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Every 2024 IRC section and the IBC as it loads, by number or topic, plus the local rules for your city. Free to search.

Detached houses, duplexes and townhouses up to 3 stories with their own exits use the IRC; every other building uses the IBC (IBC 101.2).

A random sample from 150 sections for San Antonio, TX, the 2024 IBC

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  • IBC 116.5

    Restoration or abatement

    • Unsafe conditions are repaired, rehabilitated or demolished; work done during restoration follows the IEBC.

    Works withIEBC

    International Building Code, 2024 · Chapter 1, Scope and AdministrationRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • IBC 105.1.1

    Annual permit

    • Facilities with their own tradespeople may get an annual permit for alterations to approved systems.

    International Building Code, 2024 · Chapter 1, Scope and AdministrationRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • IBC 116.4

    Method of service

    • Notices are delivered personally, by certified mail, or as local law allows; returned mail is posted on the structure.

    International Building Code, 2024 · Chapter 1, Scope and AdministrationRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • IBC 105.3

    Application for permit

    • Applications describe the work, the land (legal description or address), the use and occupancy, the valuation, and include the construction documents, signed by the applicant.

    Works withIBC 107IBC 109.3

    International Building Code, 2024 · Chapter 1, Scope and AdministrationRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

Searches all 4,276 IRC 2024 sections, 5,532 IBC 2024 sections and defined terms (Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 so far) and each city's local rules as they are added. Section numbers and titles from the International Residential Code and International Building Code, 2024 editions, copyrighted by the International Code Council; the IRC's electrical chapters (34 to 43) follow NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code. Requirements are summarized in our words (IRC Chapters 3 to 43, IBC Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33); read the full text at the link on each result. Local values come from each city's published documents.

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