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Wayne Whitney

On 2009-01-21, wrote:

If the AHJ accepts it, it is not a code violation.

Certainly the AHJ has discretion over alot of things in the NEC that
are vague or unclear, like "something to physical damage" or "nearest
point of entry". But the inspector is not the AHJ, it is usually the
city building department or some state department.

And there's nothing unclear about the Romex issue here, it's just
something that enforcement is often very lax on. I'm not sure if the
AHJ can modify the NEC on its own, or if it would take action of the
state building code committee to amend the state code.

Cheers, Wayne