Alabama Building Permits
Localities may adopt; State handles schools/hotels.
How Building Permits Work in Alabama
The state's role is restricted to the adoption of a mandatory state building code for state-funded construction, schools, hotels, and motion picture theaters. For private residential and commercial projects, the state provides a model code but delegates all administrative permitting and inspection duties to local municipalities and counties, meaning the state does not issue permits for standard private development.
Model: Local Option
660 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.
Counties (67)
Autauga County, ALBaldwin County, ALBarbour County, ALBibb County, ALBlount County, ALBullock County, ALButler County, ALCalhoun County, ALChambers County, ALCherokee County, ALChilton County, ALChoctaw County, ALClarke County, ALClay County, ALCleburne County, ALCoffee County, ALColbert County, ALConecuh County, ALCoosa County, ALCovington County, ALCrenshaw County, ALCullman County, ALDale County, ALDallas County, ALDeKalb County, ALElmore County, ALEscambia County, ALEtowah County, ALFayette County, ALFranklin County, ALGeneva County, ALGreene County, ALHale County, ALHenry County, ALHouston County, ALJackson County, ALJefferson County, ALLamar County, ALLauderdale County, ALLawrence County, ALLee County, ALLimestone County, ALLowndes County, ALMacon County, ALMadison County, ALMarengo County, ALMarion County, ALMarshall County, ALMobile County, ALMonroe County, ALMontgomery County, ALMorgan County, ALPerry County, ALPickens County, ALPike County, ALRandolph County, ALRussell County, ALShelby County, ALSt. Clair County, ALSumter County, ALTalladega County, ALTallapoosa County, ALTuscaloosa County, ALWalker County, ALWashington County, ALWilcox County, ALWinston County, AL
Cities (593)
Abanda, AL(Chambers County)Abbeville, AL(Henry County)Adamsville, AL(Jefferson County)Addison, AL(Winston County)Akron, AL(Hale County)Alabaster, AL(Shelby County)Albertville, AL(Marshall County)Alexander, AL(Tallapoosa County)Alexandria, AL(Calhoun County)Aliceville, AL(Pickens County)Allgood, AL(Blount County)Altoona, AL(Etowah County)Andalusia, AL(Covington County)Anderson, AL(Lauderdale County)Anniston, AL(Calhoun County)Arab, AL(Marshall County)Ardmore, AL(Limestone County)Argo, AL(Jefferson County)Ariton, AL(Dale County)Arley, AL(Winston County)Ashford, AL(Houston County)Ashland, AL(Clay County)Ashville, AL(St. Clair County)Athens, AL(Limestone County)Atmore, AL(Escambia County)Attalla, AL(Etowah County)Auburn, AL(Lee County)Autaugaville, AL(Autauga County)Avon, AL(Houston County)Axis, AL(Mobile County)Babbie, AL(Covington County)Baileyton, AL(Cullman County)Bakerhill, AL(Barbour County)Ballplay, AL(Etowah County)Banks, AL(Pike County)Bay Minette, AL(Baldwin County)Bayou La Batre, AL(Mobile County)Bear Creek, AL(Marion County)Beatrice, AL(Monroe County)Beaverton, AL(Lamar County)Belgreen, AL(Franklin County)Belk, AL(Fayette County)Bellamy, AL(Sumter County)Belle Fontaine, AL(Mobile County)Benton, AL(Lowndes County)Berlin, AL(Cullman County)Berry, AL(Fayette