Research authorities and published requirements, understand inspection citations, and follow regulatory changes with source links. Every item says how far it was checked, and when.
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Enter a ZIP and see the authorities that can enforce a code against a building there: the state and local fire marshal, the building official, the licensing boards, the county programs and the federal agencies. Each names the office to confirm with.
The code edition and the rule in force for the topic you pick, with its citation and a link to the primary source. Every entry says how far it was checked and when, so you can tell a rule we read from one we are still confirming.
Dated changes, adoptions and deadlines within the next 24 months, with the date and the source for each. Where a date is uncertain, the entry says so instead of guessing.
All 50 states and DC, plus the federal layer: fire, building, elevators, boilers, pools, lodging, workplace and environmental, which covers wastewater. Florida also has county detail, and several large metro areas have their own.
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This is a reference for research. It shows what is published for a location and a topic; it does not decide what applies to a particular building, and it is not a property assessment.
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Adoptions, deadlines and individual developments for buildings, each tied to its official source and labeled by how far it was checked. Entries whose source has changed since they were written are marked under review and are not updated until the change has been read.
Each review that finds something material posts a bulletin here, with its source.
Model codes move on three-year cycles. "Expected" years follow the publisher's cycle and are not adoption dates; each state adopts on its own schedule, usually one to three years after publication. Adopted dates carry their check label per state above; confirm the edition your AHJ enforces.
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Common citations for hotels and large buildings, paraphrased: fire codes and standards, OSHA workplace rules, the ADA, EPA environmental rules, electrical, pools, and Florida and New York City rules, plus the codes in force in any of the 51 state records. Each answer says what it matched: the exact section, a broader section group or chapter, or not found when the decoder has no reading for that section, so it never passes a general overview off as an answer. A match explains a reference; it does not certify a building, invalidate a citation or guarantee closure. The inspector's finding and the code text govern. Not legal advice.
Forty-five statements that often come with a proposal, grouped by topic. Each answer names the rule to read and the question worth asking; when it depends, it says on what. Most vendors quote in good faith; this helps you ask better questions. Your AHJ has the final word.
Year built, stories, use and distance to the coast narrow the rules that commonly reach a building of that kind in the location you chose. It is a starting list for research, not a complete one and not a finding about any property: the AHJ, the insurer, the equipment and local ordinances can add more.
Checked on the source. On the date shown, research found the edition, the authority and the date on the statute, rule, adoption notice or agency page.
Reported, in verification. From an agency summary or a secondary source, not yet confirmed on the primary text. Treat it as a lead.
Open questions. Points the state record could not settle when it was researched. A record with open questions is not complete.
County and city amendments, except the local layers listed in the table. Permit conditions, insurer requirements and an inspector’s reading of the code. Whether a rule applies to a particular building, and whether a building complies: the authority having jurisdiction decides both.
The reference is not updated in real time. A date on a record is the day it was researched, not a promise that nothing changed since.
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The authority having jurisdiction: the fire marshal, the building official, the state licensing board, the county inspector, or a federal agency. Any organization with legal power to enforce a code against your building. Most buildings answer to several at once, including environmental regulators: the EPA and your state environmental agency (Florida DEP) for fuel tanks, refrigerants, chemical inventories and generators, and county programs such as Miami-Dade DERM for private sewage pump stations, tanks and asbestos notices.
Usually both. Most states adopt a statewide building code and fire code; counties and cities enforce them and can add stricter local rules, such as Miami-Dade's recertification, New York City's facade cycles or Los Angeles' retrofit ordinances. Where they differ, the stricter requirement governs. Model codes are republished every three years and each state adopts a new edition on its own schedule, so the edition in force is a state-by-state fact.
It depends on the state. Elevators are licensed by a state agency (a licensing department, a labor department or the fire marshal) or, in a few large cities, by the city itself. Boilers are certified by a state boiler program or by insurance-company inspectors it authorizes; a handful of states have no statewide program and leave it to cities. Every state page on this site names the office.
November 20, 2026 for substances (labels, written program, training) and May 19, 2028 for mixtures, per 91 FR 1695. It applies to every employer in every state, including state-plan states, which enforce it through their own agency.
OSHA penalties run up to $16,550 per serious violation and per day for failure to abate, and $165,514 per willful or repeated violation, at the 2026 amounts. State elevator and boiler programs typically fine per day of operation after a notice, plus reinspection fees, and an expired certificate can shut the equipment down. The fine is rarely the largest cost; the shutdown and the insurer's questions are.
No. It reports published changes, when they take effect, and the source, labeled by how far each was checked. It can miss things and it can be wrong. Whether a rule applies to your building, and whether your building complies, is decided by your AHJ: confirm with them and with your licensed professionals before you act.