Nebraska Building Permits
Mandatory state code; locally enforced.
How Building Permits Work in Nebraska
The state mandates a minimum building code, but its role in the permitting process is non-administrative. It does not provide state-level building inspectors for private residential or commercial projects, leaving the duty of issuing permits to the discretion and capacity of local governments.
Model: State-Mandated
255 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.
Counties (93)
Adams County, NEAntelope County, NEArthur County, NEBanner County, NEBlaine County, NEBoone County, NEBox Butte County, NEBoyd County, NEBrown County, NEBuffalo County, NEBurt County, NEButler County, NECass County, NECedar County, NEChase County, NECherry County, NECheyenne County, NEClay County, NEColfax County, NECuming County, NECuster County, NEDakota County, NEDawes County, NEDawson County, NEDeuel County, NEDixon County, NEDodge County, NEDouglas County, NEDundy County, NEFillmore County, NEFranklin County, NEFrontier County, NEFurnas County, NEGage County, NEGarden County, NEGarfield County, NEGosper County, NEGrant County, NEGreeley County, NEHall County, NEHamilton County, NEHarlan County, NEHayes County, NEHitchcock County, NEHolt County, NEHooker County, NEHoward County, NEJefferson County, NEJohnson County, NEKearney County, NEKeith County, NEKeya Paha County, NEKimball County, NEKnox County, NELancaster County, NELincoln County, NELogan County, NELoup County, NEMadison County, NEMcPherson County, NEMerrick County, NEMorrill County, NENance County, NENemaha County, NENuckolls County, NEOtoe County, NEPawnee County, NEPerkins County, NEPhelps County, NEPierce County, NEPlatte County, NEPolk County, NERed Willow County, NERichardson County, NERock County, NESaline County, NESarpy County, NESaunders County, NEScotts Bluff County, NESeward County, NESheridan County, NESherman County, NESioux County, NEStanton County, NEThayer County, NEThomas County, NEThurston County, NEValley County, NEWashington County, NEWayne County, NEWebster County, NEWheeler County, NEYork County, NE
Cities (162)
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Adams, NE(Gage County)Ainsworth, NE(Brown County)Albion, NE(Boone County)Alliance, NE(Box Butte County)Alma, NE(Harlan County)Alvo, NE(Cass County)Arapahoe, NE(Furnas County)Arlington, NE(Washington County)Arnold, NE(Custer County)Ashland, NE(Saunders County)Atkinson, NE(Holt County)Auburn, NE(Nemaha County)Aurora, NE(Hamilton County)Avoca, NE(Cass County)
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Bayard, NE(Morrill County)Beatrice, NE(Gage County)Beaver Crossing, NE(Seward County)Bellevue, NE(Sarpy County)Bellwood, NE(Butler County)Bennet, NE(Lancaster County)Big Springs, NE(Deuel County)Blair, NE(Washington County)Brady, NE(Lincoln County)Bridgeport, NE(Morrill County)Broken Bow, NE(Custer County)Brownville, NE(Nemaha County)Burwell, NE(Garfield County)
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Cambridge, NE(Furnas County)Cedar Bluffs, NE(Saunders County)Cedar Creek, NE(Cass County)Chadron, NE(Dawes County)Chappell, NE(Deuel County)Clarks, NE(Merrick County)Clearwater, NE(Antelope County)Columbus, NE(Platte County)Cortland, NE(Gage County)Creighton, NE(Knox County)Crete, NE(Saline County)Crofton, NE(Knox County)
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Palmer, NE(Merrick County)Panama, NE(Lancaster County)Papillion, NE(Sarpy County)Pawnee, NE(Pawnee County)Pender, NE(Thurston County)Peru, NE(Nemaha County)Petersburg, NE(Boone County)Pierce, NE(Pierce County)Plainview, NE(Pierce County)Platte Center, NE(Platte County)Plattsmouth, NE(Cass County)Potter, NE(Cheyenne County)
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Sargent, NE(Custer County)Schuyler, NE(Colfax County)Scottsbluff, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Scribner, NE(Dodge County)Seward, NE(Seward County)Shelton, NE(Buffalo County)Sidney, NE(Cheyenne County)Silver Creek, NE(Merrick County)South Bend, NE(Cass County)South Sioux, NE(Dakota County)Sprague, NE(Lancaster County)Springfield, NE(Sarpy County)St. Paul, NE(Howard County)Stanton, NE(Stanton County)Staplehurst, NE(Seward County)Sterling, NE(Johnson County)Stratton, NE(Hitchcock County)Superior, NE(Nuckolls County)Sutherland, NE(Lincoln County)Sutton, NE(Clay County)Syracuse, NE(Otoe County)
