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
686 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 (593)
A
Abie, NE(Butler County)Adams, NE(Gage County)Agnew, NE(Lancaster County)Ainsworth, NE(Brown County)Albion, NE(Boone County)Alda, NE(Hall County)Alexandria, NE(Thayer County)Allen, NE(Dixon County)Alliance, NE(Box Butte County)Alma, NE(Harlan County)Alvo, NE(Cass County)Ames, NE(Dodge County)Amherst, NE(Buffalo County)Anoka, NE(Boyd County)Anselmo, NE(Custer County)Ansley, NE(Custer County)Arapahoe, NE(Furnas County)Arcadia, NE(Valley County)Archer, NE(Merrick County)Arlington, NE(Washington County)Arnold, NE(Custer County)Arthur, NE(Arthur County)Ashland, NE(Saunders County)Ashton, NE(Sherman County)Aten, NE(Cedar County)Atkinson, NE(Holt County)Atlanta, NE(Phelps County)Auburn, NE(Nemaha County)Aurora, NE(Hamilton County)Avoca, NE(Cass 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)Bayard, NE(Morrill County)Bazile Mills, NE(Knox County)Beacon View, NE(Sarpy County)Beatrice, NE(Gage County)Beaver Crossing, NE(Seward 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)Bellevue, NE(Sarpy County)Bellwood, NE(Butler County)Belmar, NE(Keith County)Belvidere, NE(Thayer County)Benedict, NE(York County)Benkelman, NE(Dundy County)Bennet, NE(Lancaster County)Bennington, NE(Douglas County)Berea, NE(Box Butte County)Bertrand, NE(Phelps County)Berwyn, NE(Custer County)Big Springs, NE(Deuel County)Bladen, NE(Webster County)Blair, NE(Washington 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)Brady, NE(Lincoln County)Brainard, NE(Butler County)Brewster, NE(Blaine County)Bridgeport, NE(Morrill County)Bristow, NE(Boyd County)Broadwater, NE(Morrill County)Brock, NE(Nemaha County)Broken Bow, NE(Custer County)Brownlee, NE(Cherry County)Brownville, NE(Nemaha 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)Burwell, NE(Garfield County)Bushnell, NE(Kimball County)Butte, NE(Boyd County)Byron, NE(Thayer County)
C
Cairo, NE(Hall County)Callaway, NE(Custer County)Cambridge, NE(Furnas County)Campbell, NE(Franklin County)Carleton, NE(Thayer County)Carroll, NE(Wayne County)Cedar Bluffs, NE(Saunders County)Cedar Creek, NE(Cass County)Cedar Rapids, NE(Boone County)Center, NE(Knox County)Central, NE(Knox County)Ceresco, NE(Saunders County)Chadron, NE(Dawes County)Chalco, NE(Sarpy County)Chambers, NE(Holt County)Champion, NE(Chase County)Chapman, NE(Merrick County)Chappell, NE(Deuel County)Cheney, NE(Lancaster County)Chester, NE(Thayer County)Clarks, NE(Merrick County)Clarkson, NE(Colfax County)Clatonia, NE(Gage County)Clay Center, NE(Clay County)Clearwater, NE(Antelope County)Clinton, NE(Sheridan County)Cody, NE(Cherry County)Coleridge, NE(Cedar County)Colon, NE(Saunders County)Columbus, NE(Platte County)Comstock, NE(Custer County)Concord, NE(Dixon County)Cook, NE(Johnson County)Cordova, NE(Seward County)Cornlea, NE(Platte County)Cortland, NE(Gage 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)Creighton, NE(Knox County)Creston, NE(Platte County)Crete, NE(Saline County)Crofton, NE(Knox 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)David, NE(Butler County)Dawson, NE(Richardson County)Daykin, NE(Jefferson County)De Witt, NE(Saline County)Decatur, NE(Burt County)Denton, NE(Lancaster County)Deshler, NE(Thayer 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)Duncan, NE(Platte County)Dunning, NE(Blaine County)Dwight, NE(Butler County)
E
