Arkansas Building Permits
Local enforcement; State handles trades in rural gaps.
How Building Permits Work in Arkansas
Arkansas adopts a statewide code that localities are required to enforce, but the state plays an active role in trade-specific permitting. In jurisdictions that lack the resources for a full building department, the state retains authority over plumbing, electrical, and HVAC permits to ensure safety standards are met even where local structural inspections are absent.
Model: State-Mandated
232 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.
Counties (75)
Arkansas County, ARAshley County, ARBaxter County, ARBenton County, ARBoone County, ARBradley County, ARCalhoun County, ARCarroll County, ARChicot County, ARClark County, ARClay County, ARCleburne County, ARCleveland County, ARColumbia County, ARConway County, ARCraighead County, ARCrawford County, ARCrittenden County, ARCross County, ARDallas County, ARDesha County, ARDrew County, ARFaulkner County, ARFranklin County, ARFulton County, ARGarland County, ARGrant County, ARGreene County, ARHempstead County, ARHot Spring County, ARHoward County, ARIndependence County, ARIzard County, ARJackson County, ARJefferson County, ARJohnson County, ARLafayette County, ARLawrence County, ARLee County, ARLincoln County, ARLittle River County, ARLogan County, ARLonoke County, ARMadison County, ARMarion County, ARMiller County, ARMississippi County, ARMonroe County, ARMontgomery County, ARNevada County, ARNewton County, AROuachita County, ARPerry County, ARPhillips County, ARPike County, ARPoinsett County, ARPolk County, ARPope County, ARPrairie County, ARPulaski County, ARRandolph County, ARSaline County, ARScott County, ARSearcy County, ARSebastian County, ARSevier County, ARSharp County, ARSt. Francis County, ARStone County, ARUnion County, ARVan Buren County, ARWashington County, ARWhite County, ARWoodruff County, ARYell County, AR
Cities (157)
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Barling, AR(Sebastian County)Batesville, AR(Independence County)Beaver, AR(Carroll County)Beebe, AR(White County)Bella Vista, AR(Benton County)Benton, AR(Saline County)Bentonville, AR(Benton County)Bergman, AR(Boone County)Berryville, AR(Carroll County)Blytheville, AR(Mississippi County)Bono, AR(Craighead County)Briarcliff, AR(Baxter County)Brookland, AR(Craighead County)Bryant, AR(Saline County)Bull Shoals, AR(Marion County)
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Cabot, AR(Lonoke County)Cammack, AR(Pulaski County)Carlisle, AR(Lonoke County)Casa, AR(Perry County)Cave Springs, AR(Benton County)Cedarville, AR(Crawford County)Centerton, AR(Benton County)Charleston, AR(Franklin County)Cherokee, AR(Sharp County)Cherokee, AR(Sharp County)Clarendon, AR(Monroe County)Clarksville, AR(Johnson County)Conway, AR(Faulkner County)Cotter, AR(Baxter County)Crossett, AR(Ashley County)
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Hamburg, AR(Ashley County)Hampton, AR(Calhoun County)Hardy, AR(Sharp County)Harrison, AR(Boone County)Haskell, AR(Saline County)Hazen, AR(Prairie County)Heber Springs, AR(Cleburne County)Hector, AR(Pope County)Helena-West Helena, AR(Phillips County)Highfill, AR(Benton County)Holiday Island, AR(Carroll County)Hope, AR(Hempstead County)Horseshoe Bend, AR(Izard County)Hot Springs, AR(Garland County)Hot Springs, AR(Garland County)Hoxie, AR(Lawrence County)Humnoke, AR(Lonoke County)Humphrey, AR(Arkansas County)Huntsville, AR(Madison County)
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Malvern, AR(Hot Spring County)Mansfield, AR(Sebastian County)Marion, AR(Marion County)Marmaduke, AR(Greene County)Maumelle, AR(Pulaski County)Mayflower, AR(Faulkner County)Melbourne, AR(Izard County)Menifee, AR(Conway County)Monticello, AR(Drew County)Mountain Home, AR(Baxter County)Mountain View, AR(Stone County)Mountainburg, AR(Crawford County)Mulberry, AR(Crawford County)
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Other Jurisdictions (468)
These places either do not issue building permits directly, or we have no permit office on record for them. Enter your project address to find the correct permitting authority.
