{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-46.21bv2","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 59, § 59-46.21bv2","heading":"Architects required for certain buildings - Code Use","body":"Groups - Exempted buildings.\n\nA. An architect shall be required to plan, design, and prepare\n\nplans and specifications for the following Code Use Groups except\n\nwhere specifically exempt from the provisions of the State\n\nArchitectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act. All Code Use\n\nGroups in this section are defined by the current International\n\nBuilding Code.\n\nB. The construction, addition, or alteration of a building of\n\nany size or occupancy in the following Code Use Groups shall be\n\nsubject to the provisions of the State Architectural and Licensed\n\nInterior Designers Act:\n\n1. Code Use Group I - Institutional;\n\n2. Code Use Group R-2 - Residential, limited to dormitories,\n\nfraternities and sororities, and monasteries and convents;\n\n3. Code Use Group A-1 - Assembly and theaters;\n\n4. Code Use Group A-4 - Assembly, arenas and courts;\n\n5. Code Use Group A-5 - Assembly, bleachers and grandstands;\n\n6. Code Use Group H – High hazard; and\n\n7. Buildings for which the designated Code Use Group changes\n\nare not exempt from the State Architectural and Licensed Interior\n\nDesigners Act.\n\nC. The following shall be exempt from the provisions of the\n\nState Architectural and Licensed Interior Designers Act; provided\n\nthat, for the purposes of this subsection, a basement is not to be\n\ncounted as a story for the purpose of counting stories of a building\n\nfor height regulations:\n\n1. The construction, addition, or alteration of a building no\n\nmore than two stories in height and with a code-defined occupancy of\n\nno more than fifty (50) persons for the Code Use Groups A-2 and A-3\n\n- Assembly and Code Use Group E - Education;\n\n2. The construction, addition, or alteration of a building no\n\nmore than two stories in height and no more than sixty-four\n\ntransient lodging units per building for the Code Use Group R1 -\n\nResidential, including, but not limited to, hotels and motels;\n\n3. The construction, addition, or alteration of a building no\n\nmore than two stories in height and with a gross square footage not\n\nexceeding one hundred thousand (100,000) in the Code Use Group B -\n\nBusiness;\n\n4. The construction, addition, or alteration of a building no\n\nmore than two stories in height and with a gross square footage not\n\nexceeding two hundred thousand (200,000) in the Code Use Group M -\n\nMercantile; and\n\n5. The construction, addition, or alteration of a building no\n\nmore than two stories in height in the following Code Use Groups or\n\nbuildings:\n\na. Code Use Group U - Utility,\n\nb. Code Use Group F - Factory and Industrial,\n\nc. Code Use Group S - Storage,\n\nd. Code Use Group R2 - Residential, including apartments\n\ncontaining no more than thirty-two dwelling units or\n\nthirty-two guest units per building,\n\ne. Code Use Groups R3 and R4 - Residential,\n\nf. all buildings used by a municipality, county, state,\n\npublic trust, public agency, or the federal government\n\nwith a construction value under Three Hundred Thousand\n\nDollars ($300,000.00),\n\ng. incidental buildings or appurtenances associated with\n\nparagraphs 1 through 5 of this subsection, and\n\nh. all uninhabitable, privately owned agricultural\n\nbuildings.\n\nD. The addition, renovation, or alteration of buildings where\n\nthe use was exempt as new construction shall remain exempt if the\n\nCode Use Group does not change.\n\nE. Upgrades, repairs, replacements, and changes made on\n\nprojects in Code Use Groups found in this title requiring an\n\narchitect are exempt from hiring an architect if the upgrades,\n\nrepairs, replacements, or changes do not affect the existing primary\n\nstructural, mechanical, or electrical systems, life safety systems,\n\nfire codes, or exit passageways or egress as determined by the\n\napplicable building official having jurisdiction.\n\nF. Nonstructural interior construction projects in Code Use\n\nGroups requiring an architect are exempt from hiring an architect if\nf the upgrades,\n\nrepairs, replacements, or changes do not affect the existing primary\n\nstructural, mechanical, or electrical systems, life safety systems,\n\nfire codes, or exit passageways or egress as determined by the\n\napplicable building official having jurisdiction.\n\nF. Nonstructural interior construction projects in Code Use\n\nGroups requiring an architect are exempt from hiring an architect if\n\nthe services are performed by a licensed interior designer.","path":["OK Code","Title 59"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os59.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"cceb6c7df7ad37101e1734736c8f5674354f94692287716166b179c980c1cf57","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-46.21bv1","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-59-59-46.21v1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}