> Then they make their money by charging people for access to those codes. The entirety of ICC's building code as it applies to my state is both freely accessi

> Then they make their money by charging people for access to those codes. The entirety of ICC's building code as it applies to my state is both freely accessible by the general public on their website, and unlike other complete douchebag SDOs--looking at you, NFPA--it's actually usable. Anecdotally, I leveraged the crap out of the residential building code while contracting extensive rennovations to my home last year. With so much liability behind them, building codes will always be relatively complex.