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Acorn, AR(Polk County)Adona, AR(Perry County)Alexander, AR(Pulaski County)Alicia, AR(Lawrence County)Alix, AR(Franklin County)Alleene, AR(Little River County)Allport, AR(Lonoke County)Almyra, AR(Arkansas County)Alpena, AR(Boone County)Alpine, AR(Clark County)Altheimer, AR(Jefferson County)Altus, AR(Franklin County)Amagon, AR(Jackson County)Amity, AR(Clark County)Anthonyville, AR(Crittenden County)Antoine, AR(Pike County)Aplin, AR(Perry County)Appleton, AR(Pope County)Arkansas, AR(Arkansas County)Armorel, AR(Mississippi County)Atkins, AR(Pope County)Aubrey, AR(Lee County)Augusta, AR(Woodruff County)Avilla, AR(Saline County)
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Bald Knob, AR(White County)Banks, AR(Bradley County)Bassett, AR(Mississippi County)Batavia, AR(Boone County)Bauxite, AR(Saline County)Bay, AR(Craighead County)Bearden, AR(Ouachita County)Bee Branch, AR(Van Buren County)Beedeville, AR(Jackson County)Beirne, AR(Clark County)Bellefonte, AR(Boone County)Belleville, AR(Yell County)Ben Lomond, AR(Sevier County)Bethesda, AR(Independence County)Big Flat, AR(Baxter County)Bigelow, AR(Perry County)Biggers, AR(Randolph County)Birdsong, AR(Mississippi County)Bismarck, AR(Hot Spring County)Black Oak, AR(Craighead County)Black Rock, AR(Lawrence County)Black Springs, AR(Montgomery County)Blevins, AR(Hempstead County)Blue Eye, AR(Carroll County)Blue Mountain, AR(Logan County)Bluff, AR(Nevada County)Board Camp, AR(Polk County)Bodcaw, AR(Nevada County)Boles, AR(Scott County)Bonanza, AR(Sebastian County)Booneville, AR(Logan County)Bowman, AR(Craighead County)Bradford, AR(White County)Bradley, AR(Lafayette County)Branch, AR(Franklin County)Brinkley, AR(Monroe County)Buckner, AR(Lafayette County)Buffalo, AR(Baxter County)Burdette, AR(Mississippi County)
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Caddo Gap, AR(Montgomery County)Caddo Valley, AR(Clark County)Caldwell, AR(St. Francis County)Cale, AR(Nevada County)Calico Rock, AR(Izard County)Calion, AR(Union County)Camden, AR(Ouachita County)Campbell Station, AR(Jackson County)Canehill, AR(Washington County)Caraway, AR(Craighead County)Carthage, AR(Dallas County)Cash, AR(Craighead County)Caulksville, AR(Logan County)Cave, ARCenter Point, AR(Howard County)Center Ridge, AR(Conway County)Centerville, AR(Yell County)Central, AR(Hot Spring County)Cherry Valley, AR(Cross County)Chester, AR(Crawford County)Chidester, AR(Ouachita County)Cincinnati, AR(Washington County)Clarkedale, AR(Crittenden County)Clinton, AR(Van Buren County)Coal Hill, AR(Johnson County)College Station, AR(Pulaski County)Collins, AR(Drew County)Colt, AR(St. Francis County)Concord, AR(Cleburne County)Corinth, AR(Yell County)Corning, AR(Clay County)Cotton Plant, AR(Woodruff County)Cove, AR(Polk County)Coy, AR(Lonoke County)Crawfordsville, AR(Crittenden County)Crystal Springs, AR(Garland County)Cushman, AR(Independence County)
