Building Permits in Highland, Utah
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Adopted Construction Codes
These are the state-level code editions for Utah. They apply in Highlandunless 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 | Utah Code s.15A-2-103(1)(a) (State Construction and Fire Codes Act, Title 15A Ch. 2 Pt. 1, "Specific editions adopted of construction code of a nationally recognized code authority"), as amended by H.B. 65, "Construction Code Amendments", 2026 General Session, EFFECTIVE 2026-07-01. ENROLLED BILL READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN; THE EDITION CHANGE IS ON ITS FACE, VERBATIM: "the [2021] 2024 edition of the International Building Code" - the bracketed 2021 struck, 2024 inserted. Codified text in force, VERBATIM: "the 2024 edition of the International Building Code, including Appendices C and J". APPENDICES C AND J ARE LAW IN UTAH BY NAME; NO OTHER IBC APPENDIX IS. Corroboration, independent: the superseded section version at https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/C15A-2-S103_2025070120250507.pdf carries the header "Effective 7/1/2025 Superseded 7/1/2026" and reads "(a) the 2021 edition of the International Building Code, including Appendices C and J" - so the 2021 edition governed to 2026-06-30 and the 2024 edition from 2026-07-01. THIS ROW PREVIOUSLY READ "2021" WITH A 45-CHARACTER LABEL CITATION AND NO EFFECTIVE DATE; IT WAS STALE BY ONE FULL ICC CYCLE AND TEN WEEKS. · source ↗ |
| IEBC — International Existing Building Code | 2024 IEBC | Utah Code s.15A-2-103(1)(i), as amended by H.B. 65, "Construction Code Amendments", 2026 General Session, EFFECTIVE 2026-07-01. ENROLLED BILL READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN, VERBATIM: "the [2021] 2024 edition of the International Existing Building Code" - 2021 struck, 2024 inserted. Codified text in force: "the 2024 edition of the International Existing Building Code". Corroboration: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/C15A-2-S103_2025070120250507.pdf, header "Effective 7/1/2025 Superseded 7/1/2026", reads "(i) the 2021 edition of the International Existing Building Code". UTAH HAS A FREESTANDING IEBC ADOPTION BY ITS OWN NAME - UNLIKE MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE THE IEBC IS PULLED IN AS CHAPTER 34 OF 780 CMR AND A NAME SEARCH COMES BACK EMPTY. · source ↗ |
| IECC — International Energy Conservation Code | 2024 IECC | Utah Code s.15A-2-103(1)(h), as amended by H.B. 65, "Construction Code Amendments", 2026 General Session, EFFECTIVE 2026-07-01. ENROLLED BILL READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN, VERBATIM: "the [2021] 2024 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code" - 2021 struck, 2024 inserted. Codified text in force: "the 2024 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code". Corroboration: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/C15A-2-S103_2025070120250507.pdf, header "Effective 7/1/2025 Superseded 7/1/2026", reads "(h) the 2021 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code". NOTE FOR ENERGY-CODE READERS: UTAH'S RESIDENTIAL ENERGY REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT DECIDED BY THIS ROW ALONE - Utah Code Title 15A Ch. 3 carries statewide amendments to the energy provisions, and the IRC row 20001e7d (2021 IRC, NOT moved to 2024 by H.B. 65) governs one- and two-family dwellings. A UTAH ENERGY ANSWER THAT CITES ONLY "2024 IECC" IS INCOMPLETE. · source ↗ |
