Tennessee Building Permits
Locals can opt-out; State Fire Marshal then permits.
How Building Permits Work in Tennessee
Tennessee uses the state as a "service provider" for rural areas. If a city or county chooses not to have its own building department, the State Fire Marshal's Office becomes the direct permit-issuing authority for all residential and commercial construction in those jurisdictions.
Model: Local Option
273 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.
Counties (95)
Anderson County, TNBedford County, TNBenton County, TNBledsoe County, TNBlount County, TNBradley County, TNCampbell County, TNCannon County, TNCarroll County, TNCarter County, TNCheatham County, TNChester County, TNClaiborne County, TNClay County, TNCocke County, TNCoffee County, TNCrockett County, TNCumberland County, TNDavidson County, TNDecatur County, TNDeKalb County, TNDickson County, TNDyer County, TNFayette County, TNFentress County, TNFranklin County, TNGibson County, TNGiles County, TNGrainger County, TNGreene County, TNGrundy County, TNHamblen County, TNHamilton County, TNHancock County, TNHardeman County, TNHardin County, TNHawkins County, TNHaywood County, TNHenderson County, TNHenry County, TNHickman County, TNHouston County, TNHumphreys County, TNJackson County, TNJefferson County, TNJohnson County, TNKnox County, TNLake County, TNLauderdale County, TNLawrence County, TNLewis County, TNLincoln County, TNLoudon County, TNMacon County, TNMadison County, TNMarion County, TNMarshall County, TNMaury County, TNMcMinn County, TNMcNairy County, TNMeigs County, TNMonroe County, TNMontgomery County, TNMoore County, TNMorgan County, TNObion County, TNOverton County, TNPerry County, TNPickett County, TNPolk County, TNPutnam County, TNRhea County, TNRoane County, TNRobertson County, TNRutherford County, TNScott County, TNSequatchie County, TNSevier County, TNShelby County, TNSmith County, TNStewart County, TNSullivan County, TNSumner County, TNTipton County, TNTrousdale County, TNUnicoi County, TNUnion County, TNVan Buren County, TNWarren County, TNWashington County, TNWayne County, TNWeakley County, TNWhite County, TNWilliamson County, TNWilson County, TN
Cities (178)
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Baneberry, TN(Jefferson County)Baxter, TN(Putnam County)Bean Station, TN(Grainger County)Belle Meade, TN(Davidson County)Berry Hill, TN(Davidson County)Blountville, TN(Sullivan County)Bolivar, TN(Hardeman County)Brentwood, TN(Williamson County)Bristol, TN(Sullivan County)Brownsville, TN(Haywood County)Bruceton, TN(Carroll County)Burns, TN(Dickson County)
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Camden, TN(Benton County)Carthage, TN(Smith County)Cedar Hill, TN(Greene County)Centerville, TN(Hickman County)Chapel Hill, TN(Marshall County)Chattanooga, TN(Hamilton County)Church Hill, TN(Hawkins County)Clarksburg, TN(Carroll County)Clarksville, TN(Montgomery County)Cleveland, TN(Bradley County)Clinton, TN(Anderson County)Collegedale, TN(Hamilton County)Collierville, TN(Shelby County)Columbia, TN(Maury County)Cookeville, TN(Putnam County)Copperhill, TN(Polk County)Covington, TN(Tipton County)Cowan, TN(Franklin County)Crossville, TN(Cumberland County)
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Gallatin, TN(Sumner County)Gatlinburg, TN(Sevier County)Germantown, TN(Shelby County)Gleason, TN(Weakley County)Goodlettsville, TN(Davidson County)Gordonsville, TN(Smith County)Grand Junction, TN(Hardeman County)Greenback, TN(Loudon County)Greenbrier, TN(Robertson County)Greeneville, TN(Greene County)Greenfield, TN(Weakley County)
