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
700 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 (625)
A
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)Alma, AR(Crawford 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)Arkadelphia, AR(Clark County)Arkansas, AR(Arkansas County)Armorel, AR(Mississippi County)Ash Flat, AR(Sharp County)Ashdown, AR(Little River County)Atkins, AR(Pope County)Aubrey, AR(Lee County)Augusta, AR(Woodruff County)Austin, AR(Lonoke County)Avilla, AR(Saline County)Avoca, AR(Benton County)
B
Bald Knob, AR(White County)Banks, AR(Bradley County)Barling, AR(Sebastian County)Bassett, AR(Mississippi County)Batavia, AR(Boone County)Batesville, AR(Independence County)Bauxite, AR(Saline County)Bay, AR(Craighead County)Bearden, AR(Ouachita County)Beaver, AR(Carroll County)Bee Branch, AR(Van Buren County)Beebe, AR(White County)Beedeville, AR(Jackson County)Beirne, AR(Clark County)Bella Vista, AR(Benton County)Bellefonte, AR(Boone County)Belleville, AR(Yell County)Ben Lomond, AR(Sevier County)Benton, AR(Saline County)Bentonville, AR(Benton County)Bergman, AR(Boone County)Berryville, AR(Carroll 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)Blytheville, AR(Mississippi County)Board Camp, AR(Polk County)Bodcaw, AR(Nevada County)Boles, AR(Scott County)Bonanza, AR(Sebastian County)Bono, AR(Craighead County)Booneville, AR(Logan County)Bowman, AR(Craighead County)Bradford, AR(White County)Bradley, AR(Lafayette County)Branch, AR(Franklin County)Briarcliff, AR(Baxter County)Brinkley, AR(Monroe County)Brookland, AR(Craighead County)Bryant, AR(Saline County)Buckner, AR(Lafayette County)Buffalo, AR(Baxter County)Bull Shoals, AR(Marion County)Burdette, AR(Mississippi County)
C
Cabot, AR(Lonoke County)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)Cammack, AR(Pulaski County)Campbell Station, AR(Jackson County)Canehill, AR(Washington County)Caraway, AR(Craighead County)Carlisle, AR(Lonoke County)Carthage, AR(Dallas County)Casa, AR(Perry County)Cash, AR(Craighead County)Caulksville, AR(Logan County)Cave Springs, AR(Benton County)Cave, ARCedarville, AR(Crawford County)Center Point, AR(Howard County)Center Ridge, AR(Conway County)Centerton, AR(Benton County)Centerville, AR(Yell County)Central, AR(Hot Spring County)Charleston, AR(Franklin County)Cherokee, AR(Sharp County)Cherokee, AR(Sharp County)Cherry Valley, AR(Cross County)Chester, AR(Crawford County)Chidester, AR(Ouachita County)Cincinnati, AR(Washington County)Clarendon, AR(Monroe County)Clarkedale, AR(Crittenden County)Clarksville, AR(Johnson 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)Conway, AR(Faulkner County)Corinth, AR(Yell County)Corning, AR(Clay County)Cotter, AR(Baxter County)Cotton Plant, AR(Woodruff County)Cove, AR(Polk County)Coy, AR(Lonoke County)Crawfordsville, AR(Crittenden County)Crossett, AR(Ashley County)Crystal Springs, AR(Garland County)Cushman, AR(Independence County)
D
Daisy, AR(Pike County)Damascus, AR(Van Buren County)Danville, AR(Yell County)Dardanelle, AR(Yell County)Datto, AR(Clay County)De Queen, AR(Sevier County)De Valls Bluff, AR(Prairie County)Decatur, AR(Benton County)Deer, AR(Newton County)Delaplaine, AR(Greene County)Delight, AR(Pike County)Dell, AR(Mississippi County)Dennard, AR(Van Buren County)Denning, AR(Franklin County)Dermott, AR(Chicot County)Des Arc, AR(Prairie County)Desha, AR(Independence County)DeWitt, AR(Arkansas County)Diamond, ARDiaz, AR(Jackson County)Dierks, AR(Howard County)Donaldson, AR(Hot Spring County)Dora, AR(Crawford County)Dover, AR(Pope County)Drasco, AR(Cleburne County)Dumas, AR(Desha County)Dyer, AR(Crawford County)Dyess, AR(Mississippi County)
E
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 Dorado, AR(Union County)El Paso, AR(White County)Elaine, AR(Phillips County)Elkins, AR(Washington County)Elm Springs, AR(Washington County)Emerson, AR(Columbia County)Emmet, AR(Nevada County)England, AR(Lonoke County)Enola, AR(Faulkner County)Etowah, AR(Mississippi County)Eudora, AR(Chicot County)Eureka Springs, AR(Carroll County)Evansville, AR(Washington County)Evening Shade, AR(Sharp County)Everton, AR(Boone County)
