Loveland, CO Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Code adopted
- 2023 National Electrical Code
- State overlay
- CO Electrical Laws, Title 12 Art. 23
- Permit fee basis
- Valuation of the work performed
- Code on file
- City Clerk's office, business hours
- Violation class
- Misdemeanor under § 1.12.010
Summary
Loveland enacts the 2023 National Electrical Code and Colorado's electrical laws and rules as secondary codes for all wiring, fixtures and appliances installed, altered or repaired in city buildings. Electrical permit fees are based on the valuation of the work, and violations are misdemeanors handled through the Municipal Court.
15.24.010 - Electrical code—Adopted. The National Electrical Code, 2023 edition, issued and published by the National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269, and Title 12, Article 23 of the Colorado State Electrical Laws and Rules and Regulations, are enacted and adopted by reference as secondary codes and incorporated herein. A copy of each said code, certified as a true copy by the mayor and city clerk, shall be on file in the office of the city clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
010 adopts the National Electrical Code, 2023 edition, published by the National Fire Protection Association, together with Title 12, Article 23 of the Colorado State Electrical Laws and Rules and Regulations, as secondary codes incorporated into the Municipal Code. A certified copy of each code is kept on file with the City Clerk for public inspection during regular business hours. The purpose clause states these codes regulate and control all electrical wiring, fixtures and appliances installed, altered or repaired in any building in the city as to design, construction, quality of material, workmanship and location, to protect the health and safety of Loveland residents.
020, which ties the fee to the valuation of the work to be done rather than a flat schedule, with the fee structure set and amended by City Council from time to time. Unlike the plumbing, mechanical, fuel gas and property maintenance chapters adopted the same year, the electrical code chapter does not carry the same set of Loveland-specific technical amendments to individual NEC sections in the text on file; it operates as a straight adoption of the 2023 NEC plus the state electrical statute, layered with the city's own fee and penalty provisions.
Violations & Fines
Section 15.24.030 makes it unlawful to erect, construct, alter, repair, use or maintain an electrical system or equipment contrary to the National Electrical Code as adopted; a violation is a misdemeanor subject to the penalties in § 1.12.010 of the Municipal Code, a fine up to the statutory maximum tied to C.R.S. § 13-10-113, up to 364 days in jail, or both, with each day of continued violation a separate offense.
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