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)Elm Creek, NE(Buffalo County)Elmwood, NE(Cass County)Elsie, NE(Perkins County)Elwood, NE(Gosper County)Elyria, NE(Valley County)Emerald, NE(Lancaster County)Emerson, NE(Dixon 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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Fairbury, NE(Jefferson County)Fairfield, NE(Hayes County)Fairmont, NE(Fillmore County)Falls, NEFarnam, NE(Dawson County)Farwell, NE(Howard County)Filley, NE(Gage County)Firth, NE(Lancaster County)Fontanelle, NE(Washington County)Fordyce, NE(Cedar County)Fort Calhoun, NE(Washington County)Foster, NE(Pierce County)Franklin, NE(Franklin County)Fremont, NE(Dodge County)Friend, NE(Saline County)Fullerton, NE(Nance County)Funk, NE(Phelps County)
G
Gandy, NE(Logan County)Garland, NE(Seward County)Garrison, NE(Butler County)Geneva, NE(Fillmore County)Genoa, NE(Nance County)Gering, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Gibbon, NE(Buffalo County)Gilead, NE(Thayer County)Giltner, NE(Hamilton County)Glenvil, NE(Clay County)Glenwood, NE(Buffalo County)Goehner, NE(Seward County)Gordon, NE(Sheridan County)Gothenburg, NE(Dawson County)Grafton, NE(Fillmore County)Grand Island, NE(Hall County)Grant, NE(Lancaster County)Greeley Center, NE(Greeley County)Greenwood, NE(Cass County)Gresham, NE(York County)Gretna, NE(Sarpy County)Gross, NE(Boyd County)Guide Rock, NE(Webster County)Gurley, NE(Cheyenne County)
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Hadar, NE(Pierce County)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)Harrison, NE(Sherman County)Hartington, NE(Cedar County)Harvard, NE(Clay County)Hastings, NE(Adams County)Hay Springs, NE(Sheridan County)Hayes Center, NE(Hayes County)Hazard, NE(Sherman County)Heartwell, NE(Kearney County)Hebron, NE(Thayer County)Hemingford, NE(Box Butte County)Henderson, NE(York County)Hendley, NE(Furnas County)Henry, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Herman, NE(Washington County)Hershey, NE(Lincoln County)Hickman, NE(Lancaster County)Hildreth, NE(Franklin County)Holbrook, NE(Furnas County)Holdrege, NE(Phelps County)Holmesville, NE(Gage County)Holstein, NE(Adams County)Homer, NE(Dakota County)Hooper, NE(Dodge County)Hordville, NE(Hamilton 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)Laurel, NE(Cedar 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)Lexington, NE(Dawson County)Liberty, NE(Gage County)Lincoln, NE(Lincoln 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)Lodgepole, NE(Cheyenne County)Long Pine, NE(Brown County)Loomis, NE(Phelps County)Lorenzo, NE(Cheyenne County)Loretto, NE(Boone County)Lorton, NE(Otoe County)Louisville, NE(Cass County)Loup, NE(Sherman County)Lushton, NE(York County)Lyman, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Lynch, NE(Boyd County)Lyons, NE(Burt County)
M
Macy, NE(Thurston County)Madison, NE(Madison County)Madrid, NE(Perkins County)Magnet, NE(Cedar County)Malcolm, NE(Lancaster County)Malmo, NE(Saunders County)Manley, NE(Cass 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)McCook, NE(Red Willow 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)Milford, NE(Seward County)Miller, NE(Buffalo County)Milligan, NE(Fillmore County)Minatare, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Minden, NE(Kearney County)Mitchell, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Monowi, NE(Boyd County)Monroe, NE(Saline County)Moorefield, NE(Frontier County)Morrill, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Morse Bluff, NE(Saunders County)Mullen, NE(Hooker County)Murdock, NE(Cass County)Murray, NE(Cass County)
N
Naper, NE(Boyd County)Naponee, NE(Franklin County)Nebraska, NE(Otoe County)Nehawka, NE(Cass County)Neligh, NE(Antelope 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)North Platte, NE(Lincoln County)
