Construction documents · Montana
Montana’s certified local programs help determine where a plan review belongs. Identify both the geographic jurisdiction and its authorized disciplines before treating a local permit checklist as the complete review package.
Your codes, connected to your drawings
Groundbook can review your drawings against the state and local code PDFs you upload. Add the adopted code books and amendments that apply to your project, then review potential issues with links to the supporting sources.
Upload the applicable code PDFs alongside the drawing set. Include the edition, local amendments, and project requirements.
Set code PDFs to Code and Use as reference. Mark the drawings you want reviewed as Check this file.
Follow the linked drawing and reference, check applicability, and have the responsible professional verify the issue.
State and local references
Examples of references you can bring into Groundbook. Confirm the adopted edition, effective date, and project scope with the reviewing authority, then upload the applicable PDFs.
Bring the adopted reference and applicable amendments in ARM Title 24, Chapter 301.
Include Montana’s amendments for the relevant trade scope and confirm the responsible state or certified local program.
Code names link to official agency or publisher resources. Reviewed September 9, 2026. The reference set comes from the files you supply.
Montana reference guide
Montana’s Building Codes Program states that a city, county, or town may enforce its building code only through a certified program meeting state requirements. Its directory identifies certified jurisdictions and inspectors.
Montana DLI: certified local programsThe program explains that local building codes may include only codes adopted by the state program. Confirm the current adopted reference set and which building or trade reviews the local program handles for the project.
Montana DLI: certified local programsSources reviewed September 9, 2026. Confirm current requirements and project applicability with the reviewing authority.
Prepare a useful review
Use this preparation list for Groundbook alongside the official permit checklist.
Provide the site address, state or certified local reviewer, discipline responsibilities, and applicable submission checklist.
Upload the confirmed Montana code basis and relevant amendments. Include agency interpretations or project conditions that affect the work.
Bring structural criteria, civil access and grading, enclosure details, MEP layouts, and schedules. Ask reviewers to trace site assumptions into the building documents.
Identify which files are being checked, which are references, and which revisions are superseded. Include reviewer comments and responses where they explain an unresolved decision.
Use the drawing-register templateFrom documents to decisions
Compare stated design information with the code and local references you supply. Verify scope, exceptions, and the source behind each potential issue.
Review code referencesLook for incomplete information and conflicting requirements before submission. Assign each verified finding to the responsible designer.
Prepare for submissionCheck relationships across drawings, schedules, specifications, and reports. Resolve the source conflict and carry the decision into the issued set.
Review the whole packageBefore you start
Confirm certification and the applicable discipline responsibilities using the state program’s directory and the local office. A city or county name alone does not establish the complete review scope.
Supply the current drawing set and schedules, relevant specifications and reports, the applicable code and amendment PDFs, and the reviewing authority’s checklist. Identify the edition, project scope, and permit stage. Groundbook reviews the supplied evidence; do not assume every local requirement is already available.
No. Groundbook surfaces potential conflicts and omissions with links to source documents for professional verification. It does not issue permits, certify compliance, provide permit-expediting services, or replace the authority having jurisdiction.
Official source directory
Local certification, adopted-code limits, and jurisdiction directory.
Bring your drawings and the references that govern the project.