| IFC — | 2024 IFC — INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, 2024 EDITION, EXCLUDING APPENDICES, as issued by the International Code Council, Inc. Adopted BY STATUTE at Utah Code s.15A-5-103 (State Fire Code Act), as amended by H.B. 45, 2026 General Session ("Fire Code Amendments"), EFFECTIVE 2026-07-01. The enrolled bill shows the edition change on its face: "the International Fire Code, [2021] 2024 edition, excluding appendices, as issued by the International Code Council, Inc." — the bracketed 2021 struck, 2024 inserted. NO IFC APPENDIX IS LAW IN UTAH, and that exclusion survived the update unchanged. THE SAME BILL MOVED SEVEN NFPA STANDARDS THAT RIDE ALONGSIDE THE FIRE CODE: NFPA 1 (marijuana growing, processing and extraction facilities) to 2024; NFPA 54 National Fuel Gas Code to 2024; NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code to 2024; NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code 2019 -> 2022; NFPA 13, 13D and 13R sprinkler standards to 2022. A Utah fire answer that gives only the IFC year is incomplete — the NFPA companions are pinned separately and did not all move to the same year. CAUTION FOR ANY VIEWER: this row is NEWER THAN THE REST OF UTAH'S TABLE. *** CORRECTED 2026-09-14 BY RUN 1181 - THE SENTENCE THAT STOOD HERE SAID UTAH'S CONSTRUCTION CODES "REMAIN 2021" AND IS NO LONGER TRUE. H.B. 65, "Construction Code Amendments", 2026 General Session, EFFECTIVE 2026-07-01, MOVED s.15A-2-103 TO THE 2024 IBC, IPC, IMC, IFGC, IECC, IEBC AND ISPSC. THE NEC WAS ALREADY 2023 (effective 2025-07-01). THE ONE CODE LEFT BEHIND IS THE RESIDENTIAL CODE, STILL THE 2021 IRC. SO THE REAL UTAH SPLIT IS NOT FIRE-VERSUS-BUILDING, IT IS RESIDENTIAL-VERSUS-EVERYTHING-ELSE: 2024 I-CODES AND THE 2024 IFC ACROSS THE BOARD, AND THE 2021 IRC FOR ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS. TWO SEPARATE BILLS IN THE SAME 2026 SESSION - H.B. 45 FOR FIRE, H.B. 65 FOR CONSTRUCTION - LANDED UTAH ON 2024 FOR BOTH, TEN WEEKS APART ON THE SAME EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2026-07-01. STILL DO NOT PROPAGATE ANY EDITION ACROSS ROWS WITHOUT READING THAT ROW'S OWN INSTRUMENT: THE IRC IS THE PROOF THAT UTAH DOES NOT MOVE ITS CODES AS A BLOCK. | Utah Code s.15A-5-103 (State Construction and Fire Codes Act, Ch. 5 State Fire Code Act — adoption of the International Fire Code), as amended by H.B. 45, 2026 General Session ("Fire Code Amendments", Chief Sponsor Thomas W. Peterson, Senate Sponsor Evan J. Vickers), effective 2026-07-01, striking "2021" and inserting "2024". Statewide amendments: Utah Code Title 15A, Ch. 5, Part 2, ss.15A-5-201 through 15A-5-208. Administrative companion: Utah Admin. Code R710-9 (Utah Fire Prevention Board), authority Utah Code Title 53 Ch. 7. Predecessor: IFC 2021 edition excluding appendices, amended by Ch. 505, 2024 General Session, eff. 2024-07-01. · source ↗ |
| IFGC — International Fuel Gas Code | 2024 IFGC | Utah Code s.15A-2-103(1)(f), as amended by H.B. 65, "Construction Code Amendments", 2026 General Session, EFFECTIVE 2026-07-01. ENROLLED BILL READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN, VERBATIM: "the [2021] 2024 edition of the International Fuel Gas Code" - 2021 struck, 2024 inserted. Corroboration: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/C15A-2-S103_2025070120250507.pdf, header "Effective 7/1/2025 Superseded 7/1/2026", reads "(f) the 2021 edition of the International Fuel Gas Code". FUEL-GAS CROSS-REFERENCE THAT MATTERS IN UTAH: the IFC row ec023c04 records that H.B. 45 (2026 GS) separately pinned NFPA 54 National Fuel Gas Code and NFPA 58 LP-Gas Code at their 2024 editions alongside the fire code. A UTAH FUEL-GAS ANSWER NEEDS BOTH INSTRUMENTS - THEY ARE DIFFERENT BILLS IN THE SAME SESSION. · source ↗ |
| IMC — International Mechanical Code | 2024 IMC | Utah Code s.15A-2-103(1)(e), as amended by H.B. 65, "Construction Code Amendments", 2026 General Session, EFFECTIVE 2026-07-01. ENROLLED BILL READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN, VERBATIM: "the [2021] 2024 edition of the International Mechanical Code" - 2021 struck, 2024 inserted. Corroboration: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/C15A-2-S103_2025070120250507.pdf, header "Effective 7/1/2025 Superseded 7/1/2026", reads "(e) the 2021 edition of the International Mechanical Code". · source ↗ |
