Oregon Building Code

Oregon Building Code, Permit and Licensing Information

Department of Consumer & Business Services (BCD)
Building Codes Division
P.O. Box 14470
Salem, OR 97309-0404
(503) 378-4133

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.oregon.gov/bcd/Pages/index.aspx

What Oregon Building Code and Editions Are Adopted?

• 2021 Oregon Residential Specialty Code
• 2019 Oregon Fire Code
• 2019 Oregon Mechanical Specialty Code
• 2019 Oregon Structural Specialty Code
• 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC)
• 2016 City of Portland Fire Code
• 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC)
• 2009 International Green Construction Code Public Version 1.0 (IGCC)
• 2020 National Electric Code (NEC) – The new 2021 OESC, based on the 2020 National Electrical Code (NEC), has been adopted and becomes effective April 1, 2021.
• State Energy Code 2018 IECC and 90.1-2019
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 101 Life Safety Code 2018

Applicability (statewide, local, limited): STATEWIDE

Oregon Building Code are adopted as statewide codes. Statutory authority is granted to the Oregon Building Code Division to adopt building codes by administrative rulemaking. Buildings codes in the state are adopted as the “state program” and all local jurisdictions must enforce the state code, to the state agency’s specified level of enforcement. Fire code adoption is an administrative responsibility of the State Fire Marshal. The state adopted fire code is considered the “minimum” standard statewide. Local jurisdictions may adopt a fire code provided it is at least as restrictive as the code adopted by the State Fire Marshal.