Revised Code of Washington

Wash. Rev. Code § 19.27.050 (2026)

Enforcement

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The state building code required by this chapter shall be enforced by the counties and cities. Any county or city not having a building department shall contract with another county, city, or inspection agency approved by the county or city for enforcement of the state building code within its jurisdictional boundaries.

[ 1985 c 360 s 9; 1974 ex.s. c 96 s 5.]

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1997–2020 · leading case: Moore v. Wayman, 934 P.2d 707 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997).

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Moore v. Wayman, 934 P.2d 707 (Wash. Ct. App. 1997). · cites it 3× “The buyers argue that because RCW 19.27.050 1 of the state building code authorizes local governments to contract out the inspection service, inspection is a proprietary act.”

Maureen Hay, V Highmark Homes, Llc (Wash. Ct. App. 2018). “To ensure compliance, RCW 19.27.050 expressly states that “[t]he state building code required by this chapter shall be enforced by the counties and cities.”

Angela M. Bard v. Snohomish Health Dist. (Wash. Ct. App. 2020). “” It argues that “many statutory/regulatory schemes in Washington provide that a particular government officer or agency ‘shall enforce’ laws and regulations[] without prescribing a specific enforcement action” but “no Washington court has ever held that the general phrase…”

Dawud Ahmad v. Town Of Springdale (Wash. Ct. App. 2013). “031 (state building code, which consists of the IBC, shall be in effect in all cities); RCW 19.27.050 (building code shall be enforced by cities).”

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