISTRATIVE ADOPTION SITTING ON TOP OF A FOUR-CODE STATUTORY CORE, NOT ON A STATUTORY NAMING. THAT IS A WEAKER FOOTING THAN THE IBC/IRC/IMC/IFGC ROWS HAVE AND A LATER RUN SHOULD NOT DESCRIBE IT AS STATUTORY. * EDITION-LOCATION TRAP, ESTABLISHED THIS RUN AND EXPENSIVE IF REPEATED: THE CODIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE RULE DOES NOT CARRY THE EDITION EITHER. NDAC 108-01-01, READ THIS RUN, IS A CHAPTER "EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1, 2002" WHOSE ADOPTING SECTION (108-01-01-09) NAMES ONLY "the IBC, IRC, IMC, and IFGC" AND SAYS THE "first published version of these codes that will be adopted is the 2000 publication". THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY CONSERVATION CODE APPEARS NOWHERE IN NDAC 108-01-01. A RUN THAT READS ONLY THE STATUTE RECORDS NO IECC; A RUN THAT READS ONLY THE CODIFIED RULE RECORDS NO IECC AND A 2000-VINTAGE EDITION. BOTH ARE WRONG. THE EDITION LIVES ONLY IN THE COMMERCE CODE BOOK. THIS IS THE SAME CLASS OF TRAP AS IDAHO'S ROLLING-ADOPTION FIRE CODE (run 693): WHEN THE STATUTE AND THE RULE BOTH DECLINE TO NAME AN EDITION, THE ANSWER IS IN THE ADMINISTERING AGENCY'S PUBLISHED CODE BOOK AND NOWHERE ELSE. · source ↗
IFC —	2021 IFC	NDAC 45-18-01-04 (Fire prevention rules), Article 45-18 FIRE MARSHAL, Chapter 45-18-01 Fire Prevention. History line as the codified rule states it: "Effective January 1, 2024." General Authority: NDCC 18-01-04, 18-01-33, 18-09-02, 23-15-03. Law Implemented: NDCC 18-01-02, 18-01-04, 18-01-33, 18-09-02, 23-15-03. The section adopts, as the fire prevention rules of the state, the North Dakota State Building Code (edition effective January 1, 2023) together with "The provisions of the International Fire Code (IFC), 2021 edition", subject to the modifications in subsections a through m. * THE FINDING A LATER RUN MUST NOT SMOOTH OVER — NORTH DAKOTA'S FIRE CODE IS NOT WHERE ITS BUILDING CODE IS, AND THE TWO SIT IN DIFFERENT ICC CYCLES RIGHT NOW. THE NORTH DAKOTA STATE BUILDING CODE MOVED TO THE 2024 I-CODES EFFECTIVE 2026-01-01 (rows 3437c46f, 614ed40c, a064cf86, ae0cde72). THE CODIFIED FIRE RULE HAS NOT MOVED: IT IS STILL THE 2021 IFC, AND IT STILL POINTS AT THE 2023 EDITION OF THE STATE BUILDING CODE, WHICH IS NO LONGER THE CURRENT BUILDING CODE. THE FIRE RULE THEREFORE INCORPORATES A SUPERSEDED BUILDING CODE BY DATE. THAT IS A REAL, CURRENT INTERNAL INCONSISTENCY IN NORTH DAKOTA LAW, NOT A DATA ERROR, AND IT IS RECORDED HERE DELIBERATELY. * PENDING AMENDMENT, LOCATED AND DATED BUT NOT IN FORCE AS CODIFIED — THE HIGHEST-VALUE THING FOR THE NEXT ND RUN. The Insurance Department publishes a redlined Article 45-18 at insurance.nd.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Communications/Rulemaking/2026/Article%2045-18%20-%20Fire%20Marshal.pdf which strikes "2021" and inserts "2024" in the IFC adopting sentence, moves the State Building Code reference from "January 1, 2023" to "January 1, 2026", and carries the history line "Effective January 1, 2024; amended effective July 1, 2026". I CHECKED WHETHER THAT AMENDMENT HAS LANDED IN THE CODIFIED CODE AND IT HAS NOT: Administrative Rules Supplement 400 (July 2026, ndlegis.gov/admcode/arc202607400.pdf) CONTAINS ONLY TITLES 4, 10, 11 AND 24.1 — NO TITLE 45 — AND SUPPLEMENT 401 (October 2026, arc202610401.pdf) CONTAINS ONLY TITLES 33, 33.1 AND 67. NEITHER CARRIES ARTICLE 45-18. THE CODIFIED ndlegis ACDATA TEXT OF 45-18-01-04 STILL READS "2021 edition" AND ITS HISTORY LINE STILL STOPS AT "Effective January 1, 2024". * SO THIS ROW RECORDS THE 2021 IFC, AND THE CHOICE IS DELIBERATE: THE CODIFIED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE IS THE INSTRUMENT, THE REDLINE IS A DEPARTMENTAL DRAFT, AND ITS STATED JULY 1 2026 DATE IS UNCORROBORATED BY THE CODIFICATION