Corpus Christi follows the International Building Code and International Fire Code for egress door locking hardware, banning unapproved barricade devices and requiring single-action unlatching from the egress side in most occupancies.
Corpus Christi has adopted the International Building Code and International Fire Code, which require egress doors to unlock from the inside with a single motion in nearly all occupancies. Classroom doors in schools and childcare centers may use approved classroom security functions but cannot use aftermarket barricade devices that block fire department entry. Apartment unit doors must use code-compliant deadbolts under Texas Property Code 92. Panic hardware is required in assembly occupancies, certain educational and high-hazard buildings, and locked stairway doors must include reentry on every fourth floor in high-rises.
Installing prohibited barricade devices, dead-bolting required exit doors, or chaining exits during occupancy brings stop-use orders, fines from 250 to 1,000 dollars per door per day, and possible criminal charges if a death or injury results.
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