North Dakota Building Permits
Township/City choice; state code is local-only.
How Building Permits Work in North Dakota
The state provides a model code but does not issue permits or mandate local enforcement. The state's role is purely advisory for private construction, allowing local townships and cities to decide for themselves whether to implement a permitting and inspection process.
Model: Local Option
406 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.
Cities (406)
Abercrombie, ND(Richland County)Adams, ND(Walsh County)Alamo, ND(Williams County)Alexander, ND(McKenzie County)Alice, ND(Cass County)Almont, ND(Morton County)Alsen, ND(Cavalier County)Ambrose, ND(Divide County)Amenia, ND(Cass County)Amidon, ND(Slope County)Anamoose, ND(McHenry County)Aneta, ND(Nelson County)Antler, ND(Bottineau County)Apple Valley, ND(Burleigh County)Ardoch, ND(Walsh County)Argusville, ND(Cass County)Arnegard, ND(McKenzie County)Arthur, ND(Cass County)Ashley, ND(McIntosh County)Auburn, ND(Walsh County)Ayr, ND(Cass County)Balfour, ND(McHenry County)Balta, ND(Pierce County)Bantry, ND(McHenry County)Barney, ND(Richland County)Barton, ND(Pierce County)Bathgate, ND(Pembina County)Beach, ND(Golden Valley County)Belcourt, ND(Rolette County)Belfield, ND(Stark County)Benedict, ND(McLean County)Bergen, ND(McHenry County)Berlin, ND(LaMoure County)Berthold, ND(Ward County)Beulah, ND(Mercer County)Binford, ND(Griggs County)Bisbee, ND(Towner County)Bismarck, ND(Burleigh County)Blacktail, ND(Williams County)Blanchard, ND(Traill County)Bottineau, ND(Bottineau County)Bowbells, ND(Burke County)Bowdon, ND(Wells County)Bowman, ND(Bowman County)Braddock, ND(Emmons County)Briarwood, ND(Cass County)Brinsmade, ND(Benson County)Brocket, ND(Ramsey County)Brooktree Park, ND(Cass County)Buchanan, ND(Stutsman County)Bucyrus, ND(Adams County)Buffalo, ND(Cass County)Burlington, ND(Ward County)Butte, ND(McLean County)Buxton, ND(Traill County)Caledonia, ND(Traill County)Calio, ND(Cavalier County)Calvin, ND(Cavalier County)Cando, ND(Towner County)Cannon Ball, ND(Sioux County)Canton (Hensel), ND(Pembina County)Carpio, ND(Ward County)Carrington, ND(Foster County)Carson, ND(Grant County)Casselton, ND(Cass County)Cathay, ND(Wells County)Cavalier, ND(Pembina County)Cayuga, ND(Sargent County)Center, ND(Oliver County)Christine, ND(Richland County)Churchs Ferry, ND(Ramsey County)Cleveland, ND(Walsh County)Clifford, ND(Traill County)Cogswell, ND(Sargent County)Coleharbor, ND(McLean County)Colfax, ND(Richland County)Columbus, ND(Burke County)Conway, ND(Walsh County)Cooperstown, ND(Griggs County)Courtenay, ND(Stutsman County)Crary, ND(Ramsey County)Crosby, ND(Divide County)Crystal, ND(Pembina County)Dahlen, ND(Nelson County)Davenport, ND(Cass County)Dawson, ND(Kidder County)Dazey, ND(Barnes County)De Lamere, ND(Sargent County)Deering, ND(McHenry County)Denhoff, ND(Sheridan County)Des Lacs, ND(Ward County)Devils Lake, ND(Ramsey County)Dickey, ND(LaMoure County)Dickinson, ND(Stark County)Dodge, ND(Dunn County)Donnybrook, ND(Ward County)Douglas, ND(Ward County)Drake, ND(McHenry County)Drayton, ND(Pembina County)Driscoll, ND(Burleigh County)Dunn Center, ND(Dunn County)Dunseith, ND(Rolette County)Dwight, ND(Richland County)East Dunseith, ND(Rolette County)East Fairview, ND(McKenzie County)Edgeley, ND(LaMoure