North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 24.1 - State Electrical Board
Article 24.1-05 - ELECTRICAL WIRING CERTIFICATES
Chapter 24.1-05-01 - CERTIFICATES AND INSPECTIONS
Section 24.1-05-01-02 - Fees

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024

1. The electrical and power limited systems inspection fee shall be based on the total amount of the contract or total cost to the owner, including extras. This includes power limited systems in National Electrical Code chapter 5 special occupancies, articles 500 through 517. The following items need not be included in the cost:

a. Appliances, including dishwashers, heat pumps, air-conditioners, disposals, and similar equipment.

b. Heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) units.

c. Electric motors, PLC, generators; and

d. Industrial machines.

2. The contractor is responsible to collect the proper inspection fee on each installation. When the owner furnishes the material and the contractor furnishes the labor, the owner shall provide the contractor with the total amount expended for materials used in connection with the installation, and the contractor shall then calculate and collect the necessary inspection fee from the owner. Whenever materials are donated or removed from an existing installation and placed at another location or labor is donated to an installation, the contractor shall estimate the cost of these materials and labor and include the amount in the job cost for the purpose of calculating the proper inspection fee. The contractor shall maintain all job-related records for a minimum of four years and shall permit the board to examine and copy all such records as requested.

3. It shall be grounds for discipline of a master , class B, or power limited electrician's license if it is discovered that they charged or collected from the customer an electrical inspection fee greater than the fee actually in effect.

4. Effective July 1, 2020, inspection fees shall be as follows:

Job Cost:

Inspection Fee:

Up to $500.00

$50.00 (minimum fee)

$500.00 to $20,000.00

$50.00 for the first $500.00 plus 1.25% on balance up to $20,000.00

Over $20,000.00

$293.75 for the first $20,000.00 plus of 1% on balance over $20,000.00

Effective July 1, 2024, inspection fees shall be as follows:

Job Cost:

Inspection Fee:

Up to $500.00

$50.00 (minimum fee)

$500.00 to $20,000.00

$50.00 for the first $500.00 plus 2% on balance up to $20,000.00

Over $20,000.00

$440.00 for the first $20,000.00 plus 1/10 of 1% on balance over $20,000.00

5. Companies having supervision of elevators, dumbwaiters, electrically driven irrigation machine or out-of-state structures or skids installed in North Dakota shall submit reports to the board. The report shall be completed, signed by owner or manager, and forwarded to the board with the inspection fee. The inspection fee shall be as follows:

a. Elevators and dumbwaiters having horsepower rating up to 5 horsepower - $25.00

b. Elevators and dumbwaiters having horsepower rating 5 horsepower through 15 horsepower - $40.00

c. Elevators and dumbwaiters having horsepower rating over 15 horsepower - $60.00

d. Electrically driven irrigation machines - $50.00

e. Out-of-state structures or skids - Based on inspection fee schedule.

6. Whenever a correction order is written and corrections are not completed within the allotted time, there shall be an administration charge of fifty dollars, which shall be paid to the board by the master , class B, or power limited electrician.

7. All reinspections shall be paid for by the contractors at a minimum charge of one hundred dollars. In addition, an investigative fee may be charged to cover the costs incurred to be calculated at a rate of fifty dollars per hour and mileage rates currently allowed by North Dakota Century Code section 54-06-09 per mile of travel.

8. For inspections not covered in this section or special services, the fee shall be fifty dollars per hour, including travel time, plus mileage rates currently allowed by North Dakota Century Code section 54-06-09 per mile traveled.

General Authority: NDCC 43-09-05

Law Implemented: NDCC 43-09-21, 43-09-22

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