County)Bessemer, AL(Jefferson County)Billingsley, AL(Autauga County)Birmingham, AL(Jefferson County)Black, AL(Geneva County)Blountsville, AL(Blount County)Blue Ridge, AL(Elmore County)Blue Springs, AL(Barbour County)Boaz, AL(Marshall County)Boligee, AL(Greene County)Bon Air, AL(Talladega County)Bon Secour, AL(Baldwin County)Boykin, AL(Wilcox County)Brantley, AL(Crenshaw County)Brantleyville, AL(Shelby County)Brent, AL(Bibb County)Brewton, AL(Escambia County)Bridgeport, AL(Jackson County)Brighton, AL(Jefferson County)Brilliant, AL(Marion County)Bristow Cove, AL(Etowah County)Brook Highland, AL(Shelby County)Brookside, AL(Jefferson County)Brookwood, AL(Tuscaloosa County)Broomtown, AL(Cherokee County)Brundidge, AL(Pike County)Bucks, AL(Mobile County)Butler, AL(Choctaw County)Calera, AL(Shelby County)Calvert, AL(Washington County)Camden, AL(Wilcox County)Camp Hill, AL(Tallapoosa County)Carbon Hill, AL(Walker County)Cardiff, AL(Jefferson County)Carlisle-Rockledge, AL(Etowah County)Carlton, AL(Clarke County)Carolina, AL(Covington County)Carrollton, AL(Pickens County)Castleberry, AL(Conecuh County)Catherine, AL(Wilcox County)Cedar Bluff, AL(Cherokee County)Center Point, AL(Jefferson County)Centre, AL(Cherokee County)Centreville, AL(Bibb County)Chatom, AL(Washington County)Chelsea, AL(Shelby County)Cherokee, AL(Colbert County)Chickasaw, AL(Mobile County)Childersburg, AL(Talladega County)Choccolocco, AL(Calhoun County)Chunchula, AL(Mobile County)Citronelle, AL(Mobile County)Clanton, AL(Chilton County)Clay, AL(Jefferson County)Clayhatchee, AL(Dale County)Clayton, AL(Barbour County)Cleveland, AL(Blount County)Clio, AL(Barbour County)Coaling, AL(Tuscaloosa County)Coats Bend, AL(Etowah County)Coffee Springs, AL(Geneva County)Coffeeville, AL(Clarke County)Coker, AL(Tuscaloosa County)Collinsville, AL(DeKalb County)Colony, AL(Cullman County)Columbia, AL(Houston County)Columbiana, AL(Shelby County)Concord, AL(Jefferson County)Coosada, AL(Elmore County)Cordova, AL(Walker County)Cottondale, AL(Tuscaloosa County)Cottonwood, AL(Houston County)County Line, AL(Blount County)Courtland, AL(Lawrence County)Cowarts, AL(Houston County)Creek, ALCreola, AL(Mobile County)Crossville, AL(DeKalb County)Cuba, AL(Sumter County)Cullman, AL(Cullman County)Cullomburg, AL(Choctaw County)Cusseta, AL(Chambers County)Dadeville, AL(Tallapoosa County)Daleville, AL(Dale County)Daphne, AL(Baldwin County)Dauphin Island, AL(Mobile County)Daviston, AL(Tallapoosa County)Dayton, AL(Marengo County)Deatsville, AL(Elmore County)Decatur, AL(Morgan County)Deer Park, AL(Washington County)Delta, AL(Clay County)Demopolis, AL(Marengo County)Detroit, AL(Lamar County)Dodge, ALDora, AL(Walker County)Dothan, AL(Houston County)Double Springs, AL(Winston County)Douglas, AL(Marshall County)Dozier, AL(Crenshaw County)Dunnavant, AL(Shelby County)Dutton, AL(Jackson County)Eagle Point, AL(Shelby County)East Brewton, AL(Escambia County)East Point, AL(Cullman County)Eclectic, AL(Elmore County)Edgewater, AL(Jefferson County)Edwardsville, AL(Cleburne County)Egypt, AL(Etowah County)Elba, AL(Coffee County)Elberta, AL(Baldwin County)Eldridge, AL(Walker