Building Safety in Indiana (2026)

Fort Wayne enforces federal EPA Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) Rule requiring EPA-certified firms for work on…

Gary Municipal Code § 105-703 flatly bans applying lead paint to toys, furniture, or interior surfaces of any dwelling…

Marion County's exterior maintenance code flatly bars applying lead-based paint to any structure, part of a structure…

Unincorporated Boone County's Housing Provisions ordinance directly bans applying lead-based paint to any surface in a…

Evansville's Property Maintenance Code requires peeling or chipping lead-based paint on homes, fences, and outbuildings…

In the City of Bloomington, elevators, escalators, manlifts and hoists in an unsafe building fall under the state's…

Fort Wayne's commercial property maintenance code requires elevators, escalators and dumbwaiters to stay in proper…

In the City of Noblesville, any building equipped with an elevator that must have a key box under local, state, or…

Vanderburgh County adopts the Indiana Elevator Code by reference to govern elevator, dumbwaiter, and escalator work…

Porter County treats elevators and lifts installed inside a private residence as unregulated lifting devices under…

Warrick County does not treat elevators or wheelchair lifts inside a private residence as regulated lifting devices…

Evansville's wrecking-and-repair chapter requires that chutes, scaffolds, derricks, and hoists used on a demolition…

Hammond's scaffold ordinance requires every scaffold used to erect stone, brick or other buildings to be well and…

Gary requires automatic fire sprinklers in hotels, hospitals, theaters, schools, public buildings, and multi-family…

Buildings in the City of Noblesville that have a fire sprinkler system must keep specific paperwork on-site under §…

In unincorporated Boone County, Indiana, a child day-care center may not open by right: it needs a special exception…

A nursery or day care center serving more than five unrelated children in the City of Muncie cannot open just anywhere…

In the City of Bloomington, an adult or child day care center sited in a Residential zoning district cannot open within…

Evansville's Property Maintenance Code requires dwellings and licensed child and day care facilities to keep…

Converting retail or other commercial space into a daycare in Fishers triggers a building permit, inspection, and…

Fort Wayne law requires every boarding home, day care nursery, or child caring institution to keep at least one…

In the City of Greenwood, Indiana, a licensed child care center meeting the state's threshold of at least seventeen…

Tippecanoe County's only childcare-specific building rule is a fire-safety adoption, not a licensing ordinance. County…

The County Property Maintenance Code singles out child and day care facilities alongside dwellings for lead-based paint…

Fort Wayne dwellings must have working locks on every exterior door, window, and basement hatchway, and any door…

Class 1 buildings that lock stairway re-entry doors must wire them to unlock automatically on fire alarm, sprinkler…

Kokomo's Rental Housing Code requires every door connecting a rental unit to the outside to have a functioning lock…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, every door into a rented dwelling unit, rooming unit or housekeeping unit must carry…

In the City of Bloomington, Municipal Code Chapter 2.29 requires new city-owned buildings to hit LEED-NC Silver…

In the City of Bloomington, the rental housing code makes it illegal to disable a carbon monoxide detector or smoke…

Every residential building in Gary, including hotels and motels with fossil-fuel heat, must have an approved carbon…

Sec. 10-03-16(G)(3) of Greenwood's Unified Development Ordinance requires every short-term rental unit to have…

Hendricks County adopted a county-modified version of building code section R315.3, requiring carbon monoxide alarms…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, every dwelling must have a working carbon monoxide alarm within or near each…

Porter County requires at least one operational carbon monoxide detector in every new Class 2 residential structure…

Tippecanoe County does not write its own carbon monoxide detector rule. County Code § 151.05(B) incorporates the…

A building permit is required in unincorporated Bartholomew County before any construction, alteration or repair whose…

In the City of Bloomington, a building permit is required whenever construction, alteration, demolition, moving, or…

Boone County requires a building permit before starting construction, alteration or repair on any commercial…

Clark County requires a permit before any construction, alteration, demolition or repair of a building or structure in…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, a permit must be obtained before beginning construction, alteration or repair of any…

Construction in unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana is prohibited without a valid building permit from the Building…

Section 151.06 requires a building permit before anyone builds, alters, repairs or adds to a building, or performs…

Evansville requires a building permit before any structure, alteration, repair, or sewer connection begins, issued by…

Fishers requires a permit for remodeling, alteration, or repair of an existing building, and for any change of use…

In unincorporated Floyd County, the county will not issue a building permit for new construction until the property…

Before any new building in Fort Wayne can be occupied, both the Building Department and the Fire Department must sign…

In the City of Gary, a building permit from the building commissioner is required before starting construction…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana requires a building permit from the Building Commissioner before any construction…

In unincorporated Hamilton County's flood hazard areas, no construction, fill, or land alteration can start until the…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, a building permit is required before any construction, alteration or repair of a…