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La Vergne, TN(Rutherford County)Lafayette, TN(Macon County)Lakeland, TN(Shelby County)Lakesite, TN(Hamilton County)Lebanon, TN(Wilson County)Lenoir, TN(Loudon County)Lewisburg, TN(Marshall County)Lexington, TN(Henderson County)Livingston, TN(Overton County)Lookout Mountain, TN(Hamilton County)Loudon, TN(Loudon County)Lynchburg, TN(Moore County)
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Madisonville, TN(Monroe County)Manchester, TN(Coffee County)Martin, TN(Weakley County)Maryville, TN(Blount County)Maynardville, TN(Union County)McEwen, TN(Humphreys County)McKenzie, TN(Carroll County)McMinnville, TN(Warren County)Medina, TN(Gibson County)Memphis, TN(Shelby County)Milan, TN(Gibson County)Millersville, TN(Sumner County)Millington, TN(Shelby County)Monteagle, TN(Marion County)Morrison, TN(Warren County)Moscow, TN(Fayette County)Mosheim, TN(Greene County)Mount Carmel, TN(Hawkins County)Mount Juliet, TN(Wilson County)Mount Pleasant, TN(Maury County)Mountain, TN(Johnson County)Munford, TN(Tipton County)Murfreesboro, TN(Rutherford County)
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Savannah, TN(Hardin County)Selmer, TN(McNairy County)Sevierville, TN(Sevier County)Sharon, TN(Weakley County)Shelbyville, TN(Bedford County)Signal Mountain, TN(Hamilton County)Smithville, TN(DeKalb County)Smyrna, TN(Rutherford County)Soddy-Daisy, TN(Hamilton County)South Cleveland, TN(Bradley County)South Pittsburg, TN(Marion County)Sparta, TN(White County)Spencer, TN(Van Buren County)Spring Hill, TN(Maury County)Springfield, TN(Robertson County)Stanton, TN(Haywood County)Surgoinsville, TN(Hawkins County)Sweetwater, TN(Monroe County)
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Other Jurisdictions (326)
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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Baileyton, TN(Greene County)Banner Hill, TN(Unicoi County)Bartlett, TN(Shelby County)Beech Bluff, TN(Madison County)Beersheba Springs, TN(Grundy County)Bell Buckle, TN(Bedford County)Bells, TN(Crockett County)Belvidere, TN(Franklin County)Benton, TN(Polk County)Bethel Springs, TN(McNairy County)Bethpage, TN(Sumner County)Big Rock, TN(Stewart County)Big Sandy, TN(Benton County)Biltmore, TN(Carter County)Blaine, TN(Grainger County)Blanche, TN(Lincoln County)Bloomingdale, TN(Sullivan County)Bluff, TN(Sullivan County)Bogota, TN(Dyer County)Bon Air, TN(White County)Bon Aqua Junction, TN(Hickman County)Bowman, TN(Cumberland County)Braden, TN(Fayette County)Bradford, TN(Gibson County)Bransford, TN(Sumner County)Briceville, TN(Anderson County)Brighton, TN(Tipton County)Buchanan, TN(Henry County)Bulls Gap, TN(Hawkins County)Burlison, TN(Tipton County)Butler, TN(Johnson County)Byrdstown, TN(Pickett County)
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Calhoun, TN(McMinn County)Caryville, TN(Campbell County)Castalian Springs, TN(Sumner County)Celina, TN(Clay County)Centertown, TN(Warren County)Central, TN(Carter County)Charleston, TN(Bradley County)Charlotte, TN(Dickson County)Chesterfield, TN(Henderson County)Chewalla, TN(McNairy County)Childers Hill, TN(Hardin County)Christiana, TN(Rutherford County)Clarkrange, TN(Fentress County)Clifton, TN(Wayne County)Coalfield, TN(Morgan County)Coalmont, TN(Grundy County)Coker Creek, TN(Monroe County)Collinwood, TN(Wayne County)Colonial Heights, TN(Sullivan County)Conasauga, TN(McMinn County)Coopertown, TN(Robertson County)Cornersville, TN(Marshall County)Cosby, TN(Cocke County)Cottage Grove, TN(Henry County)Cottontown, TN(Sumner County)Counce, TN(Hardin County)Crab Orchard, TN(Cumberland County)Cross Plains, TN(Robertson County)Crump, TN(Hardin County)Cumberland Gap, TN(Claiborne County)Cumberland, TN(Cumberland County)