County)Edinburg, ND(Walsh County)Edmore, ND(Ramsey County)Egeland, ND(Towner County)Elgin, ND(Grant County)Ellendale, ND(Dickey County)Elliott, ND(Ransom County)Embden, ND(Cass County)Emerado, ND(Grand Forks County)Enderlin, ND(Ransom County)Englevale, ND(Ransom County)Epping, ND(Williams County)Erie, ND(Cass County)Esmond, ND(Benson County)Fairdale, ND(Walsh County)Fairmount, ND(Richland County)Fargo, ND(Cass County)Fessenden, ND(Wells County)Fingal, ND(Barnes County)Finley, ND(Steele County)Flasher, ND(Morton County)Flaxton, ND(Burke County)Forbes, ND(Dickey County)Fordville, ND(Walsh County)Forest River, ND(Walsh County)Forman, ND(Sargent County)Fort Ransom, ND(Ransom County)Fort Totten, ND(Benson County)Fort Yates, ND(Sioux County)Fortuna, ND(Divide County)Four Bears, ND(McKenzie County)Foxholm, ND(Ward County)Fredonia, ND(Logan County)Frontier, ND(Cass County)Fullerton, ND(Dickey County)Gackle, ND(Logan County)Galesburg, ND(Traill County)Gardena, ND(Bottineau County)Gardner, ND(Cass County)Garrison, ND(McLean County)Gascoyne, ND(Bowman County)Gilby, ND(Grand Forks County)Gladstone, ND(Stark County)Glen Ullin, ND(Morton County)Glenburn, ND(Renville County)Glenfield, ND(Foster County)Golden Valley, ND(Mercer County)Golva, ND(Golden Valley County)Goodrich, ND(Sheridan County)Grace, ND(Grand Forks County)Grafton, ND(Walsh County)Grand Forks AFB, ND(Grand Forks County)Grand Forks, ND(Grand Forks County)Grandin, ND(Cass County)Grano, ND(Renville County)Granville, ND(McHenry County)Great Bend, ND(Richland County)Green Acres, ND(Rolette County)Grenora, ND(Williams County)Gwinner, ND(Sargent County)Hague, ND(Emmons County)Halliday, ND(Dunn County)Hamberg, ND(Wells County)Hamilton, ND(Pembina County)Hampden, ND(Ramsey County)Hankinson, ND(Richland County)Hannaford, ND(Griggs County)Hannah, ND(Cavalier County)Hansboro, ND(Towner County)Harmon, ND(Morton County)Harvey, ND(Wells County)Harwood, ND(Cass County)Hatton, ND(Traill County)Havana, ND(Sargent County)Haynes, ND(Adams County)Hazelton, ND(Emmons County)Hazen, ND(Mercer County)Hebron, ND(Morton County)Heil, ND(Grant County)Heimdal, ND(Wells County)Hettinger, ND(Adams County)Hillsboro, ND(Traill County)Hoople, ND(Walsh County)Hope, ND(Steele County)Horace, ND(Cass County)Hunter, ND(Cass County)Hurdsfield, ND(Wells County)Inkster, ND(Grand Forks County)Jamestown, ND(Stutsman County)Jessie, ND(Griggs County)Jud, ND(LaMoure County)Karlsruhe, ND(McHenry County)Kathryn, ND(Barnes County)Kenmare, ND(Ward County)Kensal, ND(Stutsman County)Kief, ND(McHenry County)Killdeer, ND(Dunn County)Kindred, ND(Cass County)Knox, ND(Benson County)Kramer, ND(Bottineau County)Kulm, ND(LaMoure County)Lakota, ND(Nelson County)LaMoure, ND(LaMoure County)Landa, ND(Bottineau County)Langdon, ND(Cavalier County)Lankin, ND(Walsh County)Lansford, ND(Bottineau County)Larimore, ND(Grand Forks County)Larson, ND(Burke County)Lawton, ND(Ramsey County)Leal, ND(Barnes County)Leeds, ND(Benson County)Lehr, ND(McIntosh County)Leith, ND(Grant County)Leonard, ND(Cass County)Lidgerwood, ND(Richland County)Lignite, ND(Burke County)Lincoln, ND(Burleigh County)Linton, ND(Emmons County)Lisbon, ND(Ransom County)Litchville, ND(Barnes County)Logan, ND(Ward County)Loma, ND(Cavalier County)Long Creek, ND(Williams County)Loraine, ND(Renville