Chapter 10 — MEANS OF EGRESS
2025 California Building Code (Title 24, Part 2) · 2025 edition · ingested 2026-07-07 · California
Sections in this part
- Section 1001 — ADMINISTRATION
- Section 1002 — MAINTENANCE AND PLANS
- Section 1003 — GENERAL MEANS OF EGRESS
- Section 1004 — OCCUPANT LOAD
- Section 1005 — MEANS OF EGRESS SIZING
- Section 1006 — NUMBER OF EXITS AND EXIT ACCESS DOORWAYS
- Section 1007 — EXIT AND EXIT ACCESS DOORWAY CONFIGURATION
- Section 1008 — MEANS OF EGRESS ILLUMINATION
- Section 1009 — ACCESSIBLE MEANS OF EGRESS
- Section 1010 — DOORS, GATES AND TURNSTILES
- Section 1011 — STAIRWAYS
- Section 1012 — RAMPS
- Section 1013 — EXIT SIGNS
- Section 1014 — HANDRAILS
- Section 1015 — GUARDS
- Section 1016 — EXIT ACCESS
- Section 1017 — EXIT ACCESS TRAVEL DISTANCE
- Section 1018 — AISLES
- Section 1019 — EXIT ACCESS STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS
- Section 1020 — CORRIDORS
- Section 1021 — EGRESS BALCONIES
- Section 1022 — EXITS
- Section 1023 — INTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS
- Section 1024 — EXIT PASSAGEWAYS
- Section 1025 — LUMINOUS EGRESS PATH MARKINGS
- Section 1026 — HORIZONTAL EXITS
- Section 1027 — EXTERIOR EXIT STAIRWAYS AND RAMPS
- Section 1028 — EXIT DISCHARGE
- Section 1029 — EGRESS COURTS
- Section 1030 — ASSEMBLY
- Section 1031 — EMERGENCY ESCAPE AND RESCUE
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User notes: About this chapter: Chapter 10 provides the general criteria for designing the means of egress established as the primary method for protection of people in buildings by allowing timely relocation or evacuation of building occupants. Both prescriptive and performance language is utilized in this chapter to provide for a basic approach in the determination of a safe exiting system for all occupancies. It addresses all portions of the egress system (exit access, exits and exit discharge) and includes design requirements as well as provisions regulating individual components. The…