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Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Building and Safety Division

In short

Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Building and Safety Division issues 3 permits we publish for Los Angeles County, last verified 2026-09-27. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.

What this agency issues

Permits required, with issuing agency, fee, renewal term and the date each record was last verified against its source
Change-of-Use / Occupancy Inspection Feeonly if it applies to youLos Angeles County Department of Public Works, Building and Safety Division$327.58–$2,448.25 one-time, FY2026-27: Occupancy Group R or U $327.58; other occupancy groups by floor area: up to 5,000 SF $807.35, 5,001-10,000 SF $971.60, 10,001-100,000 SF $1,615.28, above 100,000 SF $2,448.25one-time, per inspection2026-09-27
Commercial Building Permit / Plan Checkonly if it applies to youLos Angeles County Department of Public Works, Building and Safety DivisionCurrently effective FY2026-27 flat components: Permit Issuance Fee $41.35; Site Inspection Fee $631.04. These are charged in addition to a valuation-based plan check fee calculated as a percentage of construction cost; the department's percentage-rate table itself is not published in either fee document retrieved. The FY2024-25 archived schedule priced the same two flat components at $38.83 and $592.52 — the FY2026-27 figures above, roughly 6.5% higher across the board, are the current ones.per project2026-09-27
Demolition Inspection Feeonly if it applies to youLos Angeles County Department of Public Works, Building and Safety Division$244.88 one-time, per demolition inspection (FY2026-27; was $229.93 in the FY2024-25 archived schedule)one-time, per inspection2026-09-27

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

Change-of-Use / Occupancy Inspection Fee

Changing the use or occupancy classification of a commercial space in unincorporated Los Angeles County or one of the 13 Building & Safety contract cities needs a change-of-use/occupancy inspection from Building and Safety. The currently effective FY2026-27 fee is $327.58 for a Residential (R) or Utility (U) occupancy group, and for other occupancy groups scales by floor area: $807.35 up to 5,000 square feet, $971.60 from 5,001 to 10,000 square feet, $1,615.28 from 10,001 to 100,000 square feet, and $2,448.25 above 100,000 square feet. This fee is charged in addition to, not instead of, any building permit and plan check fees the same project also triggers.

Commercial Building Permit / Plan Check

Any of the ten industries building new, altering an existing structure, changing use or occupancy, or doing plumbing, mechanical or electrical work in unincorporated Los Angeles County or one of the 13 Building & Safety contract cities (Artesia, Carson, Cerritos, Industry, Irwindale, La Cañada Flintridge, La Mirada, Lakewood, Lawndale, Lomita, Rolling Hills, Santa Fe Springs and Westlake Village) needs a commercial building permit from the county's Building and Safety Division. The currently effective FY2026-27 fee schedule charges a $41.35 flat Permit Issuance Fee and a $631.04 flat Site Inspection Fee, on top of a valuation-based plan check fee scaled to construction cost. The department's last archived schedule (FY2024-25) priced the same two flat fees at $38.83 and $592.52 — a Permit Issuance Fee once mis-transcribed elsewhere as $383.83 is in fact $38.83 in that archived schedule, now $41.35 in the current one. Outside the 13 contract cities and the unincorporated area, each city runs its own building department.

Demolition Inspection Fee

Demolishing a structure or portion of a structure in unincorporated Los Angeles County or one of the 13 Building & Safety contract cities needs a demolition permit and inspection from Building and Safety, currently $244.88 under the FY2026-27 fee schedule (up from $229.93 in the department's last archived FY2024-25 schedule). This is separate from any new-construction or alteration permit fee for whatever replaces the demolished structure.

Contact

Jurisdiction
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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.

  1. County Building Code Fees, FY2024-25 (archived); the department's FY2026-27 schedule, effective July 1, 2026, updates every figure roughly 6.5% higher, as independently confirmedLA County Dept. of Public Works, Building and Safety Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27

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