International Fire Code
Missouri leaves the IFC to cities and counties
Missouri leaves the IFC to cities and counties. Adopted by Local governments (cities, counties, fire protection districts as applicable). The legal citation is RSMo 67.280.
Record of adoption
Edition in force
Local adoption
Partial
- Legal citation
- RSMo 67.280
- Adopted by
- Local governments (cities, counties, fire protection districts as applicable)
- Applies
- Local option
No state adoption of the IFC found.
Exceptions
- State Fire Marshal’s organizational rule 11 CSR 40-1.010 adopts no fire code
How Missouri adopts the IFC
Local governments adopt the IFC by ordinance under RSMo 67.280. No state fire code edition setting was found.
Cycle. irregular; set by each local jurisdiction
Laws, rulings, and other actions
- LegislationSB 743, Missouri Building Codes Act2025 regular session, Sen. Brown
Would create state building, electrical, energy, fire and other codes from ICC and other model codes, require existing local codes to conform, and require commission approval of local amendments.
Pending (introduced Feb 24, 2025, per a secondary tracker)
senate.mo.gov (opens in a new tab) - UndatedLegislationSB 1431, Missouri Building Codes2026 regular session, Sen. Henderson
Would establish Missouri Building Codes based on ICC and other model codes, with commission approval of local amendments and implementation by Aug 28, 2028.
Pending (introduced)
senate.mo.gov (opens in a new tab) - UndatedLegislationHB 3466, Missouri Building Codes Act2026 regular session, Rep. Hruza
Would require jurisdictions with an existing building code to adopt the state codes by rule, allow local amendments, and let local bodies adopt by reference.
Pending (introduced)
documents.house.mo.gov (opens in a new tab)
How it was checked
Partial
Researched in the state’s own record. The seal stays broken until the passage is on file word for word.
The state’s record was last read on , from four source pages.
Evidence 4 sources
Sources for the record itself come first, the state’s own records ahead of others. A label marks a source about something else, such as an exception. A source marked secondary is not the state’s own record.
Codes by jurisdictionMissouri Department of Natural Resourcesdnr.mo.gov (opens in a new tab)Agency pageRetrieved About an exception
11 CSR 40-1.010 Organization and methods of operation (State Fire Marshal)Justia (mirror of Missouri Code of State Regulations)regulations.justia.com (opens in a new tab)Administrative code, secondaryRetrieved About how the state adopts codes
RSMo 67.280 Communities may incorporate by reference certain technical codesMissouri Revisor of Statutesrevisor.mo.gov (opens in a new tab)StatuteRetrieved About another code
“the latest edition of codes and standards”
Design Guidelines (revisions through 06/17)Missouri Office of Administration, Facilities Managementoa.mo.gov (opens in a new tab)Agency pageRetrieved
Tracker cross-checks
Code adoption trackers are a cross-check. They are not Missouri’s own record.
ICC’s code adoption mapCross-checkAgrees with the record
Master adoption chart row for Missouri shows X marks