Okaloosa County Department of Growth Management, Building/Inspections

County Building Permit, Plan Review and Inspections

Okaloosa County Growth Management issues building permits, reviews plans and performs inspections under the 2023 Florida Building Code, 8th Edition, which its Permitting page lists as adopted. Since November 3, 2025, the Permitting page states, applicants for building permits and development-related approvals must apply online through the county's Customer Service Support (CSS) portal, and inspections are requested through the same portal. The fees above are those of Resolution 17-102, which the county's current Department Ordinances page links and its current Inspection & Permitting Fees page reproduces as effective July 6, 2017; the fee page states that the total fee is the building permit fee plus all applicable sub-permit and other fees, with the $70.00 base fee charged on every permit and sub-permit. Growth Management's May 2025 Permit Guides state that it issues permits in the Town of Cinco Bayou, the City of Laurel Hill and the City of Mary Esther after the applicant shows that town's or city's approval letter, and in the Town of Shalimar after the applicant shows a Town of Shalimar permit; each guide lists exceptions for certain sub-permits and minor work. The City of Niceville's Building & Inspections page and the City of Fort Walton Beach's Owner-Builder Permit Info page describe their own building departments, so a site in those cities is permitted by the city. A food truck needs this permit only where it builds a fixed structure, so the record lists the other industries. Building permit questions: gmbuildingpermitting@myokaloosa.com, 850-651-7180.