THAT WOULD HAVE CARRIED IT. BUT THE NEW HAMPSHIRE LESSON FROM RUN 748 APPLIES DIRECTLY — A JURISDICTION CAN MOVE A FULL CYCLE BETWEEN RUNS — SO TREAT THIS ROW AS THE ONE MOST LIKELY IN THE ND STACK TO NEED RE-READING. THE DECIDING FETCH IS ONE RE-READ OF ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/45-18-01.pdf: IF ITS HISTORY LINE EVER READS "amended effective July 1, 2026", NORTH DAKOTA IS ON THE 2024 IFC AND THIS ROW SHOULD BE REWRITTEN, NOT DUPLICATED. * ================ RE-VERIFIED FIRST-HAND 2026-09-14 (run 1171, target 1216). THE ANSWER IS: NORTH DAKOTA IS STILL ON THE 2021 IFC. THE JULY 1 2026 AMENDMENT DATE HAS COME AND GONE WITHOUT LANDING. ================ (1) CODIFIED INSTRUMENT RE-READ AT https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/45-18-01.pdf. NDAC 45-18-01-04 STILL ADOPTS "The provisions of the International Fire Code (IFC), 2021 edition" AND STILL POINTS AT "The provisions of the State Building Code, effective January 1, 2023". ITS HISTORY LINE STILL READS, IN FULL: "History: Effective January 1, 2024." THERE IS NO "amended effective July 1, 2026" IN THE CODIFIED TEXT. General Authority and Law Implemented lines unchanged (NDCC 18-01-04, 18-01-33, 18-09-02, 23-15-03 / NDCC 18-01-02, 18-01-04, 18-01-33, 18-09-02, 23-15-03). (2) THE REDLINE IS REAL, IS OFFICIAL, AND IS STILL ONLY A PROPOSAL. It is filed under the Insurance Department's NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE MAKING 2026 page (https://www.insurance.nd.gov/notice-proposed-rule-making-2026), not under an adopted-rules page. The redline at insurance.nd.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Communications/Rulemaking/2026/Article%2045-18%20-%20Fire%20Marshal.pdf strikes "2021" and inserts "2024" in the IFC adopting sentence, moves the State Building Code reference from "January 1, 2023" to "January 1, 2026", and prints the history line "History: Effective January 1, 2024; amended effective July 1, 2026". THE RULEMAKING RECORD, READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN AT https://ndlegis.gov/sites/default/files/rule-changes/notices/insurance032726notice.pdf: hearing "at 10:00 a.m., central time on March 27th, 2026"; "The deadline for submission of written comments is April 6, 2026."; the notice describes the change only as "This rule reflects updates to the fire code." AND STATES NO EFFECTIVE DATE. Legislative Council event page: https://ndlegis.gov/events/2026/03/27/north-dakota-insurance-department. (3) CODIFICATION CHECK, THE PART THAT SETTLES IT AND THE PART A LATER RUN SHOULD NOT REDO. ND administrative rules are codified by numbered supplement. SUPPLEMENT 400 (July 2026, https://ndlegis.gov/admcode/arc202607400.pdf) CONTAINS TITLES 4, 10, 11 AND 24.1 — AND NO TITLE 45. SUPPLEMENT 401 (October 2026, https://ndlegis.gov/admcode/arc202610401.pdf) CONTAINS TITLES 33, 33.1 AND 61 CROSS-REFERENCES — AND NO TITLE 45. THE JULY SUPPLEMENT IS EXACTLY THE ONE THAT WOULD CARRY A RULE EFFECTIVE JULY 1 2026, AND IT DEMONSTRABLY CARRIES SUCH RULES — TITLE 24.1, THE STATE ELECTRICAL BOARD, IS IN IT, AND THE ND NEC ROW 72804b97 RECORDS NDSEB STANDARDS EFFECTIVE 7/1/2026. SO THE JULY CYCLE WAS CODIFIED AND ARTICLE 45-18 WAS NOT IN IT. THE ABSENCE IS EVIDENCE, NOT LAG. Supplements 398 (January 2026) and 399 (April 2026) predate the hearing and were not re-read. (4) THEREFORE THE INTERNAL INCONSISTENCY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON THIS ROW IS NOT A TRANSIENT: NORTH DAKOTA'S FIRE CODE (2021 IFC, incorporating the January 1 2023 State Building Code) AND ITS BUILDING CODE (2024 I-Codes, effective January 1 2026 — rows 3437c46f, 614ed40c, a064cf86, ae0cde72, eb0f6eb8, 7230770c) HAVE NOW BEEN OUT OF CYCLE FOR MORE THAN EIGHT MONTHS, AND THE FIRE RULE INCORPORATES BY DATE