Updated : 04/22/2024

Overview

3/29/2021 ***We contacted the city's building department and were informed that the city adopted the 2015 IBC and IRC. Online code records may not reflect this change. ***

Selma, AL has adopted the 1979 One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code and the 1982 Standard Building Code. Selma, AL Muni Codes § 6-52.1 (Dwelling Code) and § 6-52 (Building Code). No online amendments were located.

Helpful resources for Selma, Alabama include the following.

• PLRB, Ordinance and Law Coverage Discussion for Alabama

Residential Building Code

Alabama adopted a model state residential code but it is not in force unless adopted locally.See PLRB, Alabama Building Codes for more information on state level codes.

Selma adopted a code that is yet to be identified .Please contact PLRB if you would like us to research this for you.

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Alabama Energy and Residential Code (2015 IRC)(Selma, AL Sec. 6-52.1. - One- and two-family dwelling code adopted.)

...hereby adopted by the city council the One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code, 1979 edition, with 1980 and 1981 combined amendments, published by Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., 900 Monteclair Road, Birmingham, Alabama, as the official one- and two-family dwelling code of the city. Three (3) copies of each of the one- and two-family...

Drip Edge

Drip Edge: undetermined

Ice Barrier

Are ice barriers required for Selma ? Undetermined

Comments

Selma, AL has adopted the 1979 One- and Two-Family Dwelling Code. Selma, AL Muni Code § 6-52.1. No online amendments were located.

Commercial Building Code

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See Muni. Code(Selma, AL Municipal Code)

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Comments

Selma, AL has adopted the1982 Standard Building Code. Selma, AL Muni Code § 6-52. No online amendments were located.

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