County)Ludden, ND(Dickey County)Luverne, ND(Steele County)Maddock, ND(Benson County)Makoti, ND(Ward County)Mandan, ND(Morton County)Mandaree, ND(McKenzie County)Manning, ND(Dunn County)Mantador, ND(Richland County)Manvel, ND(Grand Forks County)Mapleton, ND(Cass County)Marion, ND(LaMoure County)Marmarth, ND(Slope County)Martin, ND(Sheridan County)Max, ND(McLean County)Maxbass, ND(Bottineau County)Mayville, ND(Traill County)McClusky, ND(Sheridan County)McGregor, ND(Williams County)McHenry, ND(Foster County)McLeod, ND(Ransom County)McVille, ND(Nelson County)Medina, ND(Stutsman County)Medora, ND(Billings County)Menoken, ND(Burleigh County)Mercer, ND(McLean County)Michigan, ND(Nelson County)Milnor, ND(Sargent County)Milton, ND(Cavalier County)Minnewaukan, ND(Benson County)Minot AFB, ND(Ward County)Minot, ND(Ward County)Minto, ND(Walsh County)Mohall, ND(Renville County)Monango, ND(Dickey County)Montpelier, ND(Stutsman County)Mooreton, ND(Richland County)Mott, ND(Hettinger County)Mountain, ND(Pembina County)Munich, ND(Cavalier County)Mylo, ND(Rolette County)Napoleon, ND(Logan County)Nash, ND(Walsh County)Neche, ND(Pembina County)Nekoma, ND(Cavalier County)New England, ND(Hettinger County)New Leipzig, ND(Grant County)New Rockford, ND(Eddy County)New Salem, ND(Morton County)New, NDNewburg, ND(Bottineau County)Niagara, ND(Grand Forks County)Nome, ND(Barnes County)Noonan, ND(Divide County)North River, ND(Cass County)Northwood, ND(Grand Forks County)Oakes, ND(Dickey County)Oberon, ND(Benson County)Oriska, ND(Barnes County)Orrin, ND(Pierce County)Osnabrock, ND(Cavalier County)Overly, ND(Bottineau County)Oxbow, ND(Cass County)Page, ND(Cass County)Palermo, ND(Mountrail County)Park River, ND(Walsh County)Parshall, ND(Mountrail County)Pekin, ND(Nelson County)Pembina, ND(Pembina County)Perth, ND(Towner County)Petersburg, ND(Nelson County)Pettibone, ND(Kidder County)Pick, NDPillsbury, ND(Barnes County)Pingree, ND(Stutsman County)Pisek, ND(Walsh County)Plaza, ND(Mountrail County)Porcupine, ND(Sioux County)Portal, ND(Burke County)Portland, ND(Traill County)Powers Lake, ND(Burke County)Prairie Rose, ND(Cass County)Raleigh, ND(Grant County)Ray, ND(Williams County)Reeder, ND(Adams County)Regan, ND(Burleigh County)Regent, ND(Hettinger County)Reile's Acres, ND(Cass County)Reynolds, ND(Grand Forks County)Rhame, ND(Bowman County)Richardton, ND(Stark County)Riverdale, ND(McLean County)Robinson, ND(Kidder County)Rocklake, ND(Towner County)Rogers, ND(Barnes County)Rolette, ND(Rolette County)Rolla, ND(Rolette County)Ross, ND(Mountrail County)Rugby, ND(Pierce County)Ruso, ND(McLean County)Ruthville, ND(Ward County)Rutland, ND(Sargent County)Ryder, ND(Ward County)Sanborn, ND(Barnes County)Sarles, ND(Cavalier County)Sawyer, ND(Ward County)Scranton, ND(Bowman County)Selfridge, ND(Sioux County)Selz, ND(Pierce County)Sentinel Butte, ND(Golden Valley County)Sharon, ND(Steele County)Sheldon, ND(Ransom County)Shell Valley, ND(Rolette County)Sherwood, ND(Renville County)Sheyenne, ND(Eddy County)Sibley, ND(Barnes County)Solen, ND(Sioux County)Souris, ND(Bottineau County)South Heart, ND(Stark County)Spiritwood Lake, ND(Stutsman County)Spiritwood, ND(Stutsman County)Springbrook, ND(Williams County)St. John, ND(Rolette County)St. Thomas, ND(Pembina County)Stanley, ND(Mountrail County)Stanton, ND(Mercer