A BUILDING CODE EDITION THAT IS NO LONGER IN FORCE. THAT IS THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA LAW ON 2026-09-14, AND IT IS THE SINGLE MOST USEFUL THING THIS ROW TELLS A READER. (5) AGENCY-SOURCE OUTAGE WORTH KNOWING BEFORE ANYONE SPENDS FETCHES ON IT: THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S OWN SITE NO LONGER SERVES ITS CODES PAGE. firemarshal.nd.gov/codes AND firemarshal.nd.gov/new-construction BOTH 302-REDIRECT TO https://www.insurance.nd.gov/ (SITE ROOT), AND https://www.insurance.nd.gov/fire-marshal CARRIES NO CODE EDITION AT ALL. The fire marshal has been folded into the Insurance Department and the corroborating agency page that runs 981/982 could use is GONE. The codified NDAC chapter is now the only primary source for the ND fire code edition — corroborate against the rulemaking record, not against the agency site. * STANDING INSTRUCTION FOR THE NEXT ND IFC RUN, UNCHANGED IN SHAPE BUT NOW NARROWED TO ONE TEST: THE DECIDING FETCH IS STILL ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/45-18-01.pdf. REWRITE THIS ROW TO "2024 IFC" ONLY WHEN ITS HISTORY LINE ITSELF READS "amended effective July 1, 2026" (OR A LATER DATE). DO NOT REWRITE IT ON THE STRENGTH OF THE REDLINE — THIS RUN TESTED THAT REDLINE AGAINST TWO CODIFICATION SUPPLEMENTS AND IT HAS NOT LANDED. NEXT SENSIBLE RE-READ: AFTER THE JANUARY 2027 SUPPLEMENT. · source ↗
IFGC — International Fuel Gas Code	2024 IFGC	NDCC 54-21.3-03, read first-hand this run at https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t54c21-3.pdf. VERBATIM: "The department of commerce, in cooperation with the state building code advisory committee, shall adopt rules to implement, amend, and periodically update the state building code, which must consist of the international building, residential, mechanical, and fuel gas codes." THE IFGC IS ONE OF THE FOUR CODES NAMED BY THE LEGISLATURE ITSELF — the strongest adoption footing available in North Dakota, unlike the ND IECC (row ae0cde72) and ND IEBC (row 7230770c), which sit outside the statutory enumeration and rest only on the agency rulemaking grant. Edition and effective date come from the instrument the statute compels: NORTH DAKOTA STATE BUILDING CODE, 2026 edition, VERBATIM: "Effective January 1, 2026, the North Dakota State Building Code consists of the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Energy Conservation Code, and the International Existing Building Code as published by the International Code Council (ICC)." Corroborated first-hand this run by the administering agency's own current page, https://www.commerce.nd.gov/community-services/building-codes, which states the code consists of the 2024 editions effective January 1, 2026 and lists the IFGC among them. Codified rule chapter: NDAC art. 108-01-01 (General Authority NDCC 54-21.3-03(1); Law Implemented NDCC 18-12-06, 54-21.3-01 through -05). CAUTION READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN AT https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/108-01-01.pdf: the codified rule is STALE ON EDITION. NDAC 108-01-01-02(4) defines "IFGC" as the international fuel gas code, and 108-01-01-09 says "The legislative assembly has mandated that the state building code consist of the IBC, IRC, IMC, and IFGC... The first published version of these codes that will be adopted is the 2000 publication," history effective September 1, 2002. THE RULE CHAPTER NAMES NO CURRENT EDITION AT ALL — it names the 2000 publication and a three-year update framework. The edition in force is carried by the agency's published code book, not by the codified rule. Reading only the rule would yield "2000 IFGC", which is wrong by eight cycles; reading only the book gives the right edition without the statutory footing. BOTH READS WERE NECESSARY. · source ↗
