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Steel & concrete modular homes in North Dakota
Modular homes are built to state and local building codes and set on a permanent foundation. Here is what applies in North Dakota.
North Dakota program
- Administering agency
- ND Department of Commerce, Division of Community Services
- Program / authority
- Third-Party Inspections Program; N.D. Admin. Code art. 108-02; NDCC 54-21.3-07; Interstate Compact NDCC ch. 54-21.4
- Code basis
- State building code plus local amendments where unit is placed (per 2003 law); no edition year verified
- Inspection & seal
- Manufacturers building 2+ modular structures/yr must use a third-party inspection entity certified by the Interstate Industrialized Building Commission.
- Good to know
- Consumer construction complaints go in writing to Community Services, which notifies the IIBC and the third-party agency.
- Official source
- https://www.commerce.nd.gov/node/145
Summarised from public sources; rules change. Confirm with North Dakota’s agency and your local building department before ordering.
Your project in North Dakota
Step 1
Confirm zoning & permits
Local jurisdiction sets lot, setback and design rules. See Permits & Zoning.
Step 2
Plans reviewed to state code
We stamp plans for the code that applies in North Dakota.
Step 3
Factory build & inspection
Third-party or state inspection happens in the factory, then final on site.
Step 4
Set, connect, certify
Modules crane in, joints are torqued and inspected, and local sign-off issues the CO.