Vermont · Building code

The building code in force in Vermont now.

Vermont Fire & Building Safety Code 2025, adopting IBC and IEBC (2021 editions) with state amendments. Enforced by Division of Fire Safety (state); municipalities may enforce locally under inspection agreements with the Division. Verified on the primary source, re-checked weekly.

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Building code in Vermont

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Vermont Fire & Building Safety Code 2025, adopting IBC and IEBC (2021 editions) with state amendments

Statewide building code for new construction and existing buildings; effective Nov 4, 2025; state-enforced, with some municipalities enforcing under inspection agreements.

Source: primary document

Who enforces it

Division of Fire Safety (state); municipalities may enforce locally under inspection agreements with the Division

Statewide layer. County and city amendments sit on top; the building view resolves them from your ZIP.

What changes next

In force

In force since Nov 4, 2025

Questions about the building code in Vermont

Which building code applies in Vermont today?

Vermont Fire & Building Safety Code 2025, adopting IBC and IEBC (2021 editions) with state amendments. Statewide building code for new construction and existing buildings; effective Nov 4, 2025; state-enforced, with some municipalities enforcing under inspection agreements.

Who enforces the building code in Vermont?

Division of Fire Safety (state); municipalities may enforce locally under inspection agreements with the Division.

What changes next for the building code in Vermont?

Nothing is scheduled. The rule above stays in force until the state adopts a newer edition or amends the program; AHJ Radar re-checks the source weekly.

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