Commercial Compliance Hub
Check requirements

Clark County

Clark County Department of Building & Fire Prevention, Building Division

In short

Clark County Department of Building & Fire Prevention, Building Division issues 3 permits we publish for Clark County, last verified 2026-09-25. 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
Certificate of Occupancy (and Temporary / Partial Certificate)Clark County Department of Building & Fire Prevention, Building DivisionNo fee — no separate fee for the final certificate of occupancy; a Temporary or Partial Certificate of Occupancy costs $125.00 per certificate (§22.02.370)one-time; no expiration once issued2026-09-25
Sign Construction Permit (and Title 30 sign approvals)only if it applies to youClark County Department of Building & Fire Prevention, Building DivisionTable 3-J (Code §22.02.431), by installed valuation: $0.00 to $500.00 -> $60.00; $501.00 to $35,000.00 -> $300.00; $35,001.00 to $100,000.00 -> $500.00; $100,001.00 and above, calculated using Table 3-A. Sign plan review (§22.02.345(K)) is 65% of the total sign construction permit fee, not charged where no plan review is performed. A Title 30 'Property/Yard Sign Permit' (a specialty sign placed in the ground under Chapter 30.07) costs $100 separately, and required construction-permit fees double for any sign work begun without a permit or exceeding the scope of a valid one.per installation2026-09-25
Building Permit — tenant improvement / commercial alteration / new commercial construction (with plan review)only if it applies to youClark County Department of Building & Fire Prevention, Building DivisionTable 3-A (Code §22.02.390), by total project valuation: $1.00 to $500.00 is a flat $54.00. Separately, $501.00 to $2,000.00 is $54.00 for the first $500.00 plus $1.683 for each additional $100.00 or fraction thereof. $2,001.00 to $25,000.00 is $79.29 for the first $2,000.00 plus $7.371 per additional $1,000.00 or fraction. $25,001.00 to $50,000.00 is $248.82 for the first $25,000.00 plus $4.725 per additional $1,000.00 or fraction. $50,001.00 to $100,000.00 is $366.95 for the first $50,000.00 plus $3.402 per additional $1,000.00 or fraction. $100,001.00 and up is $537.05 for the first $100,000.00 plus $2.934 per additional $1,000.00 or fraction. Building plan review (§22.02.345(C)) is 65% of the building permit fee, covering the initial review and one resubmittal; zoning plan review (§22.02.345(D)) is 10% of the permit fee, waived where a Title 30 major-project fee is collected instead. Electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits associated with a building permit are, per the Code text (§22.02.345(H)(1)), 18%, 16.5% and 15% of the building permit fee respectively, plus a $54 issuance fee for each — but the County's own live fee calculator does not add that $54 on top at higher valuations; it applies $54 only as a floor at very low valuations, so the Building Division should be asked, (702) 455-8972, which figure it actually assesses on a given project. Trade-permit plan review (§22.02.345(I)) is 25% of the total trade-permit fee, or 35% if the trade permit is submitted on its own rather than with a building permit. The online calculator also adds a Compliance Report Fee of $25 for residential work or $50 for commercial work, which does not appear in the Title 22 text itself.per project; the permit expires if work is not commenced within 180 days (Code §22.02.320)2026-09-25

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 (and Temporary / Partial Certificate)

No building or structure for which Title 30 requires a certificate of occupancy may be used or occupied, and no change in occupancy classification may be made, 'until the building official has issued a certificate of occupancy' (Code §22.02.550(A)); after an approved final inspection, the building official issues it, or a certificate of completion, within three working days (§22.02.550(D)). The Code lists no separate fee for the final certificate of occupancy itself: Code §22.02.340, §22.02.345, §22.02.360, §22.02.365, §22.02.370 and Tables 3-H, 3-I and 3-J were all checked and none prices it, and the County's own certificate-of-occupancy page states only that it will be available within about three working days of the final approved inspection, with no fee mentioned. Only a Temporary or Partial Certificate of Occupancy is priced, at $125.00 per certificate under §22.02.370, and it becomes void if not issued within 30 days of application. A separate document, the Certificate of Completion, also exists under §22.02.550(B) for situations where full occupancy sign-off is not what is being certified. The building official will not release a final inspection or certificate for assembly, business, educational, factory, hazardous, institutional, mercantile or residential occupancies until the sewer authority and water purveyor confirm their facilities have been accepted.

