Folsom, CA Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)

040 adopts the California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, based on the 2023 National Electrical Code and published as Part 3, Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, making it the Folsom Electrical Code in full. 020 and administers, enforces, and interprets every provision of the code and its referenced technical codes. 030, the stated purpose is to set minimum standards that safeguard life, health, property and public welfare by regulating the design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location and operation of electrical equipment, wiring and systems, and to protect against hazards from the use of electricity.

A copy of the Folsom Electrical Code, with any local amendments, is kept on file in the community development department and available for public examination. Any construction, alteration, or installation of electrical wiring or equipment in the city falls under this adopted code, meaning an electrical permit and inspection by the building division is required before work begins, since the code's stated purpose is enforced through the city's building permit and inspection process administered from that same department. The current adoption traces through Ordinance 1358 Section 3 (2025), which updated the edition cited, following earlier adoptions by Ordinance 1336 (2023), Ordinance 1298 (2020), Ordinance 1268 (2016), and Ordinance 1188 (2013), showing the city has re-adopted the state's triennial code cycle each time it is updated rather than freezing an older edition.