O
O'Neill, NE(Holt County)Oak, NE(Nuckolls County)Oakdale, NE(Antelope County)Oakland, NE(Burt 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)Ogallala, NE(Keith 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)Osceola, NE(Polk County)Oshkosh, NE(Garden County)Osmond, NE(Pierce County)Otoe, NE(Otoe County)Overland, NE(Hamilton County)Overton, NE(Dawson County)Oxford, NE(Furnas County)
P
Page, NE(Holt County)Palisade, NE(Hitchcock County)Palmer, NE(Merrick County)Palmyra, NE(Otoe County)Panama, NE(Lancaster County)Papillion, NE(Sarpy County)Parks, NE(Dundy County)Pawnee, NE(Pawnee County)Paxton, NE(Keith County)Pender, NE(Thurston County)Peru, NE(Nemaha County)Petersburg, NE(Boone County)Phillips, NE(Hamilton County)Pickrell, NE(Gage County)Pierce, NE(Pierce County)Pilger, NE(Stanton County)Plainview, NE(Pierce County)Platte Center, NE(Platte County)Plattsmouth, NE(Cass 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)Potter, NE(Cheyenne 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)
R
Raeville, NE(Boone County)Ragan, NE(Harlan County)Ralston, NE(Douglas County)Randolph, NE(Cedar 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)Roca, NE(Lancaster 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)
S
Salem, NE(Richardson County)Santee, NE(Knox County)Sarben, NE(Keith County)Sargent, NE(Custer County)Saronville, NE(Clay County)Schuyler, NE(Colfax County)Scotia, NE(Greeley County)Scottsbluff, NE(Scotts Bluff County)Scribner, NE(Dodge County)Seneca, NE(Thomas County)Seward, NE(Seward County)Shelby, NE(Polk County)Shelton, NE(Buffalo County)Shickley, NE(Fillmore County)Sholes, NE(Wayne County)Shubert, NE(Richardson County)Sidney, NE(Cheyenne County)Silver Creek, NE(Merrick County)Smithfield, NE(Gosper County)Snyder, NE(Dodge County)South Bend, NE(Cass County)South Sioux, NE(Dakota County)Spalding, NE(Greeley County)Spencer, NE(Boyd County)Sprague, NE(Lancaster County)Springfield, NE(Sarpy County)Springview, NE(Keya Paha County)St. Edward, NE(Boone County)St. Helena, NE(Cedar County)St. Libory, NE(Howard County)St. Paul, NE(Howard County)Stamford, NE(Harlan County)Stanton, NE(Stanton County)Staplehurst, NE(Seward County)Stapleton, NE(Logan County)Steele, NESteinauer, NE(Pawnee County)Stella, NE(Richardson County)Sterling, NE(Johnson County)Stockham, NE(Hamilton County)Stockville, NE(Frontier County)Strang, NE(Fillmore County)Stratton, NE(Hitchcock County)Stromsburg, NE(Polk County)Stuart, NE(Holt County)Sumner, NE(Dawson County)Sunol, NE(Cheyenne County)Superior, NE(Nuckolls County)Surprise, NE(Butler County)Sutherland, NE(Lincoln County)Sutton, NE(Clay County)Swanton, NE(Saline County)Syracuse, NE(Otoe County)
T
Table Rock, NE(Pawnee County)Talmage, NE(Otoe County)Tamora, NE(Seward County)Tarnov, NE(Platte County)Taylor, NE(Loup County)Tecumseh, NE(Johnson County)Tekamah, NE(Burt County)Terrytown, NE(Scotts Bluff 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)Wahoo, NE(Saunders County)Wakefield, NE(Dixon 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)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)Wellfleet, NE(Lincoln County)West Point, NE(Cuming County)Western, NE(Saline County)Westerville, NE(Custer County)Weston, NE(Saunders County)White Clay, NE(Sheridan County)Whitney, NE(Dawes County)Wilber, NE(Saline County)Wilcox, NE(Kearney 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)Wisner, NE(Cuming 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)Wymore, NE(Gage County)Wynot, NE(Cedar County)