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Permit Technician Certification Exam (14)
The International Code Council's Permit Technician certification examination (Exam ID 14, Code Enforcement category): a 60-question, 2-hour, open-book multiple-choice exam offered against the 2021 and 2024 I-Code editions, covering General Administration (39%), Legal Aspects (22%), Plans and Documents (25%), and Zoning and Site Development (14%).
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Questions60 multiple-choice questions
Testing time2 hours
ScoringPassing score set by the Code Council and its Exam Development Committee as a scale score of 75
Exam feeUSD 320 (ICC Store price; ICC members receive discounted exam pricing shown at purchase via myICC); exam purchases are final and valid for 365 days
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- Who runs it
- ICC
- Category
- Building Codes & Inspection
- Current version
- Offered against two I-Code editions — 2021 and 2024 (candidate selects the code year); exam time and question count do not change between code years
- Where it applies
- United States — national
- Exam languages
- English
- Score scale
- Scale score with 75 as the passing score
- Format
- Computer-based, open-book multiple-choice exam; approved references are the International Building Code (IBC), International Zoning Code (IZC), Basic Code Enforcement (2nd Ed.), and Legal Aspects of Code Administration (2017 Ed.) per the selected code year
- Availability
- Exam purchases are valid for 365 days; testing is scheduled by appointment after purchase (available methods for this exam are shown in the Exam Catalog; ICC's PRONTO online proctoring is available on-demand 24/7/365 where offered)
- Results
- Results are available immediately after completion of the examination, for both online and testing-site delivery
Exam structure
One open-book, 60-question multiple-choice exam across four content areas: General Administration 39% (customer service, project applications, basic building concepts, permit issuance and fees, inspections and certificate of occupancy), Legal Aspects 22% (public information and legal, records management, record research, appeals and revocation), Plans and Documents 25% (reviewing related documents, occupancy group and type of construction, reading maps, calculations and scales), and Zoning and Site Development 14% (land use, right-of-way/utilities/easements, site plan review); all questions are four-option multiple choice with one option scored correct
Where rules vary
A national ICC certification exam (store listing 'State: National/All'); the credential supports compliance with state and local jurisdictions' adopted development regulations and codes, but the exam itself is one uniform national blueprint.