Washington, D.C. – The International Code Council announced today that Quality Code Publishing was acquired by General Code, a member of the Code Council family of solutions. General Code supports the growing needs of city clerks, code officials, municipal planners and zoning officials throughout the United States by providing codification services, Custom Local Building Codes, Maplink™ and other digital solutions.

Seattle-based Quality Code Publishing brings with it a skilled editorial staff with more than 60 years of combined experience in the codification and legal industry and enables General Code to offer its portfolio of high-quality digital codification solutions to more customers nationwide. 

“Quality Code Publishing shares our passion for customer service excellence and quality codification expertise,” says General Code Chief Operating Officer Lynn Martin. “The joining of our companies allows us to combine our strengths and offer more robust services to our clients on a national scale, particularly on the West Coast.”

General Code joined the International Code Council in 2017 and has been a trusted codification expert for nearly 60 years. Currently, General Code serves more than 4,000 clients and is the nation’s second-largest codification company.

Nancy Helmer, President of Quality Code Publishing, will continue working with Quality Code Publishing clients. “I could not be more excited to join General Code and work with the companies that make up the Code Council family,” said Helmer. “I look forward to what we will accomplish together as we provide solutions to support growing communities.”

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About General Code

General Code is a market leader in forward-thinking technologies and processes that simplify how local governments and their constituents find, access, and share municipal information. Nearly 4,000 municipalities and public organizations have relied on General Code for almost 60 years to provide services that bring greater access, efficiency and transparency to their local government clients.