County)Elkmont, AL(Limestone County)Elmore, AL(Elmore County)Emelle, AL(Sumter County)Emerald Mountain, AL(Elmore County)Enterprise, AL(Coffee County)Epes, AL(Sumter County)Equality, AL(Coosa County)Ethelsville, AL(Pickens County)Eufaula, AL(Barbour County)Eunola, AL(Geneva County)Eutaw, AL(Greene County)Eva, AL(Morgan County)Evergreen, AL(Conecuh County)Excel, AL(Monroe County)Fairfield, AL(Jefferson County)Fairford, AL(Washington County)Fairhope, AL(Baldwin County)Fairview, AL(Cullman County)Falkville, AL(Morgan County)Faunsdale, AL(Marengo County)Fayette, AL(Fayette County)Fayetteville, AL(Talladega County)Fitzpatrick, AL(Bullock County)Five Points, AL(Chambers County)Flomaton, AL(Escambia County)Florala, AL(Covington County)Florence, AL(Lauderdale County)Foley, AL(Baldwin County)Forestdale, AL(Jefferson County)Forkland, AL(Greene County)Fort Deposit, AL(Lowndes County)Fort Payne, AL(DeKalb County)Fort Rucker, AL(Dale County)Franklin, AL(Franklin County)Fredonia, AL(Chambers County)Frisco, AL(Monroe County)Fruitdale, AL(Washington County)Fruithurst, AL(Cleburne County)Fulton, AL(Clarke County)Fultondale, AL(Jefferson County)Fyffe, AL(DeKalb County)Gadsden, AL(Etowah County)Gainesville, AL(Sumter County)Gallant, AL(Etowah County)Gantt, AL(Covington County)Garden, AL(Pickens County)Gardendale, AL(Jefferson County)Gaylesville, AL(Cherokee County)Geiger, AL(Sumter County)Geneva, AL(Geneva County)Georgiana, AL(Butler County)Geraldine, AL(DeKalb County)Gilbertown, AL(Choctaw County)Glen Allen, AL(Marion County)Glencoe, AL(Etowah County)Glenwood, AL(Crenshaw County)Goldville, AL(Tallapoosa County)Good Hope, AL(Cullman County)Goodwater, AL(Coosa County)Gordo, AL(Pickens County)Gordon, AL(Houston County)Gordonville, AL(Lowndes County)Goshen, AL(Pike County)Graham, AL(Randolph County)Grand Bay, AL(Mobile County)Grant, AL(Marshall County)Grayson Valley, AL(Jefferson County)Graysville, AL(Jefferson County)Greensboro, AL(Hale County)Greenville, AL(Butler County)Grimes, AL(Dale County)Grove Hill, AL(Clarke County)Gu-Win, AL(Marion County)Guin, AL(Marion County)Gulf Shores, AL(Baldwin County)Gulfcrest, AL(Mobile County)Guntersville, AL(Marshall County)Gurley, AL(Madison County)Hackleburg, AL(Marion County)Hackneyville, AL(Tallapoosa County)Haleburg, AL(Henry County)Haleyville, AL(Winston County)Hamilton, AL(Marion County)Hammondville, AL(DeKalb County)Hanceville, AL(Cullman County)Hanover, AL(Coosa County)Harpersville, AL(Shelby County)Hartford, AL(Geneva County)Hartselle, AL(Morgan County)Harvest, AL(Madison County)Hatton, AL(Lawrence County)Hayden, AL(Blount County)Hayneville, AL(Lowndes County)Hazel Green, AL(Madison County)Headland, AL(Henry County)Heath, AL(Covington County)Heflin, AL(Cleburne County)Helena, AL(Shelby County)Henagar, AL(DeKalb County)Highland Lake, AL(Blount County)Highland Lakes, AL(Shelby County)Hillsboro, AL(Madison County)Hissop, AL(Coosa County)Hobson, AL(Calhoun County)Hobson, AL(Calhoun County)Hodges, AL(Franklin County)Hokes Bluff, AL(Etowah County)Hollins, AL(Clay County)Hollis Crossroads, AL(Cleburne County)Holly Pond, AL(Cullman