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The local fire official may submit, subsequent to performing such inspection, his findings and recommendations including a list of corrective actions necessary to ensure that such structure is reasonably safe from the hazards of fire to the appropriate official of such agency, commission, or institution and the State Fire Marshal. Such agency, commission or institution shall notify, within 60 days of receipt of such findings and recommendations, the State Fire Marshal and the local fire official of the corrective measures taken to eliminate the hazards reported by the local fire official. The State Fire Marshal shall have the same power in the enforcement of this section as is provided for in \u00a7 27-98.\n\t\tThe State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement as is provided for in \u00a7 9.1-207 with any local enforcement agency that enforces the Fire Prevention Code to enforce this section and to take immediate enforcement action upon verification of a complaint of an imminent hazard such as a chained or blocked exit door, improper storage of flammable liquids, use of decorative materials and overcrowding.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":296301,"text":"The Fire Prevention Code shall be applicable to all state-owned buildings and structures. 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This law was first created in 1986. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 429 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1986 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 4 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 258; in 1994, chapter 275<\/a>; in 1997, chapter 584<\/a>; in 2007, chapters 647<\/a> and 741<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":65754,"section_number":"36-98.1","catch_line":"State buildings; exception for certain assets owned by the Department of Transportation","order_by":null,"url":"\/36-98.1\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":73713,"section_number":"27-98","catch_line":"Enforcement of Fire Prevention Code; appeals from decisions of local enforcing agencies; inspection of buildings","order_by":null,"url":"\/27-98\/"},{"id":80241,"section_number":"9.1-207","catch_line":"Inspection of certain state-owned, state-operated, or state-licensed facilities; enforcement of safety standards","order_by":null,"url":"\/9.1-207\/"}],"permalink":{"id":190585,"object_type":"law","relational_id":82703,"identifier":"27-99","token":"27\/9\/27-99","url":"\/27-99\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/27-99\/","token":"27\/9\/27-99","dublin_core":{"Title":"State buildings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 27-99","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

The Fire Prevention Code<\/span> shall be applicable to all state-owned buildings and structures. Every agency, commission or institution, including all institutions of higher education, of the Commonwealth shall permit, at all reasonable hours, a local fire official reasonable access to existing structures or a structure under construction or renovation, for the purposes of performing an informational and advisory fire safety inspection. The local fire official may submit, subsequent to performing such inspection, his findings<\/span> and recommendations including a list of corrective actions necessary to ensure that such structure is reasonably safe from the hazards of fire to the appropriate official of such agency, commission, or institution and the State Fire Marshal<\/span>. Such agency, commission or institution shall notify, within 60 days of receipt of such findings<\/span> and recommendations, the State Fire Marshal<\/span> and the local fire official of the corrective measures taken to eliminate the hazards reported by the local fire official. The State Fire Marshal<\/span> shall have the same power in the enforcement of this section as is provided for in \u00a7 27-98<\/a>.\n\t\tThe State Fire Marshal<\/span> may enter into an agreement as is provided for in \u00a7 9.1-207<\/a> with any local enforcement agency<\/span> that enforces the Fire Prevention Code<\/span> to enforce this section and to take immediate enforcement action upon verification of a complaint of an imminent hazard such as a chained or blocked exit door, improper storage of flammable liquids, use of decorative materials<\/span> and overcrowding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSTATE BUILDINGS (\u00a7 27-99)\n\nThe Fire Prevention Code shall be applicable to all state-owned buildings and\nstructures. Every agency, commission or institution, including all institutions\nof higher education, of the Commonwealth shall permit, at all reasonable hours,\na local fire official reasonable access to existing structures or a structure\nunder construction or renovation, for the purposes of performing an\ninformational and advisory fire safety inspection. The local fire official may\nsubmit, subsequent to performing such inspection, his findings and\nrecommendations including a list of corrective actions necessary to ensure that\nsuch structure is reasonably safe from the hazards of fire to the appropriate\nofficial of such agency, commission, or institution and the State Fire Marshal.\nSuch agency, commission or institution shall notify, within 60 days of receipt\nof such findings and recommendations, the State Fire Marshal and the local fire\nofficial of the corrective measures taken to eliminate the hazards reported by\nthe local fire official. The State Fire Marshal shall have the same power in the\nenforcement of this section as is provided for in \u00a7 27-98.\n\t\tThe State Fire Marshal may enter into an agreement as is provided for in \u00a7\n9.1-207 with any local enforcement agency that enforces the Fire Prevention Code\nto enforce this section and to take immediate enforcement action upon\nverification of a complaint of an imminent hazard such as a chained or blocked\nexit door, improper storage of flammable liquids, use of decorative materials\nand overcrowding.\n\nHISTORY: 1986, c. 429; 1989, c. 258; 1994, c. 275; 1997, c. 584; 2007, cc. 647,\n741.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}