Adopted edition
IRC 2021
Effective
State · ND
North Dakota building codes at a glance.
Municipal adoption. Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks on IRC 2021. Cold-climate envelope rules drive most material spec.
ND North Dakota
IECC zones 6A, 7 · ASCE 7 design wind 90–115 mph
Adoption model
Municipal adoption
Permits issued: Local
Coverage status
Indexed
Parcel layer + adopted-edition library + amendment overlay all live.
Climate zones (IECC)
6A · 7
Drives R-value, fenestration U-factor, and air-leakage envelope rules.
Design wind speed
90–115 mph
ASCE 7 Risk Category II, 3-second gust at 33 ft. Fastener spec follows.
Special zones
- HVHZ (not applicable)
- WUI (not applicable)
- FEMA SFHA overlays (present)
Compliance track
What's required to build here.
No statewide code; major cities on IRC 2021. Rural counties have limited residential code enforcement.
County directory
All 53 counties in North Dakota.
Each county page shows the adopted edition, county-level amendments, and permit-office contact.
- Adams County
- Barnes County
- Benson County
- Billings County
- Bottineau County
- Bowman County
- Burke County
- Burleigh County
- Cass County
- Cavalier County
- Dickey County
- Divide County
- Dunn County
- Eddy County
- Emmons County
- Foster County
- Golden Valley County
- Grand Forks County
- Grant County
- Griggs County
- Hettinger County
- Kidder County
- LaMoure County
- Logan County
- McHenry County
- McIntosh County
- McKenzie County
- McLean County
- Mercer County
- Morton County
- Mountrail County
- Nelson County
- Oliver County
- Pembina County
- Pierce County
- Ramsey County
- Ransom County
- Renville County
- Richland County
- Rolette County
- Sargent County
- Sheridan County
- Sioux County
- Slope County
- Stark County
- Steele County
- Stutsman County
- Towner County
- Traill County
- Walsh County
- Ward County
- Wells County
- Williams County
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