Lee County
Lee County Building Inspections Department
In short
Lee County Building Inspections Department issues 1 permit we publish for Lee County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Permit, Unincorporated Lee Countyonly if it applies to you | Lee County Building Inspections Department | Lee County Building Inspections charges a graduated building-permit fee scaled by construction valuation: no fee where valuation is $1,000 or less, unless an inspection is requested, in which case a flat $40.00 fee applies for each inspection; $40.00 for the first $1,000 plus $8.00 for each additional $1,000 or fraction from $1,001 to $50,000; $432.00 for the first $50,000 plus $7.00 per additional $1,000 from $50,001 to $100,000; $782.00 for the first $100,000 plus $4.00 per additional $1,000 from $100,001 to $1,000,000; and $4,382.00 for the first $1,000,000 plus $3.00 per additional $1,000 above that. Separate trade-permit base fees apply on top of the building-valuation fee: a $20.00 base plumbing permit plus $3.00 per fixture, floor drain, water heater or appliance connection ($5.00 per natural-gas outlet); a $20.00 base electrical permit plus per-amp and per-fixture charges; and a $20.00 base mechanical permit plus per-ton or per-BTU charges for heating and cooling systems. Any person who begins work before obtaining the required permit is subject to a penalty of 100 percent of the usual permit fee, in addition to the permit fee itself. | one-time, per project — no annual renewal applies to the permit itself | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Building Permit, Unincorporated Lee County
Lee County Building Inspections' own mission statement states plainly that its role is to 'serve and protect the life, safety, health, and general welfare of the Citizens in the unincorporated areas of Lee County' — this permit, and every fee on its schedule, reaches unincorporated Lee County only. Auburn, Opelika, Smiths Station and Lee County's other incorporated municipalities each enforce their own building codes and issue their own building permits independently; work inside any of those city limits goes through that city's own building department instead of Lee County Building Inspections. The department's main office is at 2555 Society Hill Road, Opelika, with annex offices serving the Opelika/Auburn area and Smiths Station; fees may be paid by cash, card (3% service fee) or check, with mailed payments sent to PO Box 362, Opelika, AL 36803.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Lee County
- Phone
- 334-737-7014
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Lee County Building Inspections — Fees (building-valuation schedule plus plumbing, electrical and mechanical permit fees)Lee County, Alabama · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Lee County Building Inspections — Mission Statement ('unincorporated areas of Lee County')Lee County, Alabama · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
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