Elevators in Billings commercial and multi-family buildings are regulated through the Montana Building Codes Bureau under MCA Title 50 Chapter 60, which requires annual inspections, certification of operators, and prompt correction of safety deficiencies before continued use.
Montana, not the City of Billings, runs the elevator inspection program through the Department of Labor and Industry Building Codes Bureau under MCA Title 50 Chapter 60. Owners of commercial buildings, hotels, hospitals, schools, and many multi-family buildings must register elevators, escalators, and lifts and pass annual inspections by certified state inspectors. Identified deficiencies must be corrected within set periods. Permits are required for new installations and major alterations. Billings building officials coordinate with the state during construction permitting but do not run a parallel city program.
Operating an uninspected or red-tagged elevator violates state law and can lead to civil penalties, shutdown orders, and liability exposure if a passenger is injured during operation.
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