Effective March 1^st. 2012

The N.C. Legislature has mandated that the new 2012 N.C. Residential Code and the 2012 N.C. Energy Code will be effective. The new energy code has been printed and is available from the ICC at http://www.iccsafe.org/Pages/default.aspx . The 2012 Residential Code is not currently available, but we have been instructed by N.C. Department of Insurance that the N.C. 2012 Residential code can be created using the ICC 2009 Residential Code and applying the N.C. code changes contained in this document. The 2009 Residential code is also available at http://www.iccsafe.org/Pages/default.aspx .

In 2011 the N.C. Legislature made some changes to the General Statutes concerning the ability of property owners to act as the general contractor for construction projects valued at $30,000.00 or more. These changes now require an affidavit from the owner to be filled out and presented before a permit can be issued. To act as a general contractor the person managing or supervising the work must be either duly licensed, the property owner planning to occupy the structure for a period not less than one (1) year and the owner must be present for all inspections during construction. In addition this affidavit will be filed with the N.C. General Contractor’s Licensing Board.

For your convenience a blank Affidavit can be found here.