County)Hollywood, AL(Jackson County)Holt, AL(Tuscaloosa County)Holtville, AL(Elmore County)Homewood, AL(Jefferson County)Hoover, AL(Jefferson County)Horn Hill, AL(Covington County)Hueytown, AL(Jefferson County)Huguley, AL(Chambers County)Huntsville, AL(Madison County)Hurtsboro, AL(Russell County)Hytop, AL(Jackson County)Ider, AL(DeKalb County)Indian Springs, AL(Choctaw County)Irondale, AL(Jefferson County)Ivalee, AL(Etowah County)Jackson, AL(Jackson County)Jacksons' Gap, AL(Tallapoosa County)Jacksonville, AL(Calhoun County)Jasper, AL(Walker County)Jemison, AL(Chilton County)Joppa, AL(Cullman County)Kansas, AL(Walker County)Kellyton, AL(Coosa County)Kennedy, AL(Lamar County)Killen, AL(Lauderdale County)Kimberly, AL(Jefferson County)Kinsey, AL(Houston County)Kinston, AL(Coffee County)La Fayette, AL(Chambers County)Ladonia, AL(Russell County)Lake View, AL(Tuscaloosa County)Lakeview, AL(DeKalb County)Lanett, AL(Chambers County)Langston, AL(Jackson County)Leeds, AL(Jefferson County)Leesburg, AL(Cherokee County)Leighton, AL(Colbert County)Leroy, AL(Washington County)Lester, AL(Limestone County)Level Plains, AL(Dale County)Lexington, AL(Lauderdale County)Libertyville, AL(Covington County)Lillian, AL(Baldwin County)Lincoln, AL(Talladega County)Linden, AL(Marengo County)Lineville, AL(Clay County)Lipscomb, AL(Jefferson County)Lisman, AL(Choctaw County)Littleville, AL(Colbert County)Livingston, AL(Sumter County)Loachapoka, AL(Lee County)Lockhart, AL(Covington County)Locust Fork, AL(Blount County)Lookout Mountain, AL(Etowah County)Louisville, AL(Barbour County)Lowndesboro, AL(Lowndes County)Loxley, AL(Baldwin County)Luverne, AL(Crenshaw County)Lynn, AL(Winston County)Macedonia, AL(Pickens County)Madison, AL(Madison County)Madrid, AL(Houston County)Magnolia Springs, AL(Baldwin County)Malcolm, AL(Washington County)Malvern, AL(Geneva County)Maplesville, AL(Chilton County)Marbury, AL(Autauga County)Margaret, AL(St. Clair County)Marion, AL(Marion County)Maytown, AL(Jefferson County)McCalla, AL(Jefferson County)McDonald Chapel, AL(Jefferson County)McIntosh, AL(Washington County)McKenzie, AL(Butler County)McMullen, AL(Pickens County)Meadowbrook, AL(Shelby County)Megargel, AL(Monroe County)Memphis, AL(Pickens County)Mentone, AL(DeKalb County)Meridianville, AL(Madison County)Midfield, AL(Jefferson County)Midland, AL(Dale County)Midway, AL(Bullock County)Mignon, AL(Talladega County)Millbrook, AL(Elmore County)Millerville, AL(Clay County)Millport, AL(Lamar County)Millry, AL(Washington County)Minor, AL(Jefferson County)Mobile, AL(Mobile County)Monroeville, AL(Monroe County)Montevallo, AL(Shelby County)Montgomery, AL(Montgomery County)Moody, AL(St. Clair County)Moores Mill, AL(Madison County)Mooresville, AL(Limestone County)Morris, AL(Jefferson County)Morrison Crossroads, AL(Randolph County)Mosses, AL(Lowndes County)Moulton, AL(Lawrence County)Moundville, AL(Hale County)Mount Olive (Coosa County), AL(Coosa County)Mount Olive (Jefferson County), AL(Jefferson County)Mount Vernon, AL(Mobile County)Mountain Brook, AL(Jefferson County)Movico, AL(Mobile County)Mulga, AL(Jefferson County)Munford, AL(Talladega