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City of Safford - Planning & Community Development, Building Division

Safford, Arizona is the Graham County seat and issues building permits through its Planning & Community Development Department, Building Division. The City's Building / Development Permits & Codes page lists the 2024 International Building, Residential, Existing Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, Fuel Gas and Fire Codes and the 2023 National Electrical Code, and prints a Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria table with a 115 mph wind speed. Arizona has no statewide building code, so Safford's own adoption controls. This listing covers the office's contact details, the adopted code edition, the City's published wind and ice-barrier design criteria, the City's online permit portal, and the state licensing and tax rules that apply to a roofer working in Safford.

Roof code checklist: Safford, AZ

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofNot published
Repair permit thresholdNot published
Layer limit / roof-overNot published
Deck & sheathingNot published
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNocityofsafford.us2026-10-25
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNot published
Wind design criteriaPublishedcityofsafford.us2026-10-25
Adopted codePublishedcityofsafford.us2026-10-25
Contractor license / registrationYesazleg.gov2026-10-25
Sales & use taxPublishedSec. 32-1121TPT_RATETABLE_10012026.pdf2026-10-25

Each row comes from the sourced record on this page; full wording is in the table below. "Not published" means no official source for that item was found when the record was last verified.

Jurisdiction
City of Safford, Arizona
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
808 S 8th Avenue, Safford, AZ 85548
Contact
  • url: https://www.cityofsafford.us/148/Building-Development-Permits-Codes
  • phone: 928-432-4140
Permit portal
Permit portal
Contractor registration required
Required
Registration details
  • license: STATE LAYER, applies in Safford as everywhere in Arizona. Contractors are licensed by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 10 (32-1101 et seq.). A.R.S. 32-1121(A)(14) exempts an unlicensed person only for one project whose aggregate contract price, including labor and materials, is "less than $1,000" and whose work is "of a casual or minor nature," and says the exemption "does not apply: (a) In any case in which the performance of the work requires a local building permit." The City's form "Contractor License Exceptions for Home Owners" (updated 1/31/2019) repeats that the handyman exemption "does not apply to ANY construction project which requires a building permit," and has a line for each contractor's "City Lic #" and "ROC Lic #." The specific roofing classification codes and the Registrar's own licensing page were not read for this record.
Adopted code
The City's Building / Development Permits & Codes page says: "The City of Safford recognizes and follows the following building codes: International Building Code 2024, International Existing Building Code 2024, International Residential Code 2024, International Plumbing Code 2024, International Mechanical Code 2024, International Fuel Gas Code 2024, International Fire Code 2024, National Electrical Code 2023." The page does not give an adopting ordinance number or effective date, and the ordinance and the City's local amendments were not read for this record. The City's Residential Building Checklist, a separate form, still lists 2015 editions of the I-codes; the code page is the more recent statement and is the one used here.
Ice & water shield
Not required — The City's Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria table prints "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required: No" with a Ground Snow Load of 0. About ice & water barrier
Wind design criteria
The City's Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria table on its Building / Development Permits & Codes page lists: Ground Snow Load 0; Wind Design Speed 115 mph; Topographic effects No; Special Wind Region No; Wind-borne Debris Zone No; Seismic Design Category C; Exposure Category C. The same table lists Weathering Negligible, Frost Line Depth 0.5 inch, Termite Moderate to Heavy, Winter Design Temp 32 degrees F, Air Freezing Index 1500 or less, and Mean Annual Temp 62.5 degrees F. The page does not say which edition's Table R301.2 the values are taken from.
Sales & use tax
Roofing is taxed in Arizona as Prime Contracting (business code 015) under the Transaction Privilege Tax, not as a retail sale. The Arizona Department of Revenue Transaction Privilege and Other Tax Rate Tables effective October 1, 2026 list Contracting - Prime at 6.60% for Graham County (the 5.6% state rate plus the county rate) and at 2.50% for the City of Safford (city code SF), a combined 9.10%. A.R.S. 42-5075(B) sets the tax base at "sixty-five percent of the gross proceeds of sales or gross income derived from the business," so the 9.10% applies to 65% of contract income. The same statute excludes from the classification "any work or operation performed by a person that is not required to be licensed by the registrar of contractors pursuant to section 32-1121."

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Roofing questions: Safford, AZ

Is ice & water shield required in Safford, AZ?

No. The City's Climatic and Geographic Design Criteria table prints "Ice Barrier Underlayment Required: No" with a Ground Snow Load of 0.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Safford, AZ?

Yes. STATE LAYER, applies in Safford as everywhere in Arizona. Contractors are licensed by the Arizona Registrar of Contractors under A.R.S. Title 32, Chapter 10 (32-1101 et seq.). A.R.S. 32-1121(A)(14) exempts an unlicensed person only for one project whose aggregate contract price, including labor and materials, is "less than $1,000" and whose work is "of a casual or minor nature," and says the exemption "does not apply: (a) In any case in which the performance of the work requires a local building permit." The City's form "Contractor License Exceptions for Home Owners" (updated 1/31/2019) repeats that the handyman exemption "does not apply to ANY construction project which requires a building permit," and has a line for each contractor's "City Lic #" and "ROC Lic #." The specific roofing classification codes and the Registrar's own licensing page were not read for this record.

What building code does Safford, AZ use?

The City's Building / Development Permits & Codes page says: "The City of Safford recognizes and follows the following building codes: International Building Code 2024, International Existing Building Code 2024, International Residential Code 2024, International Plumbing Code 2024, International Mechanical Code 2024, International Fuel Gas Code 2024, International Fire Code 2024, National Electrical Code 2023." The page does not give an adopting ordinance number or effective date, and the ordinance and the City's local amendments were not read for this record. The City's Residential Building Checklist, a separate form, still lists 2015 editions of the I-codes; the code page is the more recent statement and is the one used here.