Iowa Admin. Code r. 661-550.5 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Required permits and inspections
Permits and inspections are required for electrical installations as set forth in Iowa Code section 103.23, with the following exceptions:
(1) Exception 1:
Installations in political subdivisions that perform electrical inspections and
that are inspected by the political subdivision are not required to be
inspected by the state electrical inspection program. Any installation that is
subject to inspection and is on property owned by the state or an agency of the
state shall be inspected by the state electrical inspection program. An
electrical installation on a farm that is located outside the corporate limits
of any municipal corporation (city) shall not be inspected by a political
subdivision.
(2) Exception 2:
Neither a permit nor an inspection is required for an electrical installation
that meets all of the following criteria:
a.
The installation is legally performed by a master electrician, journeyman
electrician, or apprentice electrician working under the direct supervision of
a master or journeyman electrician.
b. The installation to be performed does not
in any way involve work within an existing or new switchboard or panel
board.
c. The installation to be
performed does not involve over-current protection of more than 30
amperes.
d. The installation to be
performed does not involve any electrical-line-to-ground circuit of more than
277 volts, single phase.
(3) Exception 3: Neither a permit nor an
inspection is required for any electrical installation on a farm or a farm
building if the farm building is not regularly open to the public as a place of
business for the retail sale of goods, wares, services, or merchandise. This
exception does not apply to a residential installation located on a farm.
NOTE: Iowa Code sections 103.22 and 103.30(1) provide separately for the inapplicability of Iowa Code chapter 103 to particular persons and circumstances.
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