County)Muscle Shoals, AL(Colbert County)Myrtlewood, AL(Marengo County)Nanafalia, AL(Marengo County)Nances Creek, AL(Calhoun County)Napier Field, AL(Dale County)Natural Bridge, AL(Winston County)Nauvoo, AL(Walker County)Nectar, AL(Blount County)Needham, AL(Choctaw County)New Brockton, AL(Coffee County)New Hope, AL(Madison County)New Market, AL(Madison County)New Site, AL(Tallapoosa County)New Union, AL(Etowah County)Newbern, AL(Hale County)Newton, AL(Dale County)Newville, AL(Henry County)Nixburg, AL(Coosa County)North Courtland, AL(Lawrence County)North Johns, AL(Jefferson County)Northport, AL(Tuscaloosa County)Notasulga, AL(Macon County)Oak Grove, AL(Talladega County)Oak Hill, AL(Wilcox County)Oakman, AL(Walker County)Odenville, AL(St. Clair County)Ohatchee, AL(Calhoun County)Oneonta, AL(Blount County)Onycha, AL(Covington County)Opelika, AL(Lee County)Opp, AL(Covington County)Orange Beach, AL(Baldwin County)Orrville, AL(Dallas County)Our, ALOwens Cross Roads, AL(Madison County)Oxford, AL(Calhoun County)Ozark, AL(Dale County)Paint Rock, AL(Jackson County)Panola, AL(Sumter County)Parrish, AL(Walker County)Pea Ridge, AL(Shelby County)Pelham, AL(Shelby County)Pell, AL(St. Clair County)Pennington, AL(Choctaw County)Penton, AL(Chambers County)Perdido Beach, AL(Baldwin County)Perdido, AL(Baldwin County)Peterman, AL(Monroe County)Petrey, AL(Crenshaw County)Phenix, AL(Russell County)Phil Campbell, AL(Franklin County)Pickensville, AL(Pickens County)Piedmont, AL(Calhoun County)Pike Road, AL(Montgomery County)Pinckard, AL(Dale County)Pine Apple, AL(Wilcox County)Pine Hill, AL(Wilcox County)Pine Level, AL(Autauga County)Pine Ridge, AL(DeKalb County)Pinson, AL(Jefferson County)Pisgah, AL(Jackson County)Pleasant Grove, AL(Jefferson County)Pleasant Groves, AL(Jackson County)Point Clear, AL(Baldwin County)Pollard, AL(Escambia County)Powell, AL(DeKalb County)Prattville, AL(Autauga County)Priceville, AL(Morgan County)Prichard, AL(Mobile County)Providence, AL(Marengo County)Putnam, AL(Marengo County)Ragland, AL(St. Clair County)Rainbow, AL(Etowah County)Rainsville, AL(DeKalb County)Ranburne, AL(Cleburne County)Ray, AL(Coosa County)Red Bay, AL(Franklin County)Red Level, AL(Covington County)Redland, AL(Elmore County)Redstone Arsenal, AL(Madison County)Reece, AL(Etowah County)Reeltown, AL(Tallapoosa County)Reform, AL(Pickens County)Rehobeth, AL(Houston County)Remlap, AL(Blount County)Repton, AL(Conecuh County)Ridgeville, AL(Etowah County)River Falls, AL(Covington County)Riverside, AL(St. Clair County)Riverview, AL(Escambia County)Roanoke, AL(Randolph County)Robertsdale, AL(Baldwin County)Rock Creek, AL(Jefferson County)Rock Mills, AL(Randolph County)Rockford, AL(Coosa County)Rockville, AL(Clarke County)Rogersville, AL(Lauderdale County)Rosa, AL(Blount County)Russellville, AL(Franklin County)Rutledge, AL(Crenshaw County)Saks, AL(Calhoun County)Samson, AL(Geneva County)Sand Rock, AL(Cherokee County)Sanford, AL(Covington County)Saraland, AL(Mobile County)Sardis, AL(Crenshaw County)Satsuma, AL(Mobile County)Scottsboro, AL(Jackson County)Section, AL(Jackson County)Selma, AL(Dallas