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Wahoo, NE(Saunders County)Wakefield, NE(Dixon County)Waterloo, NE(Douglas County)Wauneta, NE(Chase County)Wausa, NE(Knox County)Waverly, NE(Lancaster County)Wayne, NE(Wayne County)Weeping Water, NE(Cass County)West Point, NE(Cuming County)Wilber, NE(Saline County)Wilcox, NE(Kearney County)Wisner, NE(Cuming County)Wymore, NE(Gage County)
Other Jurisdictions (431)
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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Abie, NE(Butler County)Agnew, NE(Lancaster County)Alda, NE(Hall County)Alexandria, NE(Thayer County)Allen, NE(Dixon County)Ames, NE(Dodge County)Amherst, NE(Buffalo County)Anoka, NE(Boyd County)Anselmo, NE(Custer County)Ansley, NE(Custer County)Arcadia, NE(Valley County)Archer, NE(Merrick County)Arthur, NE(Arthur County)Ashton, NE(Sherman County)Aten, NE(Cedar County)Atlanta, NE(Phelps County)Axtell, NE(Kearney County)Ayr, NE(Adams County)
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Bancroft, NE(Cuming County)Barada, NE(Richardson County)Barneston, NE(Gage County)Bartlett, NE(Wheeler County)Bartley, NE(Red Willow County)Bassett, NE(Rock County)Battle Creek, NE(Madison County)Bazile Mills, NE(Knox County)Beacon View, NE(Sarpy County)Beaver Lake, NE(Cass County)Beaver, NE(Nuckolls County)Bee, NE(Seward County)Beemer, NE(Cuming County)Belden, NE(Cedar County)Belgrade, NE(Nance County)Belmar, NE(Keith County)Belvidere, NE(Thayer County)Benedict, NE(York County)Benkelman, NE(Dundy County)Bennington, NE(Douglas County)Berea, NE(Box Butte County)Bertrand, NE(Phelps County)Berwyn, NE(Custer County)Bladen, NE(Webster County)Bloomfield, NE(Knox County)Bloomington, NE(Franklin County)Blue Hill, NE(Webster County)Blue Springs, NE(Gage County)Bow Valley, NE(Cedar County)Boys, NEBradshaw, NE(York County)Brainard, NE(Butler County)Brewster, NE(Blaine County)Bristow, NE(Boyd County)Broadwater, NE(Morrill County)Brock, NE(Nemaha County)Brownlee, NE(Cherry County)Brule, NE(Keith County)Bruning, NE(Thayer County)Bruno, NE(Butler County)Brunswick, NE(Antelope County)Buccaneer Bay, NE(Cass County)Burchard, NE(Pawnee County)Burr, NE(Otoe County)Burton, NE(Keya Paha County)Bushnell, NE(Kimball County)Butte, NE(Boyd County)Byron, NE(Thayer County)
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Cairo, NE(Hall County)Callaway, NE(Custer County)Campbell, NE(Franklin County)Carleton, NE(Thayer County)Carroll, NE(Wayne County)Cedar Rapids, NE(Boone County)Center, NE(Knox County)Central, NE(Knox County)Ceresco, NE(Saunders County)Chalco, NE(Sarpy County)Chambers, NE(Holt County)Champion, NE(Chase County)Chapman, NE(Merrick County)Cheney, NE(Lancaster County)Chester, NE(Thayer County)Clarkson, NE(Colfax County)Clatonia, NE(Gage County)Clay Center, NE(Clay County)Clinton, NE(Sheridan County)Cody, NE(Cherry County)Coleridge, NE(Cedar County)Colon, NE(Saunders County)Comstock, NE(Custer County)Concord, NE(Dixon County)Cook, NE(Johnson County)Cordova, NE(Seward County)Cornlea, NE(Platte County)Cotesfield, NE(Howard County)Cowles, NE(Webster County)Cozad, NE(Dawson County)Crab Orchard, NE(Johnson County)Craig, NE(Burt County)Crawford, NE(Dawes County)Creston, NE(Platte County)Crookston, NE(Cherry County)Culbertson, NE(Hitchcock County)Curtis, NE(Frontier County)Cushing, NE(Howard County)
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Dakota, NE(Dakota County)Dalton, NE(Cheyenne County)Danbury, NE(Red Willow County)Dannebrog, NE(Howard County)Davenport, NE(Thayer County)Davey, NE(Lancaster County)Dawson, NE(Richardson County)Daykin, NE(Jefferson County)De Witt, NE(Saline County)Decatur, NE(Burt County)Deweese, NE(Clay County)Diller, NE(Jefferson County)Dix, NE(Kimball County)Dixon, NE(Dixon County)Dodge, NE(Dodge County)Doniphan, NE(Hall County)Dorchester, NE(Saline County)Douglas, NE(Otoe County)Du Bois, NE(Pawnee County)Dunbar, NE(Otoe County)Dunning, NE(Blaine County)Dwight, NE(Butler County)