IMC — International Mechanical Code	2024 IMC	North Dakota State Building Code, 2026 edition, adopted by the Department of Commerce, Division of Community Services, in cooperation with the State Building Code Advisory Committee. ADOPTING SENTENCE READ FIRST-HAND 2026-09-20 IN THE CODE BOOK AT source_url, QUOTED VERBATIM: "Effective January 1, 2026, the North Dakota State Building Code consists of the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Energy Conservation Code, and the International Existing Building Code as published by the International Code Council (ICC)." Book header as printed: "EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026". STATUTORY FOOTING: NDCC 54-21.3-03 names the IMC among the four codes the legislature itself mandates -- the strongest adoption footing available in North Dakota, unlike the ND IECC (ae0cde72) and ND IEBC (7230770c), which sit outside the statutory enumeration. Codified rule chapter NDAC art. 108-01-01 (incl. 108-01-01-09 and 108-01-01-14); General Authority NDCC 54-21.3-03(1); Law Implemented NDCC 18-12-06, 54-21.3-01 through -05. * CAUTION THAT TRAVELS WITH EVERY ND BUILDING-CODE ROW: THE CODIFIED RULE IS STALE ON EDITION AND NAMES NO CURRENT EDITION FOR ANY CODE -- 108-01-01-09 still says the first published version adopted is "the 2000 publication", history effective September 1, 2002. Taking an edition off that rule would yield "2000 IMC", wrong by eight cycles. THE RULE CARRIES THE AUTHORITY; THE AGENCY CODE BOOK CARRIES THE EDITION. (That caution was established first-hand at runs 931/933 from ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/108-01-01.pdf and was NOT re-fetched this run -- it is carried, and is labelled as carried.) * PRIOR STATE, RECORDED SO THE DEFECT CLASS STAYS TRACEABLE: this citation was a 371-character label-only string with NO quoted instrument text, while verified_at was SET. The quote above was read from the code book this run rather than copied off a sibling row -- run 1607 was burned by a sibling-row inheritance and this row deliberately does not repeat it. · source ↗
IPC — International Plumbing Code	NOT ADOPTED — North Dakota has NO International Plumbing Code, in no edition, at state level. The statewide plumbing code is the 2018 UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE published by IAPMO, adopted by the North Dakota State Plumbing Board at NDAC 62-03.1-01-01 and renamed by the rule itself. ADOPTING SENTENCE READ AND QUOTED VERBATIM: "The board adopts, as the state plumbing code, the 2018 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code published by the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials (IAPMO), to be known as the 2018 North Dakota Plumbing Code". THE PHRASES "INTERNATIONAL PLUMBING CODE" AND "IPC" APPEAR NOWHERE IN NDAC ch. 62-03.1-01 — CHECKED THIS RUN, NOT ASSUMED. *** NAMING TRAP, AND IT IS THE FIRST THING A LOOKUP WILL GET WRONG: THE OPERATIVE INSTRUMENT IS CALLED THE "2018 NORTH DAKOTA PLUMBING CODE" AND IS NOT A NORTH DAKOTA-WRITTEN CODE AT ALL — IT IS THE 2018 IAPMO UPC UNDER A STATE NAME. A READER OR A SCRAPER THAT TAKES THE NAME AT FACE VALUE WILL EITHER LOOK FOR STATE-AUTHORED TEXT THAT DOES NOT EXIST OR ASSUME AN ICC BOOK THAT IS NOT LAW HERE. THIS IS THE SAME LABEL-VS-BASE HAZARD RECORDED ON THE IDAHO UPC ROW ("2017 Idaho State Plumbing Code" = 2015 UPC), NOW CONFIRMED IN A SECOND STATE — TREAT ANY "<STATE> PLUMBING CODE" LABEL AS A LABEL, NEVER AS AN EDITION.	