F
Fair Oaks, AR(Cross County)Fairfield Bay, AR(Van Buren County)Fargo, AR(Monroe County)Farmington, AR(Washington County)Fayetteville, AR(Washington County)Felsenthal, AR(Union County)Fifty-Six, AR(Stone County)Fisher, AR(Poinsett County)Flippin, AR(Marion County)Floral, AR(Independence County)Floyd, AR(White County)Fordyce, AR(Dallas County)Foreman, AR(Little River County)Forrest, AR(St. Francis 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)
G
Gamaliel, AR(Baxter County)Garfield, AR(Benton County)Garland, AR(Miller County)Garner, AR(White County)Gassville, AR(Baxter County)Gateway, AR(Benton County)Genoa, AR(Miller County)Gentry, AR(Benton 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)Goshen, AR(Washington County)Gosnell, AR(Mississippi County)Gould, AR(Lincoln County)Grady, AR(Lincoln County)Grannis, AR(Polk County)Gravette, AR(Benton County)Green Forest, AR(Carroll County)Greenbrier, AR(Faulkner County)Greenland, AR(Washington County)Greenway, AR(Clay County)Greenwood, AR(Sebastian 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)
H
Hackett, AR(Sebastian County)Hagarville, AR(Johnson County)Halley, AR(Desha County)Hamburg, AR(Ashley County)Hampton, AR(Calhoun County)Hardy, AR(Sharp County)Harrell, AR(Calhoun County)Harrisburg, AR(Poinsett County)Harrison, AR(Boone County)Hartford, AR(Sebastian County)Hartman, AR(Johnson County)Haskell, AR(Saline County)Hatfield, AR(Polk County)Hattieville, AR(Conway County)Havana, AR(Yell County)Haynes, AR(Lee County)Hazen, AR(Prairie County)Heber Springs, AR(Cleburne County)Hector, AR(Pope County)Helena-West Helena, AR(Phillips 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)Highfill, AR(Benton County)Highland, AR(Sharp County)Hindsville, AR(Madison County)Holiday Island, AR(Carroll County)Holland, AR(Faulkner County)Holly Grove, AR(Monroe County)Hope, AR(Hempstead County)Horatio, AR(Sevier County)Horseshoe Bend, AR(Izard County)Horseshoe Lake, AR(Crittenden County)Hot Springs, AR(Garland County)Hot Springs, AR(Garland County)Houston, AR(Perry County)Hoxie, AR(Lawrence County)Hughes, AR(St. Francis County)Humnoke, AR(Lonoke County)Humphrey, AR(Arkansas County)Hunter, AR(Woodruff County)Huntington, AR(Sebastian County)Huntsville, AR(Madison County)Huttig, AR(Union County)
J
Jacksonport, AR(Jackson County)Jacksonville, AR(Pulaski County)Jasper, AR(Newton County)Jennette, AR(Crittenden County)Jericho, AR(Crittenden County)Jerome, AR(Drew County)Jerusalem, AR(Conway County)Johnson, AR(Washington County)Joiner, AR(Mississippi County)Jones Mills, AR(Hot Spring County)Jonesboro, AR(Craighead County)Judsonia, AR(White County)Junction, AR(Union County)
K
L
Lacey, AR(Drew County)Lafe, AR(Greene County)LaGrange, AR(Lee County)Lake Hamilton, AR(Garland County)Lake View, AR(Baxter County)Lake, AR(Perry County)Lake, AR(Perry County)Lakeview, AR(Baxter County)Lamar, AR(Johnson County)Landmark, AR(Pulaski County)Lavaca, AR(Sebastian 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)Lincoln, AR(Lincoln County)Little Flock, AR(Benton County)Little Rock, AR(Pulaski County)Lockesburg, AR(Sevier County)London, AR(Pope County)Lonoke, AR(Lonoke County)Lonsdale, AR(Garland County)Lost Bridge, AR(Benton County)Louann, AR(Ouachita County)Lowell, AR(Benton County)Luxora, AR(Mississippi County)Lynn, AR(Lawrence County)
M
Madison, AR(Madison County)Magazine, AR(Logan County)Magness, AR(Independence County)Magnet Cove, AR(Hot Spring County)Magnolia, AR(Columbia County)Malvern, AR(Hot Spring County)Mammoth Spring, AR(Fulton County)Manila, AR(Mississippi County)Mansfield, AR(Sebastian County)Marianna, AR(Lee County)Marie, AR(Mississippi County)Marion, AR(Marion County)Marked Tree, AR(Poinsett County)Marmaduke, AR(Greene County)Marshall, AR(Searcy County)Marvell, AR(Phillips County)Maumelle, AR(Pulaski County)Mayflower, AR(Faulkner 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)Melbourne, AR(Izard County)Mellwood, AR(Phillips County)Mena, AR(Polk County)Menifee, AR(Conway 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)Monticello, AR(Drew 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 Home, AR(Baxter County)Mountain Pine, AR(Garland County)Mountain View, AR(Stone County)Mountainburg, AR(Crawford County)Mulberry, AR(Crawford County)Murfreesboro, AR(Pike County)