| IPC — International Plumbing Code | 2024 IPC | Utah Code s.15A-2-103(1)(d), as amended by H.B. 65, "Construction Code Amendments", 2026 General Session, EFFECTIVE 2026-07-01. ENROLLED BILL READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN, VERBATIM: "the [2021] 2024 edition of the International Plumbing Code" - 2021 struck, 2024 inserted. Corroboration: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/C15A-2-S103_2025070120250507.pdf, header "Effective 7/1/2025 Superseded 7/1/2026", reads "(d) the 2021 edition of the International Plumbing Code". UTAH IS AN IPC STATE, NOT A UPC STATE - WORTH RECORDING EXPLICITLY BECAUSE ITS NEIGHBOURS ARE NOT ALL THE SAME WAY. The same section also adopts, at (n), "the residential provisions of the [2021] 2024 edition of the International Swimming Pool and Spa Code" - THERE IS NO ISPSC ROW FOR UTAH IN THIS TABLE AND THE EVIDENCE FOR ONE IS IN THIS CITATION. · source ↗ |
| IRC — International Residential Code | 2021 IRC | Utah Code s.15A-2-103(1)(b), as amended by H.B. 65, "Construction Code Amendments", 2026 General Session, effective 2026-07-01. *** THE FINDING ON THIS ROW IS A NEGATIVE, AND IT IS THE MOST USEFUL THING IN UTAH RIGHT NOW: H.B. 65 MOVED SIX I-CODES FROM 2021 TO 2024 AND DELIBERATELY LEFT THE RESIDENTIAL CODE AT 2021. THE LINE IS PRINTED IN THE ENROLLED BILL WITH NO BRACKETS AND NO INSERTION, VERBATIM: "the 2021 edition of the International Residential Code". Read first-hand this run. So from 2026-07-01 UTAH BUILDS COMMERCIAL WORK TO THE 2024 IBC AND ONE- AND TWO-FAMILY DWELLINGS TO THE 2021 IRC - A THREE-YEAR SPLIT INSIDE ONE STATE, CREATED BY ONE BILL, ON ONE DAY. A READER WHO ASSUMES UTAH "WENT 2024" IS WRONG ABOUT EVERY HOUSE IN THE STATE. Also adopted by the same subsection: (c) "Appendix AQ of the 2021 edition of the International Residential Code" (tiny houses) and, subject to s.15A-2-104(1), (k) Appendix AE of the 2021 IRC. EFFECTIVE DATE LEFT NULL DELIBERATELY: the 2021 IRC was already in force under the 7/1/2025 and 7/1/2024 versions of this section (both read first-hand this run) and I did not establish which session first adopted it. The date it became law is EARLIER than 2024-07-01 and is not yet known; 2026-07-01 would be wrong because nothing about the IRC changed that day. · source ↗ |
| NEC — National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) | 2023 NEC | Utah Code s.15A-2-103(1)(g). CURRENT TEXT, VERBATIM: "(g) the 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code". *** THE EFFECTIVE DATE ON THIS ROW IS PINNED BY TWO CONSECUTIVE OFFICIAL VERSIONS OF THE SAME SECTION, BOTH READ FIRST-HAND THIS RUN, AND THAT IS WHY IT IS EXACT: https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/C15A-2-S103_2024070120240501.pdf carries the header "Effective 7/1/2024 Superseded 7/1/2025" and reads "(g) the 2020 edition of the National Electrical Code, issued by the National"; https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title15A/Chapter2/C15A-2-S103_2025070120250507.pdf carries "Effective 7/1/2025 Superseded 7/1/2026" and reads "(g) the 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code". THE 2020 -> 2023 NEC CHANGE THEREFORE TOOK EFFECT 2025-07-01. H.B. 65 (2026 GS) DID NOT TOUCH THE NEC LINE - IT IS PRINTED UNBRACKETED IN THE ENROLLED BILL - SO THE 2023 EDITION SURVIVED THE 2026 AMENDMENT UNCHANGED AND IS STILL LAW TODAY. THIS ROW PREVIOUSLY READ "2020": IT WAS CORRECT UNTIL 2025-06-30 AND WRONG FOR THE FOURTEEN MONTHS SINCE. Electrician licensing and the Electrical Advisory Board sit under Utah Code Title 58 Ch. 55, separately from this adoption. · source ↗ |
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