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Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Neighborhood Resource Center, Building Inspection Division

In short

Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Neighborhood Resource Center, Building Inspection Division issues 3 permits we publish for Kansas City, last verified 2026-09-10. 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
Trade Contractor License and Surety Bond (Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, Plumbing and other trades)Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Neighborhood Resource Center, Building Inspection DivisionAnnual Occupation Tax by trade category — Electrical Contractor $340/year, Roofing and Sheet Metal $274/year, Miscellaneous Contractors (most other trades) and Scale Contractors and Service $193/year each — plus a $5,000 surety bond required for Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC and Plumbing work (confirmed both in the UG's own words, 'we do require a $5,000 surety bond,' and directly on the UG's own Electrical and Mechanical/HVAC bond forms), each bond expiring December 31 of the year issued. A Trade Master separately pays $45/year to renew a master's license card after passing Prometric testing.annual — occupation tax and bonds both run the calendar year, expiring December 312026-09-10
Certificate of OccupancyUnified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Neighborhood Resource Center, Building Inspection Division$100 Temporary Certificate of Occupancy (90 days)temporary certificate: 90 days; no separate standard certificate product is published2026-09-10
Building Permit (Commercial)Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Neighborhood Resource Center, Building Inspection DivisionCalculated on total project value (materials and labor): a base fee of $30 plus $0.75 per each $100 of project value for work valued $0-$30,000; a base fee of $255 plus $0.50 per each $100 above $30,000 for work valued $30,001-$1,000,000; and a base fee of $5,105 plus $0.40 per each $100 above $1,000,000 for larger projects. The same schedule applies to electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits. Plan review is charged separately at half of the building permit cost, plus a Board of Public Utilities fee.one-time, per project2026-09-10

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

Trade Contractor License and Surety Bond (Electrical, Mechanical/HVAC, Plumbing and other trades)

This is the genuine local credential Kansas's own state layer predicts should exist: the state licenses no general contractor, electrician, plumber or HVAC trade itself, leaving that entirely to local government. Unlike Wichita and Sedgwick County's joint MABCD department (a single Class A/B/C/D system) or Johnson County's standalone 11-class contractor licensing division, the UG runs this itself through its own Building Inspection Division using a bond-plus-occupation-tax model rather than a tiered class system. Separately, the UG's own DotteBiz portal names a 'General Contractor License' as its own distinct specialized license category — a real, confirmed-to-exist step — but no page reachable in this research states what that license itself costs beyond the occupation tax and bond figures above, so that additional figure is not published here; confirm directly with Business Licensing (913-573-8780) before assuming the figures above are the whole cost of entry.

Certificate of Occupancy

The UG's own current fee schedule prices only a 90-day Temporary Certificate of Occupancy, at $100, and separately charges a $200-per-building administrative penalty for occupying a commercial structure without one. No fee for a standard, non-temporary certificate of occupancy is published in the Unified Government's own current fee schedule; contact UG Building Inspection for any charge that applies to a standard certificate on a given project.

Building Permit (Commercial)

Re-inspection fees escalate for repeat failed inspections: $100 (1st), $150 (2nd), $225 (3rd), $337.50 (4th). A footing-and-foundation fee of $200 applies to commercial and multi-family work (per building, first request), and an administrative penalty of $200 per building applies to occupying a commercial structure without final occupancy or a temporary certificate of occupancy. Every general contractor and subcontractor performing this work must also hold the UG's own occupation-tax-based trade license recorded separately above.

Contact

Jurisdiction
Kansas City
Phone
(913) 573-8600

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. Building Inspection Permits & Requirements — confirming the valuation-based building/electrical/mechanical/plumbing permit fee structure and that contractors need a city occupational tax licenseUnified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Neighborhood Resource Center · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
  2. Business Licensing and Permitting — the UG's own summary of regulatory licenses, the Food Business License (KDA), the General Contractor License, and the Roofing Contractor Registration (Kansas Attorney General)Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, DotteBiz portal · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
  3. Electrical Bond form — "the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS," expiring December 31 of the year issuedUnified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Neighborhood Resource Center · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
  4. Licenses, Applications & Permits — stating directly, "we do require a $5,000 surety bond," and naming the Electrical, Hauler's, Mechanical HVAC, Plumber's, Septic Tank and Sign Hanger bond typesUnified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
  5. Mechanical/HVAC Bond form — "the sum of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS," expiring December 31 of the year issuedUnified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Neighborhood Resource Center · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
  6. Trade Licensing & Prometric Testing — the Trade Master license and Prometric testing requirement for electrical, mechanical and plumbing tradesUnified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
  7. Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas — Comprehensive Fee Schedule, January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026 (current edition linked from the Finance Department's own Financial Reports page; cover page reads "PROPOSED")Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas, Finance Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10

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