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What building code does Wichita, KS use?

Wichita, KS currently enforces the 2024 International Building Code (Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code). Wichita adopts its own code editions. Kansas has no statewide building code; Wichita and Sedgwick County adopt jointly through MABCD into the Unified Building and Trade Code with staggered editions — 2024 IBC/IEBC/IMC effective 2025-01-01 (Res. 205-2024/203-2024/204-2024, Ords. 52-564/52-563/52-562, all with local amendments), 2018 IRC (Res. 120-2019/Ord. 50-833), 2021 UPC rather than the IPC (Res. 232-2021/Ord. 51-672), 2021 IFGC, 2023 NEC (Res. 092-2024/Ord. 52-489), 2024 IFC (county Res. 006-2025; city Ord. 52-878) — and no energy code (IECC) appears on MABCD's adopted-codes list.

Adopted codes

ScopeCodeEdition
BuildingInternational Building Code (Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code) (with local amendments)2024
ResidentialInternational Residential Code (Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code)2018
FireInternational Fire Code2024
MechanicalInternational Mechanical Code (Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code)2024
PlumbingUniform Plumbing Code (Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code)2021
ElectricalNational Electrical Code (NFPA 70)2023
OtherInternational Existing Building Code (Wichita-Sedgwick County Unified Building and Trade Code)2024

Current adoptions effective 2025-01-01.

Permits: Wichita permitting office

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