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Chatham County

Chatham County Department of Building Safety & Regulatory Services, Permits & Inspections Division

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Chatham County Department of Building Safety & Regulatory Services, Permits & Inspections Division issues 1 permit we publish for Chatham County, last verified 2026-10-02. 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
Building/Electrical/Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Feesonly if it applies to youChatham County Department of Building Safety & Regulatory Services, Permits & Inspections DivisionResidential permits: $6 per $1,000 of construction value plus a $25 flat fee. Commercial permits: $7 per $1,000 of construction value plus a $25 flat fee (Code §20-308, cross-referencing 'Article T of the County Revenue Ordinance'). Related fixed fees confirmed from the code and matching current form text: re-inspection for a posting failure $30 (§20-306); safety/reconnection inspection $25 (§20-314); manufactured-home setup inspection $50 (§20-315); demolition permit $25 plus the §20-308 base permit fee. Starting work before obtaining a permit doubles the fee or adds $250, whichever is greater (§20-303).per permit2026-10-02

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/Electrical/Plumbing/Mechanical Permit Fees

Code §20-308 directs that permit fees are set 'in accordance with Article T of the County Revenue Ordinance,' a separately maintained numeric table that is not published online as a standalone document. The $6/$7-per-$1,000-of-construction-value formula above is instead confirmed from current Building Safety permit-application PDFs — specifically two independently dated revisions (2020-12-04 and 2026-08-06) of the same Demolition Permit Application, both stating the identical formula, which is the evidence that it has been stable for years and remains current. This permit applies to any of the 10 target industries undertaking new construction, a remodel, or a qualifying build-out in unincorporated Chatham County. The $25 safety/reconnection inspection fee independently matches the Safety Inspection Application form's own text ('Currently the permit fee is $25.00').

Contact

Jurisdiction
Chatham County
Phone
(912) 201-4300

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. Chatham County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 20 — Building (Construction) RegulationsChatham County · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  2. Chatham County Demolition Permit Application (2020 revision), stating the identical fee formulaChatham County Department of Building Safety & Regulatory Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  3. Chatham County Demolition Permit Application (2026 revision), stating the residential/commercial permit fee formulaChatham County Department of Building Safety & Regulatory Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02
  4. Chatham County Safety Inspection ApplicationChatham County Department of Building Safety & Regulatory Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-02

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