NDAC 62-03.1-01-01 (North Dakota State Plumbing Board, art. 62-03.1 Plumbing Installation Standards, ch. 62-03.1-01 Administration); General Authority and Law Implemented NDCC 43-18-09. CHAPTER HISTORY AS THE CODIFIED RULE STATES IT: effective 2000-03-01; amended 2010-04-01, 2020-04-01 and 2022-07-01. Negative sealed against the North Dakota State Building Code, 2026 edition (NDAC art. 108-01-01, effective 2026-01-01; General Authority NDCC 54-21.3-03(1); Law Implemented NDCC 18-12-06, 54-21.3-01 through -05), which adopts the 2024 IBC, IRC, IMC, IFGC, IECC and IEBC, adopts NO plumbing code, and expressly substitutes the North Dakota State Plumbing Code wherever the IPC is referenced. * effective_date IS DELIBERATELY LEFT NULL. The chapter carries three amendment dates and the codified text does NOT say which of them introduced the 2018 UPC. 2020-04-01 is the plausible candidate on edition timing and 2022-07-01 is the most recent touch, but NEITHER IS STATED AS THE EDITION'S IN-FORCE DATE AND I WILL NOT MANUFACTURE ONE. Same reasoning as the Idaho IPC row. One fetch of the State Plumbing Board's 2022 rule-change document (ndlegis.gov/files/rule-changes/changes/sbp020122changes.pdf, with its notice at .../notices/sbp020122notice.pdf) should close this. * ======== effective_date CLOSED 2026-09-20 (run 1689), EXACTLY AS THE PRIOR RUN PROPOSED AND BY THE DOCUMENT IT NAMED. ======== THE DECIDING READ: the State Plumbing Board rule-change document at ndlegis.gov/files/rule-changes/changes/sbp020122changes.pdf, read first-hand this run. IT PRINTS 62-03.1-01-01 CARRYING THE 2018 UPC ADOPTING SENTENCE -- "The board adopts, as the state plumbing code, the 2018 edition of the Uniform Plumbing Code published by the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials (IAPMO)" -- ABOVE THE HISTORY LINE "Effective March 1, 2000; amended effective April 1, 2010; April 1, 2020." SO THE 2018 UPC ENTERED FORCE ON THE 2020-04-01 AMENDMENT. effective_date IS NOW 2020-04-01, THE DATE OF THE AMENDMENT THAT PUT THIS EDITION IN FORCE, NOT THE CHAPTER'S ORIGINAL 2000-03-01 DATE AND NOT THE LATER 2022-07-01 TOUCH. AND THE 2022-07-01 AMENDMENT DID NOT MOVE THE EDITION: THIS DOCUMENT IS THE 2022 RULE CHANGE ITSELF, ITS PRINTED HISTORY LINE STOPS AT 2020-04-01 (the state of the rule going in), AND THE ADOPTING SENTENCE IT SHOWS ALREADY READS 2018. THE PRIOR RUN'S TWO CANDIDATES ARE RESOLVED: 2020-04-01 IS THE EDITION DATE, 2022-07-01 IS A LATER TOUCH ON OTHER CONTENT. *** NOT ESTABLISHED, AND NOT GUESSED: WHICH UPC EDITION THE 2010-04-01 AMENDMENT CARRIED. The document does not say, so the predecessor edition is left unrecorded. · source ↗
IRC — International Residential Code	2024 IRC	NDCC 54-21.3-03, read first-hand this run at https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t54c21-3.pdf. VERBATIM (54-21.3-03(1)): "The state building code...must consist of the international building, residential, mechanical, and fuel gas codes." THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE IS NAMED BY THE LEGISLATURE ITSELF -- the strongest adoption footing available in North Dakota, unlike the ND IECC (row ae0cde72) and ND IEBC (row 7230770c), which sit outside the statutory enumeration and rest only on the 54-21.3-03(1) rulemaking grant. EDITION AND EFFECTIVE DATE come from the instrument the statute compels, read first-hand this run: NORTH DAKOTA STATE BUILDING CODE, 2026 edition (Dept of Commerce, Division of Community Services), VERBATIM: "Effective January 1, 2026, the North Dakota State Building Code consists of the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Energy Conservation Code, and the International Existing Building Code as published by the International Code Council (ICC)." Codified rule chapter: NDAC art. 108-01-01 (General Authority NDCC 54-21.3-03(1); Law Implemented NDCC 18-12-06, 54-21.3-01 through -05). CAUTION, established first-hand at run 931 from https://ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/108-01-01.pdf and NOT re-fetched this run: THE CODIFIED RULE IS STALE ON