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Daisy, AR(Pike County)Damascus, AR(Van Buren County)Danville, AR(Yell County)Datto, AR(Clay County)De Valls Bluff, AR(Prairie County)Deer, AR(Newton County)Delaplaine, AR(Greene County)Delight, AR(Pike County)Dennard, AR(Van Buren County)Denning, AR(Franklin County)Dermott, AR(Chicot County)Desha, AR(Independence County)DeWitt, AR(Arkansas County)Diaz, AR(Jackson County)Dierks, AR(Howard County)Donaldson, AR(Hot Spring County)Dora, AR(Crawford County)Drasco, AR(Cleburne County)Dumas, AR(Desha County)Dyess, AR(Mississippi County)
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Earle, AR(Crittenden County)East Camden, AR(Ouachita County)East End, AR(Saline County)Edgemont, AR(Cleburne County)Edmondson, AR(Crittenden County)Egypt, AR(Craighead County)El Paso, AR(White County)Emerson, AR(Columbia County)England, AR(Lonoke County)Enola, AR(Faulkner County)Etowah, AR(Mississippi County)Eudora, AR(Chicot County)Evansville, AR(Washington County)Evening Shade, AR(Sharp County)Everton, AR(Boone County)
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Fair Oaks, AR(Cross County)Fairfield Bay, AR(Van Buren County)Fargo, AR(Monroe County)Fifty-Six, AR(Stone County)Fisher, AR(Poinsett County)Floral, AR(Independence County)Floyd, AR(White County)Fordyce, AR(Dallas County)Foreman, AR(Little River County)Fort Smith, AR(Sebastian County)Fouke, AR(Miller County)Fountain Hill, AR(Ashley County)Fountain Lake, AR(Garland County)Fourche, AR(Perry County)Fox, AR(Stone County)Franklin, AR(Franklin County)Fredonia (Biscoe), AR(Prairie County)Friendship, AR(Hot Spring County)Fulton, AR(Hempstead County)
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Gamaliel, AR(Baxter County)Garland, AR(Miller County)Garner, AR(White County)Gateway, AR(Benton County)Genoa, AR(Miller County)Georgetown, AR(White County)Gibson, AR(Pulaski County)Gilbert, AR(Searcy County)Gillett, AR(Arkansas County)Gillham, AR(Sevier County)Gilmore, AR(Crittenden County)Glenwood, AR(Pike County)Goodwin, AR(St. Francis County)Gould, AR(Lincoln County)Grady, AR(Lincoln County)Grannis, AR(Polk County)Greenway, AR(Clay County)Greers Ferry, AR(Cleburne County)Gregory, AR(Woodruff County)Griffithville, AR(White County)Grubbs, AR(Jackson County)Guion, AR(Izard County)Gum Springs, AR(Clark County)Gurdon, AR(Clark County)Guy, AR(Faulkner County)
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Hackett, AR(Sebastian County)Hagarville, AR(Johnson County)Halley, AR(Desha County)Harrell, AR(Calhoun County)Harrisburg, AR(Poinsett County)Hartford, AR(Sebastian County)Hartman, AR(Johnson County)Hatfield, AR(Polk County)Hattieville, AR(Conway County)Havana, AR(Yell County)Haynes, AR(Lee County)Henderson, AR(Baxter County)Hensley, AR(Pulaski County)Hermitage, AR(Bradley County)Hickory Ridge, AR(Cross County)Higden, AR(Cleburne County)Higginson, AR(White County)Highland, AR(Sharp County)Hindsville, AR(Madison County)Holland, AR(Faulkner County)Holly Grove, AR(Monroe County)Horatio, AR(Sevier County)Horseshoe Lake, AR(Crittenden County)Houston, AR(Perry County)Hughes, AR(St. Francis County)Hunter, AR(Woodruff County)Huntington, AR(Sebastian County)Huttig, AR(Union County)