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Eagle, NE(Cass County)Eddyville, NE(Dawson County)Edgar, NE(Clay County)Edison, NE(Furnas County)Elba, NE(Howard County)Elgin, NE(Antelope County)Elk Creek, NE(Johnson County)Elsie, NE(Perkins County)Elwood, NE(Gosper County)Elyria, NE(Valley County)Emerald, NE(Lancaster County)Emmet, NE(Holt County)Enders, NE(Chase County)Endicott, NE(Jefferson County)Ericson, NE(Wheeler County)Eustis, NE(Frontier County)Ewing, NE(Holt County)Exeter, NE(Fillmore County)
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Gandy, NE(Logan County)Garrison, NE(Butler County)Genoa, NE(Nance County)Gibbon, NE(Buffalo County)Gilead, NE(Thayer County)Glenwood, NE(Buffalo County)Gordon, NE(Sheridan County)Grafton, NE(Fillmore County)Grand Island, NE(Hall County)Greeley Center, NE(Greeley County)Gresham, NE(York County)Gross, NE(Boyd County)Guide Rock, NE(Webster County)Gurley, NE(Cheyenne County)
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Haigler, NE(Dundy County)Hallam, NE(Lancaster County)Halsey, NE(Thomas County)Hamlet, NE(Hayes County)Hampton, NE(Hamilton County)Harbine, NE(Jefferson County)Hardy, NE(Nuckolls County)Harrisburg, NE(Banner County)Hartington, NE(Cedar County)Harvard, NE(Clay County)Hay Springs, NE(Sheridan County)Hayes Center, NE(Hayes County)Hazard, NE(Sherman County)Heartwell, NE(Kearney County)Hemingford, NE(Box Butte County)Hendley, NE(Furnas County)Henry, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Herman, NE(Washington County)Hershey, NE(Lincoln County)Hildreth, NE(Franklin County)Holbrook, NE(Furnas County)Holmesville, NE(Gage County)Holstein, NE(Adams County)Homer, NE(Dakota County)Hooper, NE(Dodge County)Hoskins, NE(Wayne County)Howard (Boelus), NE(Howard County)Howells, NE(Colfax County)Hubbard, NE(Dakota County)Hubbell, NE(Thayer County)Humboldt, NE(Richardson County)Humphrey, NE(Platte County)Huntley, NE(Harlan County)Hyannis, NE(Grant County)
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La Platte, NE(Sarpy County)La Vista, NE(Sarpy County)Lake Waconda, NE(Cass County)Lakeview, NE(Platte County)Lamar, NE(Chase County)Lawrence, NE(Nuckolls County)Lebanon, NE(Red Willow County)Leigh, NE(Colfax County)Lemoyne, NE(Keith County)Leshara, NE(Saunders County)Lewellen, NE(Garden County)Lewiston, NE(Pawnee County)Liberty, NE(Gage County)Lindsay, NE(Platte County)Lindy, NE(Knox County)Linoma Beach, NE(Sarpy County)Linwood, NE(Butler County)Lisco, NE(Garden County)Litchfield, NE(Sherman County)Long Pine, NE(Brown County)Lorenzo, NE(Cheyenne County)Loretto, NE(Boone County)Lorton, NE(Otoe County)Loup, NE(Sherman County)Lushton, NE(York County)Lyman, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Lynch, NE(Boyd County)
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Macy, NE(Thurston County)Madrid, NE(Perkins County)Magnet, NE(Cedar County)Malmo, NE(Saunders County)Marquette, NE(Hamilton County)Martell, NE(Lancaster County)Martin, NE(Keith County)Martinsburg, NE(Dixon County)Maskell, NE(Dixon County)Mason, NE(Custer County)Max, NE(Dundy County)Maxwell, NE(Lincoln County)Maywood, NE(Frontier County)McCool Junction, NE(York County)McGrew, NE(Scotts Bluff County)McLean, NE(Pierce County)Mead, NE(Saunders County)Meadow Grove, NE(Madison County)Melbeta, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Melia, NE(Sarpy County)Memphis, NE(Saunders County)Merna, NE(Custer County)Merriman, NE(Cherry County)Miller, NE(Buffalo County)Milligan, NE(Fillmore County)Minatare, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Mitchell, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Monowi, NE(Boyd County)Monroe, NE(Saline County)Moorefield, NE(Frontier County)Morse Bluff, NE(Saunders County)Mullen, NE(Hooker County)Murdock, NE(Cass County)