EDITION AND NAMES NO CURRENT EDITION FOR ANY CODE. NDAC 108-01-01-09 VERBATIM: "The legislative assembly has mandated that the state building code consist of the IBC, IRC, IMC, and IFGC... The first published version of these codes that will be adopted is the 2000 publication," history effective September 1, 2002. Taking an edition off that rule would yield "2000 IRC", wrong by eight cycles. THE RULE CARRIES THE AUTHORITY; THE AGENCY CODE BOOK CARRIES THE EDITION. LOCAL AMENDMENT IS EXPRESS AND STATUTORY, read verbatim this run at 54-21.3-03(6): "The state building code may be amended by cities, townships, and counties to conform to local needs," and "The governing body of a city, township, or county that elects to administer and enforce a building code shall adopt and enforce the state building code." STATUTORY EXEMPTIONS, 54-21.3-04, read this run, include unheated and uncooled buildings, low-energy buildings, deliberately preserved historic buildings, and agricultural buildings not used for human habitation or by the public -- these matter more for the IRC than for any other ND code because farm and outbuilding construction is where they bite. PRIOR STATE OF THIS ROW, RECORDED SO THE DEFECT CLASS IS TRACEABLE: edition was the bare string "2024" with NO code name, effective_date was NULL, source_url was the commerce.nd.gov landing page, amendments was empty, and adoption_citation was the label-only string "North Dakota State Building Code eff. Jan 1 2026; NDCC 54-21.3-03" carrying no quoted instrument text -- yet verified_at was SET (2026-08-07). It looked verified and had never been sourced. Same class as row 3437c46f, corrected at run 933. · source ↗
NEC — National Electrical Code (NFPA 70)	2026 NEC	N.D. Admin. Code 24.1-02-01-02 and 24.1-02-01-03 (NORTH DAKOTA STATE ELECTRICAL BOARD, title 24.1, art. 24.1-02, ch. 24.1-02-01), READ FIRST-HAND 2026-09-20 IN THE CODIFIED CHAPTER AT ndlegis.gov/information/acdata/pdf/24.1-02-01.pdf. EDITION SENTENCE QUOTED VERBATIM FROM 24.1-02-01-02: "NFPA 70 2026 edition, National Electrical Code (first version, printed in 2025) and NFPA 101 2024 edition Life Safety Code(R)". AND FROM 24.1-02-01-03, the administration section: "the electrical requirements of the NFPA 70 2026 edition, National Electrical Code (first version, printed in 2025) and NFPA 72, 101, 110 2024 edition Life Safety Code(R)". HISTORY LINE, IDENTICAL ON BOTH SECTIONS AND QUOTED AS PRINTED: "Effective April 1, 2017; amended effective October 1, 2020; July 1, 2024; July 1, 2026." General Authority: NDCC 43-09-05. Law Implemented: NDCC 43-09-05, 43-09-21, 43-09-22 (s -02) and NDCC 43-09-21, 43-09-22 (s -03). * THE 2026-07-01 EFFECTIVE DATE ON THIS ROW IS NOW EVIDENCED BY THE CODIFIED RULE'S OWN HISTORY LINE RATHER THAN ASSERTED: THE JULY 1 2026 AMENDMENT IS THE LAST ENTRY ON IT AND IT HAS LANDED IN THE CODIFIED TEXT. * PRIOR STATE, RECORDED SO THE DEFECT CLASS STAYS TRACEABLE: the citation was the 185-character label-only string "N.D. Admin. Code 24.1-02-01-02(3) and 24.1-02-01-03(1) ..., eff. 7/1/2026" with NO quoted instrument text, yet verified_at was SET -- and it carried the single boldest edition claim in this table, a 2026 NEC. A 2026-edition claim resting on an unquoted citation is the most fragile kind of verified row there is (the same worry recorded against Wyoming's 2026 NEC row at run 1655). IT IS NOW QUOTED, AND IT IS CORRECT. *** SUBSECTION NUMBERS NOT RE-CONFIRMED: the prior citation narrowed to 24.1-02-01-02(3) and 24.1-02-01-03(1). The fetch returned the sections' operative standards text and their authority/history lines but did not resolve those subsection numbers, so they are dropped rather than repeated unverified. · source ↗

Permit Requirements

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