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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 677 sections for San Antonio, TX, the 2024 IRC

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  • E4208.5

    Equipment Exceeding the Low-Voltage Contact Limit

    • Except self-contained spas, equipment above the low-voltage limit is at least 5 ft from spa walls unless behind a barrier (NEC 680.41(B)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 42, Swimming PoolsRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3901.6

    Bathroom

    • Each bathroom has at least one receptacle within 36 in of each sink's outside edge, on an adjacent wall, the counter or the cabinet side/face, no more than 12 in below the counter top (NEC 210.52(D)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 39, Power and Lighting DistributionRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3908.2

    Equipment Fastened in Place or Connected by Permanent Wiring Methods (Fixed)

    • Fixed equipment metal parts are grounded if within 8 ft vertically or 5 ft horizontally of earth or grounded metal, in damp/wet locations, touching metal, or fed by a method with an EGC (NEC 250.110).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 39, Power and Lighting DistributionRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3701.5.1

    Disconnecting Means

    • Each multiwire branch circuit has a disconnect that opens all ungrounded conductors at once where it originates (NEC 210.4(B)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 37, Branch Circuit and Feeder RequirementsRead 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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