Massachusetts Building Permits
351 Cities/Towns enforce; no County role.
How Building Permits Work in Massachusetts
The state government's role is to maintain the mandatory "Ninth Edition" state code through the Board of Building Regulations and Standards. Administratively, the state does not issue permits, as the law requires each of the 351 cities and towns to maintain their own local building departments.
Model: State-Mandated
183 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.
Cities (183)
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Barnstable, MA(Barnstable County)Barre, MA(Worcester County)Belchertown, MA(Hampshire County)Bellingham, MA(Norfolk County)Belmont, MA(Middlesex County)Beverly, MA(Essex County)Blandford, MA(Hampden County)Boston, MA(Suffolk County)Bourne, MA(Barnstable County)Boxford, MA(Essex County)Braintree, MA(Norfolk County)Brewster, MA(Barnstable County)Bridgewater, MA(Plymouth County)Brockton, MA(Plymouth County)Brookfield, MA(Worcester County)Brookline, MA(Norfolk County)Burlington, MA(Middlesex County)Buzzards Bay, MA(Barnstable County)
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Hanson, MA(Plymouth County)Hatfield, MA(Hampshire County)Haverhill, MA(Essex County)Hingham, MA(Plymouth County)Holbrook, MA(Norfolk County)Holland, MA(Hampden County)Holyoke, MA(Hampden County)Hopedale, MA(Worcester County)Hopkinton, MA(Middlesex County)Housatonic, MA(Berkshire County)Hudson, MA(Middlesex County)Hull, MA(Plymouth County)Huntington, MA(Hampshire County)
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Madaket, MA(Nantucket County)Malden, MA(Middlesex County)Marblehead, MA(Essex County)Marlborough, MA(Middlesex County)Marshfield, MA(Plymouth County)Maynard, MA(Middlesex County)Medfield, MA(Norfolk County)Medford, MA(Middlesex County)Melrose, MA(Middlesex County)Milford, MA(Worcester County)Millers Falls, MA(Franklin County)Milton, MA(Norfolk County)
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Nahant, MA(Essex County)Nantucket, MA(Nantucket County)Needham, MA(Norfolk County)New Bedford, MA(Bristol County)Newburyport, MA(Essex County)Newton, MA(Middlesex County)North Adams, MA(Berkshire County)North Attleborough, MA(Bristol County)North Brookfield, MA(Worcester County)North Eastham, MA(Barnstable County)North Falmouth, MA(Barnstable County)Northampton, MA(Hampshire County)Northborough, MA(Worcester County)Northfield, MA(Franklin County)Norton Center, MA(Bristol County)Norwood, MA(Norfolk County)
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Sagamore, MA(Barnstable County)Salem, MA(Essex County)Salisbury, MA(Essex County)Sandwich, MA(Barnstable County)Saugus, MA(Essex County)Scituate, MA(Plymouth County)Sharon, MA(Norfolk County)Shelburne Falls, MA(Franklin County)Shirley, MA(Middlesex County)Siasconset, MA(Nantucket County)Somerset, MA(Bristol County)Somerville, MA(Middlesex County)South Deerfield, MA(Franklin County)South Dennis, MA(Barnstable County)South Yarmouth, MA(Barnstable County)Southbridge, MA(Worcester County)Spencer, MA(Worcester County)Springfield, MA(Hampden County)Stoneham, MA(Middlesex County)Sturbridge, MA(Worcester County)Swampscott, MA(Essex County)
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Wakefield, MA(Middlesex County)Walpole, MA(Norfolk County)Waltham, MA(Middlesex County)Ware, MA(Hampshire County)Warren, MA(Worcester County)Watertown, MA(Middlesex County)Webster, MA(Worcester County)Wellesley, MA(Norfolk County)West Brookfield, MA(Worcester County)West Chatham, MA(Barnstable County)West Concord, MA(Middlesex County)West Dennis, MA(Barnstable County)West Springfield, MA(Hampden County)West Warren, MA(Worcester County)Westborough, MA(Worcester County)Westfield, MA(Hampden County)Weymouth, MA(Norfolk County)Whitinsville, MA(Worcester County)Wilbraham, MA(Hampden County)Williamstown, MA(Berkshire County)Wilmington, MA(Middlesex County)Winchendon, MA(Worcester County)Winchester, MA(Middlesex County)Winthrop, MA(Suffolk County)Woburn, MA(Middlesex County)Worcester, MA(Worcester County)
Other Jurisdictions (79)
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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Mansfield Center, MA(Bristol County)Marion Center, MA(Plymouth County)Marshfield Hills, MA(Plymouth County)Mashpee Neck, MA(Barnstable County)Mattapoisett Center, MA(Plymouth County)Methuen, MA(Essex County)Middleborough Center, MA(Plymouth County)Middlesex County, MA(Middlesex County)Millis-Clicquot, MA(Norfolk County)Monomoscoy Island, MA(Barnstable County)Monson Center, MA(Hampden County)Monument Beach, MA(Barnstable County)
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Nantucket County, MA(Nantucket County)New Seabury, MA(Barnstable County)Norfolk County, MA(Norfolk County)North Lakeville, MA(Plymouth County)North Pembroke, MA(Plymouth County)North Plymouth, MA(Plymouth County)North Scituate, MA(Plymouth County)North Seekonk, MA(Bristol County)North Westport, MA(Bristol County)Northwest Harwich, MA(Barnstable County)