Partially verified
| Edition in force | 2023 NEC (NFPA 70) with NH Amendments, as listed in the state fire code (RSA 153:1) and the NH state building code (RSA 155-A) |
| Edition structure | One statewide edition |
| Effective date | 2025-07-01 |
| Date as recorded | 2025-07-01 |
| Adopted by | State of New Hampshire - state fire code adopted under RSA 153 (Board of Fire Control amendments ratified per RSA 153:5) and state building code under RSA 155-A; Electricians' Board rulemaking on the applicable NEC under RSA 319-C:6-a (no less stringent than the state building code) |
| Adoption source | https://www.firemarshal.dos.nh.gov/fire-codes-adopted-nh |
| State amendments | State amendments at their own official document — https://mm.nh.gov/files/uploads/fmo/remote-docs/summary-of-2021-building-code-amendments-effective-1oct2025.pdf |
| Model | State licensing by the Electricians' Board, administered by the Office of Professional Licensure and Certification (OPLC), under RSA 319-C |
| Authority | New Hampshire Electricians' Board (OPLC), under RSA 319-C |
| Licensing source | https://www.oplc.nh.gov/find-board/electricians-board |
| License classes | https://www.oplc.nh.gov/find-board/electricians-board |
Not yet recorded.
| Adoption | Verified |
| Amendments | Verified |
| Licensing | Verified |
| Permits & inspections | Partially verified |
Adoption verified firsthand on the NH State Fire Marshal's adopted-codes page: '2023 NFPA 70, National Electrical Code (NEC) with NH Amendments', page effective date July 1, 2025. The NH state building code (RSA 155-A:1, IV) likewise adopts NFPA 70 2023 by reference. The standalone amendments document was opened firsthand in E-DATA-FOLLOWUP 1 (2026-10-25) and is now recorded as amendments_url: the Building Code Review Board's compiled 'New Hampshire Building Code Amendments' (edition dated October 15, 2025, hosted on the state document server) contains the full 'NFPA 70 - National Electrical Code 2023 amendments' section (the EL-23 series, including errata to EL-23-03-24, EL-23-04-24, EL-23-13-24, EL-23-15-24, EL-23-16-24 and EL-23-17-24); the Board states the amendments were reviewed and approved through April 11, 2025 and ratified by the General Court per HB 134-2025 (signed 2025-06-23, effective July 1, 2025), and notes the compilation is a courtesy summary - the legal record is the ratification legislation and the specific amendment exhibits. RSA 155-A:2, I (as quoted in the document) establishes a 6-month concurrency period after the effective date in which a permit applicant may elect the prior code or the newly adopted code, but not a combination. License classes under RSA 319-C include apprentice, journeyman, master, and high/medium-voltage classifications. Still partial for one remaining reason: the OPLC Electricians' Board page itself has not been opened firsthand (it returned HTTP 403 through the fetch route on 2026-10-25 and was not retried); the licensing layer rests on the official-board reference as previously recorded. No state-issued electrical permit regime was established; permits/inspections are municipal under the state code. FOLLOWUP 4 - LIVE-BROWSER ATTEMPT (2026-10-25, Builder-authorized pass): the OPLC Electricians' Board page (https://www.oplc.nh.gov/find-board/electricians-board) was attempted in the live browser and remained UNREAD - every route (the Board page, the OPLC homepage, a bare-domain variant, and the nh.gov portal) returned an Akamai 'Access Denied' page with no challenge or control to interact with, and two bot-challenge recovery attempts also failed. No secondary source was substituted. The Board-page leg therefore remains unread (the earlier fetch-route HTTP 403 above is now joined by a live-browser block); closing it needs access from a network the Akamai edge does not block, or The Builder opening the page in the live browser himself. Status unchanged: still partial for the same single named reason.
Reference only. Compiled from the cited official sources as of the date shown; adoptions and rules change. Confirm with the authority having jurisdiction before designing or permitting work.