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Lacey, AR(Drew County)Lafe, AR(Greene County)LaGrange, AR(Lee County)Lake Hamilton, AR(Garland County)Lake, AR(Perry County)Lake, AR(Perry County)Lamar, AR(Johnson County)Landmark, AR(Pulaski County)Lawson, AR(Union County)Leachville, AR(Mississippi County)Lead Hill, AR(Boone County)Leola, AR(Grant County)Lepanto, AR(Poinsett County)Leslie, AR(Searcy County)Letona, AR(White County)Lewisville, AR(Lafayette County)Lexa, AR(Phillips County)Little Flock, AR(Benton County)Lockesburg, AR(Sevier County)London, AR(Pope County)Lonsdale, AR(Garland County)Lost Bridge, AR(Benton County)Louann, AR(Ouachita County)Luxora, AR(Mississippi County)Lynn, AR(Lawrence County)
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Madison, AR(Madison County)Magazine, AR(Logan County)Magness, AR(Independence County)Magnet Cove, AR(Hot Spring County)Magnolia, AR(Columbia County)Mammoth Spring, AR(Fulton County)Manila, AR(Mississippi County)Marianna, AR(Lee County)Marie, AR(Mississippi County)Marked Tree, AR(Poinsett County)Marshall, AR(Searcy County)Marvell, AR(Phillips County)Maynard, AR(Randolph County)Maysville, AR(Benton County)McAlmont, AR(Pulaski County)McCaskill, AR(Hempstead County)McCrory, AR(Woodruff County)McDougal, AR(Clay County)McGehee, AR(Desha County)McNab, AR(Hempstead County)McNeil, AR(Columbia County)McRae, AR(White County)Mellwood, AR(Phillips County)Mena, AR(Polk County)Midland, AR(Sebastian County)Midway, AR(Baxter County)Midway, AR(Baxter County)Mineral Springs, AR(Howard County)Minturn, AR(Lawrence County)Mitchellville, AR(Desha County)Monette, AR(Craighead County)Monroe, AR(Monroe County)Montrose, AR(Ashley County)Moorefield, AR(Independence County)Moro, AR(Lee County)Morrilton, AR(Conway County)Morrison Bluff, AR(Logan County)Morrow, AR(Washington County)Mount Holly, AR(Union County)Mount Ida, AR(Montgomery County)Mount Judea, AR(Newton County)Mount Olive, AR(Izard County)Mount Pleasant, AR(Izard County)Mount Vernon, AR(Faulkner County)Mountain Pine, AR(Garland County)Murfreesboro, AR(Pike County)
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O'Kean, AR(Randolph County)Oak Grove Heights, AR(Greene County)Oakhaven, AR(Hempstead County)Oakland, AR(Marion County)Oark, AR(Johnson County)Oden, AR(Montgomery County)Ogden, AR(Little River County)Oil Trough, AR(Independence County)Okolona, AR(Clark County)Ola, AR(Yell County)Omaha, AR(Boone County)Oneida, AR(Phillips County)Oppelo, AR(Conway County)Oxford, AR(Izard County)Ozan, AR(Hempstead County)Ozark Acres, AR(Sharp County)Ozone, AR(Johnson County)
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Palestine, AR(St. Francis County)Pangburn, AR(White County)Parkdale, AR(Ashley County)Parkin, AR(Cross County)Patmos, AR(Hempstead County)Patterson, AR(Woodruff County)Payneway, AR(Poinsett County)Peach Orchard, AR(Clay County)Pearcy, AR(Garland County)Pencil Bluff, AR(Montgomery County)Perla, AR(Hot Spring County)Perry, AR(Perry County)Perrytown, AR(Hempstead County)Perryville, AR(Perry County)Pindall, AR(Searcy County)Pineville, AR(Izard County)Piney, AR(Garland County)Plainview, AR(Yell County)Pleasant Grove, AR(Union County)Pleasant Plains, AR(Independence County)Pocahontas, AR(Randolph County)Pollard, AR(Clay County)Ponca, AR(Newton County)Poplar Grove, AR(St. Francis County)Portia, AR(Lawrence County)Portland, AR(Ashley County)Powhatan, AR(Lawrence County)Poyen, AR(Grant County)Prairie Creek, AR(Benton County)Prattsville, AR(Grant County)Prescott, AR(Nevada County)Princeton, AR(Dallas County)Pyatt, AR(Marion County)
