Franklin County, OH Building Safety: Elevator Maintenance (2026)

Section 4105.10 | Frequency of inspection.

(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, elevators shall be inspected in accordance with the following:

(1) Every passenger elevator, escalator, moving walk, and freight elevator, including gravity elevators, shall be inspected twice every twelve months.

(2) Power dumb-waiters, hoists, and other lifting or lowering apparatus, not designed to carry persons, permanently installed, either on or between rails or guides, shall be inspected at least once every twelve months.

(3) The board of building standards may designate, by rule, classifications of passenger elevators with a capacity of seven hundred fifty pounds or less that shall be inspected once every twelve months.

(B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to an elevator installed in a private residence.

Section 4105.09 | Registration of elevators. The owner or user of any elevator shall register, with the division of industrial compliance, every elevator operated by the owner or user, giving the type, capacity, and description, name of manufacturer, and purpose for which each is used. Such registration shall be made on a form to be furnished by the division.

Section 4105.30 | Testing performed by licensed personnel [repealed 4/3/2033].

(A) It shall be the responsibility of the owner of all conveyances to have an elevator contractor licensed under Chapter 4785. of the Revised Code ensure that the required tests are performed at intervals in compliance with the ASME A17.1/CSA B44 Appendix N and ASCE 21. All tests shall be performed by an elevator mechanic licensed under Chapter 4785. of the Revised Code.