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Naper, NE(Boyd County)Naponee, NE(Franklin County)Nebraska, NE(Otoe County)Nehawka, NE(Cass County)Nelson, NE(Nuckolls County)Nemaha, NE(Nemaha County)Nenzel, NE(Cherry County)Newcastle, NE(Dixon County)Newman Grove, NE(Madison County)Newport, NE(Rock County)Nickerson, NE(Dodge County)Niobrara, NE(Knox County)Nora, NE(Nuckolls County)Norfolk, NE(Madison County)Norman, NE(Kearney County)North Bend, NE(Dodge County)North Loup, NE(Valley County)
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Oak, NE(Nuckolls County)Obert, NE(Cedar County)Oconto, NE(Custer County)Octavia, NE(Butler County)Odell, NE(Gage County)Odessa, NE(Buffalo County)Offutt AFB, NE(Sarpy County)Ohiowa, NE(Fillmore County)Omaha, NE(Douglas County)Ong, NE(Clay County)Orchard, NE(Antelope County)Ord, NE(Valley County)Orleans, NE(Harlan County)Osmond, NE(Pierce County)Otoe, NE(Otoe County)Overland, NE(Hamilton County)Overton, NE(Dawson County)
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Page, NE(Holt County)Palisade, NE(Hitchcock County)Palmyra, NE(Otoe County)Parks, NE(Dundy County)Paxton, NE(Keith County)Phillips, NE(Hamilton County)Pickrell, NE(Gage County)Pilger, NE(Stanton County)Pleasant Dale, NE(Seward County)Pleasanton, NE(Buffalo County)Plymouth, NE(Jefferson County)Polk, NE(Polk County)Ponca, NE(Dixon County)Poole, NE(Buffalo County)Prague, NE(Saunders County)Prairie Home, NE(Lancaster County)Preston, NE(Richardson County)Primrose, NE(Boone County)Princeton, NE(Lancaster County)Prosser, NE(Adams County)
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Raeville, NE(Boone County)Ragan, NE(Harlan County)Ravenna, NE(Buffalo County)Raymond, NE(Lancaster County)Red Cloud, NE(Webster County)Republican, NEReynolds, NE(Jefferson County)Richfield, NE(Sarpy County)Richland, NE(Jefferson County)Rising, NERiverdale, NE(Buffalo County)Riverton, NE(Franklin County)Rockville, NE(Sherman County)Rogers, NE(Colfax County)Rosalie, NE(Thurston County)Roscoe, NE(Keith County)Roseland, NE(Adams County)Royal, NE(Antelope County)Rulo, NE(Richardson County)Rushville, NE(Sheridan County)Ruskin, NE(Nuckolls County)
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Salem, NE(Richardson County)Santee, NE(Knox County)Sarben, NE(Keith County)Saronville, NE(Clay County)Scotia, NE(Greeley County)Seneca, NE(Thomas County)Shelby, NE(Polk County)Shickley, NE(Fillmore County)Sholes, NE(Wayne County)Shubert, NE(Richardson County)Smithfield, NE(Gosper County)Snyder, NE(Dodge County)Spalding, NE(Greeley County)Spencer, NE(Boyd County)Springview, NE(Keya Paha County)St. Edward, NE(Boone County)St. Helena, NE(Cedar County)St. Libory, NE(Howard County)Stamford, NE(Harlan County)Stapleton, NE(Logan County)Steele, NESteinauer, NE(Pawnee County)Stella, NE(Richardson County)Stockham, NE(Hamilton County)Stockville, NE(Frontier County)Strang, NE(Fillmore County)Stromsburg, NE(Polk County)Stuart, NE(Holt County)Sumner, NE(Dawson County)Sunol, NE(Cheyenne County)Surprise, NE(Butler County)Swanton, NE(Saline County)
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Table Rock, NE(Pawnee County)Talmage, NE(Otoe County)Tamora, NE(Seward County)Tarnov, NE(Platte County)Taylor, NE(Loup County)Thayer, NE(York County)Thedford, NE(Thomas County)Thurston, NE(Thurston County)Tilden, NE(Madison County)Tobias, NE(Saline County)Trenton, NE(Hitchcock County)Trumbull, NE(Clay County)Tryon, NE(McPherson County)
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Waco, NE(York County)Wallace, NE(Lincoln County)Walthill, NE(Thurston County)Walton, NE(Lancaster County)Wann, NE(Saunders County)Washington, NE(Washington County)Waterbury, NE(Dixon County)Wellfleet, NE(Lincoln County)Western, NE(Saline County)Westerville, NE(Custer County)Weston, NE(Saunders County)White Clay, NE(Sheridan County)Whitney, NE(Dawes County)Willow Island, NE(Dawson County)Wilsonville, NE(Furnas County)Winnebago, NE(Thurston County)Winnetoon, NE(Knox County)Winside, NE(Wayne County)Winslow, NE(Dodge County)Wolbach, NE(Greeley County)Wood Lake, NE(Cherry County)Wood River, NE(Hall County)Woodland Hills, NE(Otoe County)Woodland Park, NE(Stanton County)Wynot, NE(Cedar County)