Jackson
City of Jackson, Planning and Development Department, Office of Code Services (Building Permits Division)
In short
City of Jackson, Planning and Development Department, Office of Code Services (Building Permits Division) issues 3 permits we publish for Jackson, 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
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Permit (Commercial) | City of Jackson, Planning and Development Department, Office of Code Services (Building Permits Division) | Based on total project value: $50 flat for $1,000 or less; for $1,000-$49,999, $50 for the first $1,000 plus $6 per additional $1,000; for $50,000-$99,999, $500 for the first $50,000 plus $5 per additional $1,000; for $100,000-$499,999, $800 for the first $100,000 plus $4 per additional $1,000; for $500,000 and up, $2,500 for the first $500,000 plus $3 per additional $1,000. The identical table prices electrical, mechanical, plumbing and other trade permits. Plan review costs half of the calculated permit fee. | one-time, per project | 2026-09-10 |
| Local Trade License (Journeyman/Master Electrician and related trades)only if it applies to you | City of Jackson, Planning and Development Department, Office of Code Services (Building Permits Division) | $75 to renew an expired Journeyman trade license; $100 to renew an expired Master trade license, per the City's own Code Services fee schedule. The schedule does not separately publish what a first-time (non-renewal) Journeyman or Master application itself costs. | not stated — the published schedule only prices renewal after expiration | 2026-09-10 |
| Certificate of Occupancy / Occupancy Inspection | City of Jackson, Planning and Development Department, Office of Code Services (Building Permits Division) | $75 flat, per Occupancy Inspection/Business Inspection | one-time, per issuance | 2026-09-10 |
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
Building Permit (Commercial)
The same schedule also prices: return inspections at $30 (1st), $60 (2nd) and $90 (3rd); a Stop Work fee of $100; a Change of Contractors fee of $100; a Construction Adjustments Board of Appeals fee of $500; residential and commercial demolition at $200 each; a transfer letter at $25; a rental inspection at $60; and requests for temporary electrical power or gas service at $40-$50. The source PDF is filenamed "2020 Permit Fee Schedule"; an Internet Archive capture shows it as the version linked from the City's own Building Fee Schedule page, which has since been removed from the live site, so the schedule is cited here through that archive copy.
Local Trade License (Journeyman/Master Electrician and related trades)
This is the genuine local layer Mississippi's own state layer predicts must exist: the state's Board of Contractors licenses only at the business/commercial-project level (and only once a project reaches $50,000), never an individual journeyman or master electrician — that credential is, in the state layer's own words, "a local matter." Independent third-party licensing guides describe Mississippi electrician licensing as administered "city-by-city," naming Jackson among the municipalities that run their own exam and licensing program, consistent with Code Services' own fee schedule pricing renewal of exactly these two credentials. A related $100 Change of Contractors fee and a $100 Stop Work fee appear on the same schedule and are recorded under the Commercial Building Permit record above rather than duplicated here.
Certificate of Occupancy / Occupancy Inspection
Code Services' own fee schedule prices a single line item, "Occupancy Inspection/Business Inspection," at $75 flat — this is the same inspection the Business Privilege License FAQ refers to when it says certain business types must pass inspection before their license is issued, rather than a separately priced construction-only certificate and a separately priced business-only inspection.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Jackson
- Phone
- (601) 960-0794
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.
- Permit Fee Schedule — Code Services' own valuation-based Building and Trade Permit Fees table plus Other Permits & Fees (occupancy inspection, demolition, return inspections, trade licence renewals) (the live document host now returns 403/404; retrieved via Internet Archive, confirmed still the version linked from the City's own Building Fee Schedule page as of this capture)City of Jackson, Mississippi, Code Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-10
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