Building Safety in Indiana (2026)

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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…

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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…

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

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

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 §…

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…

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…

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

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

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…

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…

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

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…

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

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

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

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…

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…