# North Dakota - Canonical: https://harth.build/resources/building-codes/us-states/north-dakota/ ## Direct answer and reference scope North Dakota is presented here as a reference within the the listed code collection collection for North Dakota. Use the [North Dakota Department of Commerce](https://www.commerce.nd.gov/community-services/building-codes) to confirm the code edition currently adopted for the project, and compare the model text with state amendments, local amendments, effective dates and the permit authority's interpretation. The [ICC code library](https://codes.iccsafe.org/codes) is the model-code publication path. This Harth page is a searchable reference transcription, not an official code publication, legal opinion or confirmation that this edition controls a particular address. Record the project jurisdiction, application date, occupancy, construction type and amendment set before relying on a section. Where this page conflicts with an official publication or the authority having jurisdiction, the official source controls. _Authored and prepared by Harth. Review scope: official verification path added; code text and current local applicability have not been independently reviewed._ North Dakota adopts a statewide State Building Code through the Department of Commerce, codified under NDAC Article 108-01 with statutory basis in N.D.C.C. ch. 54-21.3. In 2010 the State Building Code Advisory Committee and eligible jurisdictions adopted the 2009 editions of the IBC, IRC, and IMC with North Dakota amendments. North Dakota administers plumbing under its own State Plumbing Code and fire safety through the State Fire Marshal. The model-code text below is the edition the state adopted. --- - Continue in Harth (open this topic in the Harth agent): https://app.harth.build/?context=%2Fresources%2Fbuilding-codes%2Fus-states%2Fnorth-dakota%2F - View this page in a browser: https://harth.build/resources/building-codes/us-states/north-dakota/ - All resources for agents: https://harth.build/llms.txt