103A.20 - PERMITS -- DUTY TO ISSUE.
103A.20 PERMITS -- DUTY TO ISSUE.
1. a. If the plans and specifications accompanying an
application for permission to construct a building or structure fail
to comply with the provisions of building regulations applicable to
the governmental subdivision where the construction is planned, the
state or governmental subdivision official charged with the duty
shall nevertheless issue a permit, certificate, authorization, or
other required document, as the case may be, for the construction, if
the plans and specifications comply with the applicable provisions
set forth in the state building code, whenever such code is operative
in such governmental subdivision.
b. However, a permit, certificate, authorization, or other
required document for the construction of a building shall not be
issued to a contractor who is required and fails to obtain a
contractor registration number pursuant to chapter 91C.
2. Any building or structure constructed in conformance with the
provisions of the state building code, shall be deemed to comply with
all state, county, and municipal building regulations, and the owner,
builder, architect, lessee, tenant, or their agents, or other
interested person shall be entitled, upon a showing of compliance
with the code, to demand and obtain, upon proper payment being made
in appropriate cases, any permit, certificate, authorization, or
other required document, the issuance of which is authorized pursuant
to any state or local buildings or structure regulation, and it shall
be the duty of the appropriate state or local officer having
jurisdiction over the issuance to issue the permit, certificate,
authorization, or other required document, as provided herein,
whenever the code is operative in the governmental subdivision. Section History: Early Form
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 103A.20] Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1136, §15; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, § 201