West Virginia Building code adoption
Statewide mandatory minimum · 0 cities tracked · 0 with amendments.
Overview
Governance
Statewide
Cities tracked
0
The state sets a single mandatory edition for every jurisdiction. Cities may only adopt more restrictive amendments, never less.
Adopted building codes (state level)
Statewide mandatory minimum. Click a code to open its full adoption atlas across all 50 states.
City-level adoption
No per-city adoption data tracked for this state.
Quirks & watch-items
Quirks & watch-items
- West Virginia State Fire Commission (under firemarshal.wv.gov) is the adopting authority via 87 CSR 4 (State Building Code).
- IFC is NOT adopted statewide — the State Fire Code is set by separate Fire Commission rules and does not incorporate the IFC by reference.
- Codes effective 2022-08-01 covered IBC, IRC, IMC, IFGC, IPC, IPMC, IEBC (all 2018 editions), plus 2015 IECC and 2020 NEC.
- Statewide adoption is "available for any jurisdiction that chooses to enforce codes" — code enforcement is local opt-in, but the state-adopted edition is the floor.