Hendricks County requires a Building Commissioner permit before starting construction, alteration, repair, or placement…

Howard County Code § 150.05 requires a permit from the Building Commissioner before any construction, alteration…

A general building permit from the City Civil Engineer is required in Kokomo before any new building, addition…

Lafayette requires an improvement location permit before erecting, altering or removing any building, sign or…

Unincorporated Lake County requires a permit from the County Planning and Building Department before any construction…

LaPorte County requires a building permit under § 151.20 before any construction or alteration that adds or changes…

The City of Muncie requires a permit before any construction, alteration, or repair of a building or structure begins…

The City of Noblesville requires a permit before any construction, alteration, repair, or demolition of a building or…

Porter County Sec. 6-54 flatly bans construction without a valid permit from the building commissioner obtained before…

South Bend's Building Department requires a permit in advance for any new construction, alteration, repair, remodeling…

Any construction, alteration, repair, or demolition job in unincorporated St. Joseph County costing more than $500…

Tippecanoe County requires a permit before beginning construction, demolition, or alteration of any building or…

Vanderburgh County requires a building permit before any structure, equipment, or sewer connection is installed…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, a Building Commissioner permit is required before any new construction or…

Wayne County requires a building permit from the Building Commissioner before constructing any new structure, altering…

The City of Westfield, Indiana adopts the Building Code of the City of Westfield by reference and charges building…

In the Consolidated City, listed contractors and owner-occupants can reroof a one- or two-family home without a permit…

Anyone wiring a building in unincorporated Bartholomew County must have the work inspected by the Chief Technical Code…

In the City of Bloomington, electrical work is governed by the Indiana Electrical Code, which Bloomington Municipal…

Boone County's building code adopts the Indiana Electrical Rules, 1981 Edition, which incorporate the 1981 National…

Anyone who performs electrical work requiring a permit in unincorporated Clark County must first hold a contractor's…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, electrical work must be done by an electrician or contractor licensed by the…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, installing permanent electrical systems counts as construction that needs a…

Elkhart County requires a Class A electrical contractor's license before anyone performs electrical work in the…

All electric wiring, equipment, and devices installed in Evansville must strictly conform to the state-adopted Indiana…

Fishers requires a permit for electrical work under City Code § 154.15, billed through the Building Division's combined…

In Gary, electrical work requires a permit from the Building Commissioner, and that permit can only go to a duly…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana adopts the Indiana Electrical Code and the Safety Code for Health Care Facilities by…

The City of Hammond, Indiana adopted the 2002 National Electrical Code by reference under § 151.03, and the Electrical…

Hendricks County folds electrical work into its general building permit under Code § 150.40, requiring plans that show…

Howard County adopted the 1978 National Electrical Code by reference under § 150.03(A)(3), and § 150.05 makes it…

Indianapolis adopts the Indiana Electrical Code (675 IAC Article 17) by reference as the minimum standard for…

Kokomo adopts the Indiana Electrical Code by reference under § 150.01(A)(4)(a), and § 150.66 requires an electrical…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, wiring a building for electric current requires a permit from the City Engineer…

Every electrical job on a building or structure in unincorporated Lake County needs a building permit before work…

LaPorte County requires a building permit before installing new electrical wiring in the unincorporated county under §…

In unincorporated Morgan County, Indiana (Martinsville and Mooresville are excluded), all electrical wiring…

No electrical work can start in a Muncie building until plans clear the building commissioner. Muncie City Code Sec…

The City of Noblesville adopts the Indiana Electrical Code under Article 17 of Title 675 of the Indiana Administrative…

Porter County adopts the Indiana Electrical Code (675 IAC Article 17) by reference for all electrical work, and no…

South Bend requires a Building Department permit before any electrical wiring or equipment installation, alteration or…

St. Joseph County adopts the Indiana Electrical Code and requires a county permit before any electrical connection is…

Tippecanoe County enforces the Indiana Electrical Code, Article 17, adopted by reference at § 151.05(D), and charges…

Vanderburgh County adopts the Indiana Electrical Code by reference to govern all wiring, panel, and equipment work…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, any electrical improvement costing more than $750, including a new meter…

Wayne County adopts the Indiana Electrical Code by reference under Article 17 of the state's building rules and…

Unincorporated Bartholomew County requires a permit before plumbing work that costs more than $300, and the county's…

In the City of Bloomington, plumbing installations must follow the Indiana Plumbing Code, adopted into Bloomington…

Boone County's building code adopts the Indiana Plumbing Rules, 1981 Edition, which incorporate the 1979 Uniform…

Plumbing work in unincorporated Clark County is governed by the state-adopted Indiana Plumbing Code, and a permit with…

