Adopted edition
IRC 2021 (NM amendments)
Effective
State · NM
New Mexico building codes at a glance.
Statewide NM-amended IRC 2021. Three climate zones drive different envelope requirements across the state.
NM New Mexico
IECC zones 3B, 4B, 5B · ASCE 7 design wind 90–115 mph
Adoption model
Statewide
Permits issued: Local
Coverage status
Indexed
Parcel layer + adopted-edition library + amendment overlay all live.
Climate zones (IECC)
3B · 4B · 5B
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.
NM Construction Industries Division enforces. Statewide IRC 2021 with state amendments.
Statute reference: www.rld.nm.gov/construction
County directory
All 33 counties in New Mexico.
Each county page shows the adopted edition, county-level amendments, and permit-office contact.
- Bernalillo County
- Catron County
- Chaves County
- Cibola County
- Colfax County
- Curry County
- De Baca County
- Doña Ana County
- Eddy County
- Grant County
- Guadalupe County
- Harding County
- Hidalgo County
- Lea County
- Lincoln County
- Los Alamos County
- Luna County
- McKinley County
- Mora County
- Otero County
- Quay County
- Rio Arriba County
- Roosevelt County
- San Juan County
- San Miguel County
- Sandoval County
- Santa Fe County
- Sierra County
- Socorro County
- Taos County
- Torrance County
- Union County
- Valencia County
City directory
13 cities indexed in New Mexico.
City pages list local amendments, the parent county, and the local permit office.
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