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#40956 by MtnArch
Fri Dec 19, 2008 10:28 pm
All -

I just found a post through the Building Codes forum that I belong to that the ICC has decided to put their building codes online - including quite a few states - and it's free! Apparently they have some limitations on the 'free' part (limited search and print - but the entire text is there). Check it out here:
http://publicecodes.citation.com/

I haven't checked the California Codes to see if they are current with the latest errata's, but it's a start!
#40966 by joshhuggins
Sat Dec 20, 2008 3:33 pm
Wow that's great Alan, I feel a new toolbar set coming on. The free California HTML stuff doesn't have search, but I think I can wire up google to search it. I'll report back when I have something working. Neato.
#40967 by MtnArch
Sat Dec 20, 2008 4:30 pm
You da man, Josh!

:D
#41675 by joshhuggins
Tue Feb 17, 2009 6:40 pm
Here's the Google custom search I setup for the 2007 CBC. It works pretty good. Better than their search in my opinion, but it's not quite a direct as a normal Google search I think due to the way they have the sections broke up. I'm looking into seeing if I can get Google to work it a bit different. But it works pretty good with smaller searches. Just have to play with a bit sometimes. FWIW.
2007 CBC Google Search
#61400 by MtnArch
Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:28 pm
Free ICC eCodes:
INTERNATIONAL CODE COUNCIL

Includes International Codes, ANSI, BOCA, SBBCI and CABO as well as multiple state codes (not just California).
#61401 by joshhuggins
Thu Aug 29, 2013 3:58 pm
You can also get free downloadable PDF versions of the 2007,2010 & 2013 codes here :arrow: https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/bsc.ca.gov/ The 2013 codes are scanned OCRed versions right now. They should have full digital versions available shortly. Sign up at ICC's website for supplement notifications via email, which you can download PDF's of the updated pages and swap them out digitally using a PDF reader like PDF-XChange Viewer.
They also have other state codes here https://law.resource.org/pub/us/code/ and public domain legal docs at https://public.resource.org/index.html & https://law.resource.org/
#61700 by Ted B
Wed Sep 25, 2013 12:05 pm
While the ICC was resistant, apparently once a jurisdiction adopts a model-code as law, that actual-code-adopted becomes public property and loses it's copyright protection. If it's incorporated into the text of a law, it's in the 'public domain' for use.
#61702 by MtnArch
Wed Sep 25, 2013 4:13 pm
NFPA, IAPMO and (I think) NEC are trying (again) to argue that they're codes are copyrightable because they have spent a considerable amount of money on testing, and because of THAT they can yank them from the public domain. I don't think this will end well for them (again).

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