Do you consider a sill plate splice to be the “end of a plate section”? All comments welcome and thanks in advance. This section is single story. (New construction Atlanta, GA)
https://up.codes/viewer/georgia/irc-2018/chapter/4/foundations#R403.1.6
Yes. The first sentence of the section says “sill plates” with an s. Each splice starts the next sill plate.
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Who’s to say it’s not the begining of the plate section? 
All kidding aside, IMO, yes it’s the end of the plate section.
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From Texas it appears the job super has even marked the missing anchor bolt location for you with a little orange spray paint!
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I do. When a sill plate ends that is the end plate. All wall anchors will need to be installed in accordance to the end plate requirements.
90% of my builders follow this rule. There is only one builder that insists it’s not an end plate.
When I built houses the inspector required anchor bolts be installed in accordance to drawings. There is usually a general note about adding missing wall anchors.
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Yeah, the builder gave me a few bright orange “hints”, lol. Some had been corrected, others not.
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Same. There are always a few discrepancies. Such as in the photo, the butterfly strap only has one side connected.
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I see a Z max strap on the left plate, but there will need to be an anchor installed on the right plate. Just my opinion.
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Technically, It is a bottom plate acting as a sill plate, and the joint of the bottom plate should be split in the center of a stud.
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Don’t Ya just love those cut-nails used as anchors? 
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I know right. I do not count those, however the local AHS might. Hard to say due to the numerous counties I cover. Code is ambiguous referring to an alternate approved method.
I do. Should be anchored on either side of the split.
Noticed that myself. 
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I would be genuinely surprised if they were approved. A good whack with a 22oz framing 
would pop them loose without trying.
I see them frequently here and call them out every time in locations where anchor bolts or other actual approved fasteners/anchoring devices are needed. If a Builder can provide documentation that they are approved for anchoring in those locations then more power to them as I can find none.
As for the AHJ’s they’re like “Mikey” “They’ll approve anything”.
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Yes.
Imagine a sill plate fabricated out of 2"x4"x8’ lumber. There will be 2 ends requiring anchorage.
Code: Anchors shall be placed within 12" inches of, or (305 mm), but not less than 9" inches of, or (229 mm), from the ends of ‘sill plates.’
Note: Anchors shall be positioned ‘in the center of the stud space’ closest to the required spacing.
Question: Is the sill plate anchored with J Bolts, Wedge or Strike Anchors or strapped to the top of the foundation as in your image?
Is there an anchor under the stud atop the sill plate? Limitation.
The problem here is that the anchor bolts will be installed by the foundation contractor before the framing contractor even shows up. So the bolts will end up being 1’ from the corners and 6’ maximum from there.
The chances that the bolt layout ends up being like this;
are pretty slim to none. So additional approved anchors will need to be installed depending on the framing contractors layout vs. the bolt layout.
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