County)Selmont-West Selmont, AL(Dallas County)Semmes, AL(Mobile County)Sheffield, AL(Colbert County)Shelby, AL(Shelby County)Shiloh, AL(DeKalb County)Shoal Creek, AL(Shelby County)Shorter, AL(Macon County)Silas, AL(Choctaw County)Silverhill, AL(Baldwin County)Sims Chapel, AL(Washington County)Sipsey, AL(Walker County)Skyline, AL(Jackson County)Slocomb, AL(Geneva County)Smiths Station, AL(Lee County)Smoke Rise, AL(Blount County)Snead, AL(Blount County)Somerville, AL(Morgan County)South Vinemont, AL(Cullman County)Southside, AL(Etowah County)Spanish Fort, AL(Baldwin County)Spring Garden, AL(Cherokee County)Springville, AL(St. Clair County)Spruce Pine, AL(Franklin County)St. Florian, AL(Lauderdale County)St. Stephens, AL(Washington County)Standing Rock, AL(Chambers County)Stapleton, AL(Baldwin County)Steele, AL(St. Clair County)Sterrett, AL(Shelby County)Stevenson, AL(Jackson County)Stewartville, AL(Coosa County)Stockton, AL(Baldwin County)Sulligent, AL(Lamar County)Sumiton, AL(Walker County)Summerdale, AL(Baldwin County)Susan Moore, AL(Blount County)Sweet Water, AL(Marengo County)Sylacauga, AL(Talladega County)Sylvan Springs, AL(Jefferson County)Sylvania, AL(DeKalb County)Talladega Springs, AL(Talladega County)Talladega, AL(Talladega County)Tallassee, AL(Elmore County)Tarrant, AL(Jefferson County)Taylor, AL(Houston County)Theodore, AL(Mobile County)Thomaston, AL(Marengo County)Thomasville, AL(Clarke County)Thorsby, AL(Chilton County)Tibbie, AL(Washington County)Tidmore Bend, AL(Etowah County)Tillmans Corner, AL(Mobile County)Toxey, AL(Choctaw County)Trafford, AL(Jefferson County)Triana, AL(Madison County)Trinity, AL(Morgan County)Troy, AL(Pike County)Trussville, AL(Jefferson County)Tuscaloosa, AL(Tuscaloosa County)Tuscumbia, AL(Colbert County)Tuskegee, AL(Macon County)Twin, AL(Marion County)Underwood-Petersville, AL(Lauderdale County)Union Grove, AL(Marshall County)Union Springs, AL(Bullock County)Union, AL(Greene County)Uniontown, AL(Perry County)Uriah, AL(Monroe County)Valley Grande, AL(Dallas County)Valley Head, AL(DeKalb County)Valley, AL(Chambers County)Vance, AL(Tuscaloosa County)Vandiver, AL(Shelby County)Vernon, AL(Lamar County)Vestavia Hills, AL(Jefferson County)Vina, AL(Franklin County)Vincent, AL(Shelby County)Vinegar Bend, AL(Washington County)Vredenburgh, AL(Monroe County)Wadley, AL(Randolph County)Waldo, AL(Talladega County)Walnut Grove, AL(Etowah County)Warrior, AL(Jefferson County)Waterloo, AL(Lauderdale County)Waverly, AL(Chambers County)Weaver, AL(Calhoun County)Webb, AL(Houston County)Wedowee, AL(Randolph County)Weogufka, AL(Coosa County)West Blocton, AL(Bibb County)West End-Cobb, AL(Jefferson County)West Jefferson, AL(Jefferson County)West Point, AL(Cullman County)Westover, AL(Shelby County)Wetumpka, AL(Elmore County)Whatley, AL(Clarke County)White Hall, AL(Lowndes County)White Plains, AL(Calhoun County)Whitesboro, AL(Etowah County)Wilsonville, AL(Shelby County)Wilton, AL(Shelby County)Winfield, AL(Marion County)Woodland, AL(Randolph County)Woodstock, AL(Bibb County)Woodville, AL(Jackson County)Yellow Bluff, AL(Wilcox County)York, AL(Sumter County)