N
Nashville, AR(Howard County)Natural Steps, AR(Pulaski County)New Blaine, AR(Logan County)New Edinburg, AR(Cleveland County)Newark, AR(Independence County)Newhope, AR(Pike County)Newport, AR(Jackson County)Nimmons, AR(Clay County)Norfork, AR(Baxter County)Norman, AR(Montgomery County)Norphlet, AR(Union County)North Crossett, AR(Ashley County)North Little Rock, AR(Pulaski County)
O
O'Kean, AR(Randolph County)Oak Grove Heights, AR(Greene County)Oak Grove, AR(Carroll County)Oak Grove, AR(Carroll 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)Osceola, AR(Mississippi County)Oxford, AR(Izard County)Ozan, AR(Hempstead County)Ozark Acres, AR(Sharp County)Ozark, AR(Franklin County)Ozone, AR(Johnson County)
P
Palestine, AR(St. Francis County)Pangburn, AR(White County)Paragould, AR(Greene County)Paris, AR(Logan County)Parkdale, AR(Ashley County)Parkin, AR(Cross County)Patmos, AR(Hempstead County)Patterson, AR(Woodruff County)Payneway, AR(Poinsett County)Pea Ridge, AR(Benton 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)Piggott, AR(Clay County)Pindall, AR(Searcy County)Pine Bluff, AR(Jefferson County)Pineville, AR(Izard County)Piney, AR(Garland County)Plainview, AR(Yell County)Pleasant Grove, AR(Union County)Pleasant Plains, AR(Independence County)Plumerville, AR(Conway 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)Pottsville, AR(Pope County)Powhatan, AR(Lawrence County)Poyen, AR(Grant County)Prairie Creek, AR(Benton County)Prairie Grove, AR(Washington County)Prattsville, AR(Grant County)Prescott, AR(Nevada County)Princeton, AR(Dallas County)Pyatt, AR(Marion County)
R
Ratcliff, AR(Logan County)Ravenden Springs, AR(Randolph County)Ravenden, AR(Lawrence County)Reader, AR(Ouachita County)Rector, AR(Clay County)Redfield, AR(Jefferson County)Reed, AR(Desha County)Reyno, AR(Randolph County)Rison, AR(Cleveland County)Rivervale, AR(Poinsett County)Rockport, AR(Hot Spring County)Rockwell, AR(Garland County)Roe, AR(Monroe County)Rogers, AR(Benton 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)Russellville, AR(Pope County)Rye, AR(Cleveland County)
S
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)Scranton, AR(Logan County)Searcy, AR(White County)Sedgwick, AR(Lawrence County)Shannon Hills, AR(Saline County)Sheridan, AR(Grant County)Sherrill, AR(Jefferson County)Sherwood, AR(Pulaski County)Shirley, AR(Van Buren County)Sidney, AR(Sharp County)Siloam Springs, AR(Benton County)Smackover, AR(Union County)Smithville, AR(Lawrence County)South Lead Hill, AR(Boone County)Southside, AR(Independence County)Sparkman, AR(Dallas County)Springdale, AR(Washington 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)Stuttgart, AR(Arkansas 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)
T
Taylor, AR(Columbia County)Texarkana, AR(Miller County)Thornton, AR(Calhoun County)Tillar, AR(Drew County)Tinsman, AR(Calhoun County)Tollette, AR(Howard County)Tontitown, AR(Washington County)Traskwood, AR(Saline County)Trumann, AR(Poinsett County)Tucker, AR(Jefferson County)Tuckerman, AR(Jackson County)Tull, AR(Grant County)Tumbling Shoals, AR(Cleburne County)Tupelo, AR(Jackson County)Turrell, AR(Crittenden County)Twin Groves, AR(Faulkner County)Tyronza, AR(Poinsett County)
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W
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)Ward, AR(Lonoke County)Warm Springs, AR(Randolph County)Warren, AR(Bradley 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 Fork, AR(Washington County)West Memphis, AR(Crittenden County)West Point, AR(Benton County)Western Grove, AR(Newton County)Wheatley, AR(St. Francis County)Whelen Springs, AR(Clark County)White Hall, AR(Jefferson 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)Wooster, AR(Faulkner County)Wrightsville, AR(Pulaski County)Wynne, AR(Cross County)