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What building code does Arlington, TX use?

Arlington, TX currently enforces the 2021 International Building Code. Arlington adopts its own code editions. City Council adopted the 2021 I-Codes (including 2021 IFGC and ISPSC) and 2020 NEC with local amendments on 2022-11-01 via the Construction Chapter of the Arlington City Code (Ord. 22-055 plus companion trade-chapter ordinances), mandatory for permit applications from 2023-01-01; the city's 2021 IECC exceeds the Texas SECO 2015 IECC minimum, but its codified 2020 NEC conflicts with TDLR's statewide 2023 NEC minimum (effective 2023-09-01) — confidence is medium because the city's live Building Codes page was verified via a 2025-03-07 archived snapshot after the live page was restructured.

Adopted codes

ScopeCodeEdition
BuildingInternational Building Code (with local amendments)2021
ResidentialInternational Residential Code (with local amendments)2021
FireInternational Fire Code (with local amendments)2021
MechanicalInternational Mechanical Code (with local amendments)2021
PlumbingInternational Plumbing Code (with local amendments)2021
ElectricalNational Electrical Code (NFPA 70) (with local amendments)2020
EnergyInternational Energy Conservation Code (with local amendments)2021
OtherInternational Existing Building Code (with local amendments)2021

Current adoptions effective 2023-01-01.

Permits: Arlington permitting office

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curl https://codes.submittal.app/api/v1/cities/arlington.json

Confidence: medium · Verified against official sources:

Part of the open building-codes dataset (CC BY 4.0). See also: Texas statewide adoptions.