Sign Construction Permit (and Title 30 sign approvals)

A permanent sign in the unincorporated area needs a Building sign construction permit priced by installed valuation in Table 3-J: $60 for a sign valued up to $500, $300 up to $35,000, $500 up to $100,000, and Table 3-A above that, plus a 65% plan review fee. Signs needing Title 30 design review pay $300 (administrative) or $500 plus a $500 notice fee, under the Title 30 Fee Schedule cited in the Clark County special-use-permit record. Exempt from the Building permit: temporary on-premises signs of 300 square feet or less, construction signs of 32 square feet or less, nameplates of 4 square feet or less, and adhered vinyl signage (§22.02.210). A Title 30 'Property/Yard Sign Permit' — a specialty sign placed in the ground under Chapter 30.07 — costs a separate $100 and is not the same product as a wall, pole or monument sign permit. Required permit fees double for work started without a permit, or for a sign built beyond the scope of a valid permit. Ask Building at (702) 455-3000.

Building Permit — tenant improvement / commercial alteration / new commercial construction (with plan review)

Any build-out, tenant improvement, change of occupancy, demolition or new commercial construction in the unincorporated area needs a County building permit, plus electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits where applicable. The permit fee is calculated from total project valuation using Table 3-A of Code §22.02.390: for example, $1 to $500 of work is a flat $54, and separately, $501 to $2,000 is $54 for the first $500 plus $1.683 per additional $100 or fraction — these are two distinct rows, not one merged band, and at $100,000 the table produces $537.05. A plan review fee of 65% of the permit fee is due at submittal, covering the first review and one resubmittal, plus a 10% zoning plan review fee unless a Title 30 major-project fee already applies. Trade permits (electrical, plumbing, mechanical) are priced in the Code text at 18%, 16.5% and 15% of the building permit fee plus a $54 issuance fee apiece, but the County's live online fee calculator does not actually add that $54 at typical commercial valuations — it treats $54 as a floor amount at very low valuations instead — so confirm with Building at (702) 455-8972 which approach applies to a given project. Trade-permit plan review adds 25% of the trade fee (35% if the trade permit stands alone), and the calculator layers on a Compliance Report Fee of $25 (residential) or $50 (commercial) that is not written into Title 22 itself. Re-inspection fees are $110 each and extra plan review is $110 per hour (Table 3-I). Work started without a permit adds a fee equal to the permit fee, capped at $4,000 for residential work and $50,000 for all other construction (§22.02.360(B)(2)), plus an investigation charge. Contractors must hold their Nevada State Contractors Board license (§22.02.245).

Contact

Jurisdiction
Clark County
Phone
(702) 455-3000

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 Fee Calculator — the Building Division's own live calculator; at a $100,000 valuation it returns permitFee $537.05, bldgPlanReviewFee $349.08 (65%), zoningPlanReviewFee $53.71 (10%), electrical $96.67 (18% of the permit fee, with no separate $54 added), plumbing $88.61 (16.5%), mechanical $80.56 (15%), trade-permit plan review at 25% of the trade fee, and a Compliance Report Fee of $25 (residential) or $50 (commercial) not found in the Title 22 textClark County Department of Building & Fire Prevention · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  2. Clark County Code (Municode job 495815, 'Supplement 149' — codified through Ordinance No. 5387, enacted June 3, 2026, MaxTrackingDate 2026-08-25) — Titles 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 22Clark County / Municode · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27
  3. Title 30 Unified Development Code, 'Effective 9/17/2026' — the current editionClark County Department of Comprehensive Planning · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-27

Other offices serving Clark County

The full permit list for this jurisdiction

Industry permit lists that include this agency

Nevada jurisdictions

Commercial Compliance Hub publishes information, not legal advice. Requirements change — confirm anything you rely on with the issuing agency before you file.