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Ratcliff, AR(Logan County)Ravenden Springs, AR(Randolph County)Ravenden, AR(Lawrence County)Reader, AR(Ouachita County)Reed, AR(Desha County)Reyno, AR(Randolph County)Rison, AR(Cleveland County)Rivervale, AR(Poinsett County)Rockwell, AR(Garland County)Roe, AR(Monroe County)Roland, AR(Pulaski County)Rondo, AR(Lee County)Rose Bud, AR(White County)Rosston, AR(Nevada County)Rover, AR(Yell County)Rudy, AR(Crawford County)Russell, AR(White County)Rye, AR(Cleveland County)
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Salado, AR(Independence County)Salem, AR(Fulton County)Salem, AR(Fulton County)Salesville, AR(Baxter County)Saratoga, AR(Howard County)Sardis, AR(Saline County)Scott, AR(Lonoke County)Sedgwick, AR(Lawrence County)Sherrill, AR(Jefferson County)Shirley, AR(Van Buren County)Sidney, AR(Sharp County)Smithville, AR(Lawrence County)South Lead Hill, AR(Boone County)Sparkman, AR(Dallas County)Springfield, AR(Conway County)Springtown, AR(Benton County)St. Charles, AR(Arkansas County)St. Francis, AR(Clay County)St. Joe, AR(Searcy County)St. Paul, AR(Madison County)Stamps, AR(Lafayette County)Star, AR(Lincoln County)Staves, AR(Cleveland County)Stephens, AR(Ouachita County)Strawberry, AR(Lawrence County)Strong, AR(Union County)Subiaco, AR(Logan County)Success, AR(Clay County)Sulphur Rock, AR(Independence County)Sulphur Springs, AR(Benton County)Sulphur Springs, AR(Benton County)Summers, AR(Washington County)Summit, AR(Marion County)Sunset, AR(Crittenden County)Sweet Home, AR(Pulaski County)Swifton, AR(Jackson County)
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Taylor, AR(Columbia County)Thornton, AR(Calhoun County)Tillar, AR(Drew County)Tinsman, AR(Calhoun County)Tollette, AR(Howard County)Traskwood, AR(Saline County)Trumann, AR(Poinsett County)Tucker, AR(Jefferson County)Tull, AR(Grant County)Tumbling Shoals, AR(Cleburne County)Tupelo, AR(Jackson County)Twin Groves, AR(Faulkner County)
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Wabbaseka, AR(Jefferson County)Walcott, AR(Greene County)Waldenburg, AR(Poinsett County)Waldo, AR(Columbia County)Waldron, AR(Scott County)Walnut Ridge, AR(Lawrence County)Warm Springs, AR(Randolph County)Washington, AR(Washington County)Watson, AR(Desha County)Wayton, AR(Newton County)Weiner, AR(Poinsett County)Weldon, AR(Jackson County)Wesley, AR(Madison County)West Crossett, AR(Ashley County)West Point, AR(Benton County)Western Grove, AR(Newton County)Wheatley, AR(St. Francis County)Whelen Springs, AR(Clark County)Wickes, AR(Polk County)Widener, AR(St. Francis County)Wiederkehr, AR(Franklin County)Wilburn, AR(Cleburne County)Williford, AR(Sharp County)Willisville, AR(Nevada County)Wilmar, AR(Drew County)Wilmot, AR(Ashley County)Wilson, AR(Mississippi County)Wilton, AR(Little River County)Winchester, AR(Drew County)Winslow, AR(Washington County)Winthrop, AR(Little River County)Witts Springs, AR(Searcy County)Woodlawn, AR(Cleveland County)Woodson, AR(Pulaski County)