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Dancyville, TN(Haywood County)Darden, TN(Henderson County)Decatur, TN(Meigs County)Decaturville, TN(Decatur County)Delano, TN(Polk County)Dellrose, TN(Lincoln County)Dickson, TN(Dickson County)Dodson Branch, TN(Jackson County)Dowelltown, TN(DeKalb County)Doyle, TN(White County)Ducktown, TN(Polk County)Dukedom, TN(Weakley County)Dyer, TN(Gibson County)
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Eagleton, TN(Blount County)East Cleveland, TN(Bradley County)Eastview, TN(McNairy County)Elgin, TN(Scott County)Elkton, TN(Giles County)Embreeville, TN(Washington County)Enville, TN(Chester County)Erwin, TN(Unicoi County)Essary Springs, TN(Hardeman County)Ethridge, TN(Lawrence County)Eva, TN(Benton County)
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Fairfield Glade, TN(Cumberland County)Fairfield, TN(Sumner County)Fairgarden, TN(Sevier County)Fairmount, TN(Sullivan County)Fall Branch, TN(Washington County)Falling Water, TN(Hamilton County)Farner, TN(Polk County)Fincastle, TN(Campbell County)Finger, TN(McNairy County)Finley, TN(Dyer County)Flat Top Mountain, TN(Hamilton County)Flintville, TN(Lincoln County)Fowlkes, TN(Dyer County)Frankewing, TN(Giles County)Friendship, TN(Crockett County)
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Gadsden, TN(Crockett County)Gainesboro, TN(Jackson County)Gallaway, TN(Fayette County)Garland, TN(Tipton County)Gates, TN(Lauderdale County)Gibson, TN(Gibson County)Gilt Edge, TN(Tipton County)Gladeville, TN(Wilson County)Graball, TN(Sumner County)Gray, TN(Washington County)Graysville, TN(Rhea County)Green Hill, TN(Wilson County)Greenvale, TN(Wilson County)Griffith Creek, TN(Marion County)Grimsley, TN(Fentress County)Gruetli-Laager, TN(Grundy County)Guys, TN(McNairy County)
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Halls, TN(Lauderdale County)Halls, TN(Lauderdale County)Hampton, TN(Carter County)Harriman, TN(Roane County)Harrison, TN(Hamilton County)Harrogate, TN(Claiborne County)Helenwood, TN(Scott County)Henning, TN(Lauderdale County)Henry, TN(Henry County)Hickman, TN(Hickman County)Hickory Valley, TN(Hardeman County)Hilham, TN(Overton County)Hillsboro, TN(Coffee County)Holladay, TN(Decatur County)Hollow Rock, TN(Carroll County)Hopewell, TN(Maury County)Hornbeak, TN(Obion County)Hornsby, TN(Hardeman County)Hunter, TN(Carter County)Huntland, TN(Franklin County)Huntsville, TN(Scott County)Huron, TN(Henderson County)
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La Follette, TN(Campbell County)La Grange, TN(Fayette County)Lake Tansi, TN(Cumberland County)Lakewood Park, TN(Coffee County)Lavinia, TN(Carroll County)Lawrenceburg, TN(Lawrence County)Lenox, TN(Dyer County)Leoma, TN(Lawrence County)Liberty, TN(DeKalb County)Linden, TN(Perry County)Lobelville, TN(Perry County)Lone Oak, TN(Sequatchie County)Loretto, TN(Lawrence County)Louisville, TN(Blount County)Luray, TN(Henderson County)Luttrell, TN(Union County)Lyles, TN(Hickman County)Lynnville, TN(Giles County)
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Mascot, TN(Knox County)Mason, TN(Tipton County)Maury, TN(Maury County)Mayland, TN(Cumberland County)McDonald, TN(Bradley County)McLemoresville, TN(Carroll County)Medon, TN(Madison County)Mercer, TN(Madison County)Michie, TN(McNairy County)Middle Valley, TN(Hamilton County)Middleton, TN(Hardeman County)Midtown, TN(Roane County)Milledgeville, TN(McNairy County)Minor Hill, TN(Giles County)Miston, TN(Dyer County)Mitchellville, TN(Sumner County)Monterey, TN(Putnam County)Mooresburg, TN(Hawkins County)Morris Chapel, TN(Hardin County)Morristown, TN(Hamblen County)Mowbray Mountain, TN(Hamilton County)