Elkhart County adopts the Indiana Plumbing Code, 675 I.A.C. 16, as part of its own County Building Code under § 151.02…

Evansville bars any new or modified plumbing installation unless done by a properly licensed contractor working under a…

Before starting most plumbing work in Gary, an applicant must file a written application with the Building Commissioner…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana adopts the Indiana Plumbing Code by reference under General Ordinances Sec. 7-10, so any…

In the City of Hammond, Indiana, plumbing work requires a permit before it starts, with a $50 minimum fee. The City…

Plumbing work in Hendricks County runs through the same building permit process as electrical work, with the Planning…

Howard County adopted the Plumbing Rules and Regulations, Volume III, 1976 edition, by reference under § 150.03(A)(4)…

Indianapolis writes no plumbing code of its own. Code of Indianapolis & Marion County Sec. 536-801 incorporates Article…

Kokomo adopts the Indiana Plumbing Code by reference under Chapter 150, so plumbing work is not governed by a separate…

In the City of Lafayette, Indiana, the City Engineer cannot issue a plumbing permit unless the person doing the work…

Plumbing work on a building or structure in unincorporated Lake County falls under the same building permit § 151.020…

LaPorte County requires a permit before installing new plumbing in the unincorporated county under § 151.20(A), and…

The City of Muncie will not let plumbing work start without paperwork first. Muncie City Code Sec. 154.03 requires…

The City of Noblesville incorporates the Indiana Plumbing Code under Article 16 of Title 675 of the Indiana…

Porter County enforces the Indiana Plumbing Code (675 IAC Article 16) by reference, and plumbing work performed as part…

South Bend requires a Building Department permit before any plumbing installation or alteration, with a $60 minimum fee…

St. Joseph County adopts the Indiana Plumbing Code and requires a building department permit before any plumbing…

Tippecanoe County enforces plumbing work through the state Indiana Plumbing Code, adopted by reference into the county…

Vanderburgh County adopts the Indiana Plumbing Code by reference to govern fixture, sewer, and water-service work under…

A plumbing improvement costing more than $750 in unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana needs a Building Commissioner…

In unincorporated Wayne County, Indiana, any plumbing work exceeding $1,000 requires a permit from the Building…

Once a building permit issues in unincorporated Bartholomew County, section 150.41 requires the Department of Code…

Once Boone County issues a building permit, the Building Inspector must inspect the work for compliance with the…

Clark County requires inspections at set stages of every permitted building project in the unincorporated county, with…

In the City of Columbus, Indiana, after a permit issues the Department of Code Enforcement inspects the construction to…

In unincorporated Dearborn County, Indiana, all construction is subject to periodic inspection by the Building…

Section 151.08 requires the permit holder to notify the Building Commissioner when work is ready for inspection and…

Evansville's Building Inspection Division must inspect permitted work within eight working hours of a contractor's…

Every Fishers building permit comes with mandatory inspections by the Mayor's designee, reinspection fees if work isn't…

Under Floyd County Code § 151.01, the Director of Operations and Planning can order repair or removal of an unsafe…

Fort Wayne's Code Official inspects housing and buildings on probable cause or owner consent, and can seek a court…

After a Gary building permit issues, the building commissioner must inspect the work for compliance with the code and…

The City of Greenwood, Indiana requires the Building Commissioner to inspect every permitted construction project at a…

The Hammond Building Commissioner inspects all work done under a building permit to confirm it matches the approved…

After the county issues a building permit, the Building Commissioner inspects work at designated construction stages to…

In unincorporated Howard County, anyone doing construction, alteration, plumbing, electrical, heating, ventilation or…

Indianapolis building inspectors require notice before covering foundation, framing or rough-in work; construction must…

The City Civil Engineer or a delegate inspects all covered construction in Kokomo, per Code § 150.05. New houses need 4…

The City of Lafayette's City Engineer inspects every construction, alteration, and repair project for Building Code…

Every Lake County building permit needs at least eight inspections in a set order, from footing pre-pour through final…

LaPorte County requires the Building Commissioner or a representative to inspect all permitted work in the…

Once the City of Muncie issues a building permit, the work does not just get checked at the end. Muncie City Code Sec…

After a building permit issues, the City of Noblesville's Director of Planning must inspect work for code compliance…

Sec. 6-88 gives Porter County's building commissioner standing authority to inspect any construction, permitted or not…

Before issuing a building permit, the Tippecanoe County Building Commissioner reviews the application for code…

Vanderburgh County requires every permitted job to be inspected before work is covered, and the joint department of…

In unincorporated Warrick County, Indiana, the Building Commissioner may enter and inspect any construction site at…

Wayne County Code § 151.10 requires the Building Commissioner to inspect permitted work at set stages, footing…

The City of Westfield, Indiana runs construction through five priced inspection stages for both residential and…