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Your local municipality should know:
FPN: Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ). The phrase ?authority having jurisdiction,? or its acronym AHJ, is used in NFPA documents in a broad manner, since jurisdictions and approval agencies vary, as do their responsibilities. Where public safety is primary, the authority having jurisdiction may be a federal, state, local, or other regional department or individual such as a fire chief; fire marshal; chief of a fire prevention bureau, labor department, or health department; building official; electrical inspector; or others having statutory authority. For insurance purposes, an insurance inspection department, rating bureau, or other insurance company representative may be the authority having jurisdiction. In many circumstances, the property owner or his or her designated agent assumes the role of the authority having jurisdiction; at government installations, the commanding officer or departmental official may be the authority having jurisdiction.
Just my $.02
 
In some areas, like the ones with state electrical codes there are inspectors of wires. their not the AHJ.
Then there are areas that have local municipal codes that leave all the decisions up to their electrical inspector. He might be delegate the authority.

Its sort of like asking who the law is, Police? Judge? or the jury?
 
ptonsparky said:
I keep reading comments that the inspector may not be the AHJ. Why would he not be?
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The "AHJ" could well be a governmental body. The "Inspector" would then be an employee or agent of the AHJ. In such cases, if the Inspector makes a call with which you do not agree, you could appeal to the AHJ. I should like to hope that this is the case more often than not, that a single person is not the AHJ, but rather a representative of the AHJ.
 
charlie b said:

The "AHJ" could well be a governmental body. The "Inspector" would then be an employee or agent of the AHJ. In such cases, if the Inspector makes a call with which you do not agree, you could appeal to the AHJ. I should like to hope that this is the case more often than not, that a single person is not the AHJ, but rather a representative of the AHJ.
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As long as there is someone higher up on the food chain'
, you can go over someones head and appeal to higher for relief.
 
After me there is the Building commissioner, then the alderman (maybe not always in that order) then there's always the mayor, or the city consul as a whole.
 
russ said:
After me there is the Building commissioner, then the alderman (maybe not always in that order) then there's always the mayor, or the city consul as a whole.
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Russ, who actually adopts the NEC?

They would likely be the 'AHJ'.

Here we have "Inspectors of wires" they are typically employees of the city or town. I could (never have) appeal their decisions to the state.
 
To clarify this situation, it was put into legislation in our county that the "Electric Board" is the AHJ. The inspector may act as the AHJ, but in the event of a dispute the electric board has the final say.
 
iwire said:
Russ, who actually adopts the NEC?

They would likely be the 'AHJ'.

Here we have "Inspectors of wires" they are typically employees of the city or town. I could (never have) appeal their decisions to the state.
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That would be the city counsel. We adopted the Chicago Electrical Code with two pages of amendments' mostly written by me.
 
andinator said:
Why the heck would anyone want to adopt the Chicago rules???:confused:
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Some around this area think just the opposite.
I guess it's all what your use to.
We think running conduit for everything is normal, it's what we do.
You think running NM is normal, because it's what you do.
Chicago code is just a little more restrictive in some areas, but not all
 
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