New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 14 - HOUSING AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 7 - BUILDING CODES GENERAL
Part 7 - 2021 NEW MEXICO EXISTING BUILDING CODE
Section 14.7.7.2 - SCOPE
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
This rule applies to contracting performed on existing buildings in New Mexico, but not contracting performed on detached one- and two-family dwellings or townhouses not more than three stories above grade plane in height with a separate means of egress, and their accessory structures, on or after July 14, 2023, that is subject to the jurisdiction of CID, unless performed pursuant to a permit for which an application was received by CID before that date, with the following exceptions:
A. Electrical. Electrical wiring as defined in Section 60-13-32 NMSA 1978, including installation, repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation of existing buildings shall be in accordance with 14.10.4 NMAC, the current adopted New Mexico electrical code (NMEC).
B. Mechanical. All mechanical work, including installation, repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation, on existing buildings shall be in accordance with 14.9.2 NMAC, the current adopted New Mexico mechanical code (NMMC).
C. Plumbing. All plumbing work, including installation, repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition and relocation, on existing buildings shall be in accordance with 14.8.2 NMAC, the current adopted New Mexico plumbing code (NMPC).
D. LP gas. All liquid petroleum and compressed natural gas work, including installation, repair, alteration, change of occupancy, addition, and relocation, on existing buildings shall be in accordance with 14.9.2 NMAC or 19.15.40 NMAC.
