Missoula
City of Missoula, Community Planning, Development & Innovation — Building Division
In short
City of Missoula, Community Planning, Development & Innovation — Building Division issues 3 permits we publish for Missoula, last verified 2026-09-12. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate of Occupancy | City of Missoula, Community Planning, Development & Innovation — Building Division | No fee | one-time — issued after all required building and (for commercial properties) fire inspections pass | 2026-09-12 |
| Temporary (Conditional) Certificate of Occupancyonly if it applies to you | City of Missoula, Community Planning, Development & Innovation — Building Division | $154 one-time | temporary — until outstanding conditions for a standard Certificate of Occupancy are met | 2026-09-12 |
| Commercial Building Permit | City of Missoula, Community Planning, Development & Innovation — Building Division | Valuation is computed from a City-adopted 1998 cost-per-square-foot table by building use, then applied to the fee chart effective October 1, 2026: $1,869 for the first $100,000 of valuation plus $11.73 per additional $1,000 up to $500,000; $6,563 for the first $500,000 plus $7.82 per additional $1,000 up to $1,000,000; or $10,474 for the first $1,000,000 plus $5.87 per additional $1,000 above that. The plan review fee is 65% of the building permit fee for a commercial project (30% for a residential 1-2 unit project). Electrical, Mechanical, and Plumbing permits are priced separately on their own unit-fee schedule (e.g. a commercial project cost of $50,001+ carries a base electrical fee of $1,452 for the first $50,000 plus 0.5% of the balance). | one-time, per project — not stated in the published fee schedule | 2026-09-12 |
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
Certificate of Occupancy
No fee applies to a standard Certificate of Occupancy in Missoula: the City's own page walks through the required final building inspection and, for commercial properties, a final fire inspection, but states no dollar figure anywhere for the certificate itself. A distinct fee does apply to a Temporary (Conditional) Certificate of Occupancy instead, recorded separately below.
Temporary (Conditional) Certificate of Occupancy
Applies only when a project cannot meet every condition for a standard Certificate of Occupancy at final inspection and the department instead approves a Conditional (Temporary) CO; the City's own page states this fee 'must be paid before the city will issue a Conditional (Temporary) Certificate of Occupancy.'
Commercial Building Permit
Administered by the Building Division within Development Services. A separate, City-charged Fire Plan Review and Inspection fee (recorded below) also applies to commercial construction, on top of this Building Permit fee. The figures are from the building fee schedules effective October 1, 2026 (Resolution 8970), under which commercial plan review rose from 30% to 65% of the permit fee.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Missoula
- Phone
- (406) 552-6630
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.
- Building (MEC, PLM, ELC, RFG) Permit Fee Schedule, effective October 1, 2026 (adopted by Resolution 8970) — Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, Demolition, and Moving permit fees, the $154 Temporary Certificate of Occupancy fee, and the Section 15.32.020(A) plan review citationCity of Missoula, Montana, Development Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Certificate of Occupancy — the City's own page describing the inspection steps required, with no standalone fee stated for a standard Certificate of OccupancyCity of Missoula, Montana, Development Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
- Figuring Plan Review Fees for Commercial and Residential / Building Permit and Plan Review Fees - 2026 — the City's own valuation methodology (1998 cost-per-square-foot data) and permit fee table (V.10.01.2026), with plan review at 30% of the building permit fee for residential (1-2 units) and 65% for commercialCity of Missoula, Montana, Development Services · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-12
Other offices serving Missoula
- Missoula Public Health (Missoula City-County Health Department)
- City of Missoula, Community Planning, Development & Innovation — Permit & Business Licensing Coordinators
- City of Missoula, Current Planning and Land Use Division
- Missoula Fire Department, Fire Prevention Bureau
- City of Missoula, Board of Adjustment
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