Code references for Vermont

Compare publications and accessories linked by code family and edition to records for Vermont. A match does not establish the requirement for your project. Read each record’s status, scope, dates and amendments, then confirm with the applicable authority.

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Vermont bundles its primary fire and building codes into a single periodically-reissued 'Fire & Building Safety Code' administered by the Division of Fire Safety (DFS) under 20 V.S.A. Chapter 173, rather than adopting the full ICC family separately. Plumbing and electrical codes are adopted via companion DFS rule sets on the same cycle.

Authority: Vermont Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire Safety (DFS).

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Fire Code 2021

Recorded status: Confirmed statewide code

Jurisdiction: Vermont. Applicability depends on the program, building type and local authority described below.

Program scope and amendment notes: Vermont Division of Fire Safety's 2025 code cycle adopts NFPA 1 (2021 edition) as the state Fire Code under 20 V.S.A. Chapter 173, effective November 4, 2025, bundled into the Vermont Fire & Building Safety Code.

Record last verified: 2026-09-04

Effective date: 2025-11-04

Recorded source: https://firesafety.vermont.gov/buildingcode/codes

Life Safety Code 2021

Recorded status: Confirmed statewide code

Jurisdiction: Vermont. Applicability depends on the program, building type and local authority described below.

Program scope and amendment notes: Vermont Division of Fire Safety's 2025 code cycle adopts NFPA 101 (Life Safety Code, 2021 edition) statewide under 20 V.S.A. Chapter 173, effective November 4, 2025, bundled into the Vermont Fire & Building Safety Code.

Record last verified: 2026-09-04

Effective date: 2025-11-04

Recorded source: https://firesafety.vermont.gov/buildingcode/codes

International Building Code 2021

Recorded status: Confirmed statewide code

Jurisdiction: Vermont. Applicability depends on the program, building type and local authority described below.

Program scope and amendment notes: Vermont Division of Fire Safety's 2025 code cycle adopts the International Building Code (2021 edition) as the primary state building code, effective November 4, 2025. Vermont's official adopted-codes list does not separately name the ICC IEBC, IRC, IFC, IMC, or IFGC as statewide adoptions -- those code families are omitted here as unresolved rather than assumed to track the IBC edition.

Record last verified: 2026-09-04

Effective date: 2025-11-04

Recorded source: https://firesafety.vermont.gov/buildingcode/codes

National Electrical Code 2023

Recorded status: Confirmed statewide code

Jurisdiction: Vermont. Applicability depends on the program, building type and local authority described below.

Program scope and amendment notes: Vermont adopts the 2023 NFPA 70 (National Electrical Code) via the 2025 Vermont Electrical Safety Rules, part of the same DFS code cycle effective November 2025.

Record last verified: 2026-09-04

Effective date: 2025-11-04

Recorded source: https://firesafety.vermont.gov/buildingcode/codes

International Plumbing Code 2024

Recorded status: Confirmed statewide code

Jurisdiction: Vermont. Applicability depends on the program, building type and local authority described below.

Program scope and amendment notes: Vermont Division of Fire Safety adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code as part of the 2025 code cycle (Vermont Plumbing Rules), effective within the same November 2025 rule cycle.

Record last verified: 2026-09-04

Effective date: 2025-11-04

Recorded source: https://firesafety.vermont.gov/buildingcode/codes