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Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN(Davidson County)New Deal, TN(Sumner County)New Johnsonville, TN(Humphreys County)New Market, TN(Jefferson County)New Union, TN(Coffee County)Niota, TN(McMinn County)Nixon, TN(Hardin County)Norene, TN(Wilson County)Normandy, TN(Bedford County)Norris, TN(Anderson County)
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Palmer, TN(Grundy County)Palmersville, TN(Weakley County)Park, TNParker's Crossroads, TN(Henderson County)Parrottsville, TN(Cocke County)Parsons, TN(Decatur County)Pegram, TN(Cheatham County)Pelham, TN(Grundy County)Petersburg, TN(Lincoln County)Petros, TN(Morgan County)Pikeville, TN(Bledsoe County)Pine Crest, TN(Carter County)Pinson, TN(Madison County)Piperton, TN(Fayette County)Plainview, TN(Rutherford County)Pleasant Hill, TN(Cumberland County)Pocahontas, TN(Hardeman County)Powell, TN(Knox County)Prospect, TN(Giles County)Pulaski, TN(Giles County)Puryear, TN(Henry County)
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Ramer, TN(McNairy County)Randolph, TN(Tipton County)Rarity Bay, TNRiceville, TN(McMinn County)Ridgely, TN(Lake County)Rives, TN(Obion County)Roan Mountain, TN(Carter County)Robbins, TN(Scott County)Rockford, TN(Blount County)Rockvale, TN(Rutherford County)Rogersville, TN(Hawkins County)Rural Hill, TN(Wilson County)Russellville, TN(Hamblen County)Rutherford, TN(Gibson County)Rutledge, TN(Grainger County)
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Sale Creek, TN(Hamilton County)Saltillo, TN(Hardin County)Samburg, TN(Obion County)Sardis, TN(Henderson County)Saulsbury, TN(Hardeman County)Scotts Hill, TN(Henderson County)Sequatchie, TN(Marion County)Sewanee, TN(Franklin County)Seymour, TN(Sevier County)Shackle Island, TN(Sumner County)Sherwood, TN(Franklin County)Shiloh, TN(Hardin County)Silerton, TN(Hardeman County)Slayden, TN(Dickson County)Sneedville, TN(Hancock County)Somerville, TN(Fayette County)South Carthage, TN(Smith County)South Fulton, TN(Obion County)Spring, TN(Rhea County)Spurgeon, TN(Washington County)St. Joseph, TN(Lawrence County)Stantonville, TN(McNairy County)Statesville, TN(Wilson County)Strawberry Plains, TN(Jefferson County)Sullivan Gardens, TN(Sullivan County)Summertown, TN(Lawrence County)Sunbright, TN(Morgan County)
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Taft, TN(Lincoln County)Tazewell, TN(Claiborne County)Telford, TN(Washington County)Tellico, TN(Monroe County)Tennessee Ridge, TN(Houston County)Tiptonville, TN(Lake County)Toone, TN(Hardeman County)Tracy, TN(Grundy County)Trezevant, TN(Carroll County)Trimble, TN(Dyer County)Troy, TN(Obion County)Tuckers Crossroads, TN(Wilson County)
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Walland, TN(Blount County)Walnut Grove (Hardin County), TN(Hardin County)Walnut Grove (Sumner County), TN(Sumner County)Walnut Hill, TN(Sullivan County)Walterhill, TN(Rutherford County)Wartburg, TN(Morgan County)Watauga, TN(Carter County)Watertown, TN(Wilson County)Waverly, TN(Humphreys County)Westpoint, TN(Lawrence County)White Pine, TN(Jefferson County)Whiteside, TN(Marion County)Whiteville, TN(Hardeman County)Whitlock, TN(Henry County)Whitwell, TN(Marion County)Wildersville, TN(Henderson County)Wildwood Lake, TN(Bradley County)Wildwood, TN(Blount County)Williston, TN(Fayette County)Winfield, TN(Scott County)Woodbury, TN(Cannon County)Woodland Mills, TN(Obion County)Wrigley, TN(Hickman County)Wynnburg, TN(Lake County)