County)Starkweather, ND(Ramsey County)Steele, ND(Kidder County)Strasburg, ND(Emmons County)Streeter, ND(Stutsman County)Surrey, ND(Ward County)Sutton, ND(Griggs County)Sykeston, ND(Wells County)Tappen, ND(Kidder County)Taylor, ND(Stark County)Thompson, ND(Grand Forks County)Tioga, ND(Williams County)Tolley, ND(Renville County)Tolna, ND(Nelson County)Tower, ND(Cass County)Towner, ND(McHenry County)Trenton, ND(Williams County)Turtle Lake, ND(McLean County)Tuttle, ND(Kidder County)Underwood, ND(McLean County)Upham, ND(McHenry County)Valley, ND(Barnes County)Velva, ND(McHenry County)Venturia, ND(McIntosh County)Verona, ND(LaMoure County)Voltaire, ND(McHenry County)Wahpeton, ND(Richland County)Walcott, ND(Richland County)Wales, ND(Cavalier County)Walhalla, ND(Pembina County)Warwick, ND(Benson County)Washburn, ND(McLean County)Watford, ND(McKenzie County)West Fargo, ND(Cass County)Westhope, ND(Bottineau County)Wheatland, ND(Cass County)White Earth, ND(Mountrail County)White Shield, ND(McLean County)Wildrose, ND(Williams County)Williston, ND(Williams County)Willow, ND(Griggs County)Wilton, ND(McLean County)Wimbledon, ND(Barnes County)Wing, ND(Burleigh County)Wishek, ND(McIntosh County)Wolford, ND(Pierce County)Woodworth, ND(Stutsman County)Wyndmere, ND(Richland County)York, ND(Benson County)Ypsilanti, ND(Stutsman County)Zap, ND(Mercer County)Zeeland, ND(McIntosh County)
Other Jurisdictions (53)
These jurisdictions do not issue building permits directly. Enter your project address to find the correct permitting authority.
Adams County, ND(Adams County)Barnes County, ND(Barnes County)Benson County, ND(Benson County)Billings County, ND(Billings County)Bottineau County, ND(Bottineau County)Bowman County, ND(Bowman County)Burke County, ND(Burke County)Burleigh County, ND(Burleigh County)Cass County, ND(Cass County)Cavalier County, ND(Cavalier County)Dickey County, ND(Dickey County)Divide County, ND(Divide County)Dunn County, ND(Dunn County)Eddy County, ND(Eddy County)Emmons County, ND(Emmons County)Foster County, ND(Foster County)Golden Valley County, ND(Golden Valley County)Grand Forks County, ND(Grand Forks County)Grant County, ND(Grant County)Griggs County, ND(Griggs County)Hettinger County, ND(Hettinger County)Kidder County, ND(Kidder County)LaMoure County, ND(LaMoure County)Logan County, ND(Logan County)McHenry County, ND(McHenry County)McIntosh County, ND(McIntosh County)McKenzie County, ND(McKenzie County)McLean County, ND(McLean County)Mercer County, ND(Mercer County)Morton County, ND(Morton County)Mountrail County, ND(Mountrail County)Nelson County, ND(Nelson County)Oliver County, ND(Oliver County)Pembina County, ND(Pembina County)Pierce County, ND(Pierce County)Ramsey County, ND(Ramsey County)Ransom County, ND(Ransom County)Renville County, ND(Renville County)Richland County, ND(Richland County)Rolette County, ND(Rolette County)Sargent County, ND(Sargent County)Sheridan County, ND(Sheridan County)Sioux County, ND(Sioux County)Slope County, ND(Slope County)Stark County, ND(Stark County)Steele County, ND(Steele County)Stutsman County, ND(Stutsman County)Towner County, ND(Towner County)Traill County, ND(Traill County)Walsh County, ND(Walsh County)Ward County, ND(Ward County)Wells County, ND(Wells County)Williams County, ND(Williams County)