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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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  • E3603.1.4

    Grounded Conductors

    • The neutral carries the maximum unbalanced load and is no smaller than the required grounding electrode conductor (NEC 310.12(D)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 36, ServicesRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3702.9

    Branch-Circuit Inductive and LED Lighting Loads

    • Ballasted and LED-driver lighting loads use the units' ampere ratings, not lamp watts (NEC 220.11(B)).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 37, Branch Circuit and Feeder RequirementsRead the full text (opens UpCodes in a new tab)

  • E3902.14

    Outdoor Outlets

    • All outdoor outlets up to 150 V to ground and 50 A get GFCI protection, including at-grade garages, accessory buildings and boathouses; the listed-HVAC exemption ended Sept 1, 2026 (NEC 210.8(F)).

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

  • E4203.8

    Underground Wiring

    • Underground wiring may be within 5 ft of the pool but not under it unless feeding pool equipment, in RMC, IMC, PVC, RTRC, jacketed MC or burial-listed liquidtight, at standard cover depth (NEC 680.11).

    International Residential Code, 2024 · Chapter 42, Swimming PoolsRead 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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