West Virginia Building Permits
Local enforcement; State backstop for safety.
How Building Permits Work in West Virginia
The state government, through the State Fire Marshal, has the authority to act as the building official for any jurisdiction that does not have its own. This ensures that even in remote areas, there is a state-level mechanism for obtaining permits and ensuring code compliance.
Model: State-Mandated
494 jurisdictions with permitting contact information.
Counties (55)
Barbour County, WVBerkeley County, WVBoone County, WVBraxton County, WVBrooke County, WVCabell County, WVCalhoun County, WVClay County, WVDoddridge County, WVFayette County, WVGilmer County, WVGrant County, WVGreenbrier County, WVHampshire County, WVHancock County, WVHardy County, WVHarrison County, WVJackson County, WVJefferson County, WVKanawha County, WVLewis County, WVLincoln County, WVLogan County, WVMarion County, WVMarshall County, WVMason County, WVMcDowell County, WVMercer County, WVMineral County, WVMingo County, WVMonongalia County, WVMonroe County, WVMorgan County, WVNicholas County, WVOhio County, WVPendleton County, WVPleasants County, WVPocahontas County, WVPreston County, WVPutnam County, WVRaleigh County, WVRandolph County, WVRitchie County, WVRoane County, WVSummers County, WVTaylor County, WVTucker County, WVTyler County, WVUpshur County, WVWayne County, WVWebster County, WVWetzel County, WVWirt County, WVWood County, WVWyoming County, WV
Cities (439)
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Accoville, WV(Logan County)Addison (Webster Springs), WV(Webster County)Adrian, WV(Upshur County)Albright, WV(Preston County)Alderson, WV(Greenbrier County)Alum Creek, WV(Lincoln County)Amherstdale, WV(Logan County)Anawalt, WV(McDowell County)Anmoore, WV(Harrison County)Ansted, WV(Fayette County)Apple Grove, WV(Mason County)Arbovale, WV(Pocahontas County)Arthurdale, WV(Preston County)Athens, WV(Mercer County)Auburn, WV(Ritchie County)Aurora, WV(Preston County)
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Bancroft, WV(Putnam County)Barboursville, WV(Cabell County)Barrackville, WV(Marion County)Bartley, WV(McDowell County)Bartow, WV(Pocahontas County)Bath (Berkeley Springs), WV(Morgan County)Baxter, WV(Marion County)Bayard, WV(Grant County)Beards Fork, WV(Fayette County)Beaver, WV(Raleigh County)Beckley, WV(Raleigh County)Beech Bottom, WV(Brooke County)Belington, WV(Barbour County)Belle, WV(Kanawha County)Belmont, WV(Pleasants County)Belva, WV(Nicholas County)Benwood, WV(Marshall County)Bergoo, WV(Webster County)Berwind, WV(McDowell County)Bethany, WV(Brooke County)Bethlehem, WV(Ohio County)Beverly, WV(Randolph County)Big Chimney, WV(Kanawha County)Big Creek, WV(Logan County)Big Sandy, WV(McDowell County)Birch River, WV(Nicholas County)Blacksville, WV(Monongalia County)Blennerhassett, WV(Wood County)Bluefield, WV(Mercer County)Bluewell, WV(Mercer County)Boaz, WV(Wood County)Bolivar, WV(Jefferson County)Bolt, WV(Raleigh County)Boomer, WV(Fayette County)Booth, WV(Monongalia County)Bowden, WV(Randolph County)Bradley, WV(Raleigh County)Bradshaw, WV(McDowell County)Bramwell, WV(Mercer County)Brandonville, WV(Preston County)Brandywine, WV(Pendleton County)Brenton, WV(Wyoming County)Bridgeport, WV(Harrison County)Brookhaven, WV(Monongalia County)Bruceton Mills, WV(Preston County)Bruno, WV(Logan County)Brush Fork, WV(Mercer County)Buckhannon, WV(Upshur County)Bud, WV(Wyoming County)Buffalo, WV(Putnam County)Burlington, WV(Mineral County)Burnsville, WV(Braxton County)
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Cairo, WV(Ritchie County)Camden-on-Gauley, WV(Webster County)Cameron, WV(Marshall County)Capon Bridge, WV(Hampshire County)Carolina, WV(Marion County)Carpendale, WV(Mineral County)Cass, WV(Pocahontas County)Cassville, WV(Monongalia County)Cedar Grove, WV(Wood County)Century, WV(Barbour County)Ceredo, WV(Wayne County)Chapmanville, WV(Logan County)Charles, WV(Jefferson County)Charleston, WV(Kanawha County)Charlton Heights, WV(Fayette County)Chattaroy, WV(Mingo County)Chauncey, WV(Logan County)Cheat Lake, WV(Monongalia County)Chelyan, WV(Kanawha County)Chesapeake, WV(Kanawha County)Chester, WV(Hancock County)Clarksburg, WV(Harrison County)Clay, WV(Clay County)Clearview, WV(Ohio County)Clendenin, WV(Kanawha County)Clifton, WV(Mason County)Coal Fork, WV(Kanawha County)Coal, WVColcord, WV(Raleigh County)Colliers, WV(Brooke County)Comfort, WV(Boone County)Corinne, WV(Wyoming County)Cottageville, WV(Jackson County)Covel, WV(Wyoming County)Cowen, WV(Webster County)Crab Orchard, WV(Raleigh County)Craigsville, WV(Nicholas County)Crooked Creek, WV(Logan County)Cross Lanes, WV(Kanawha County)Crum, WV(Wayne County)Crumpler, WV(McDowell County)Cucumber, WV(McDowell County)Culloden, WV(Cabell County)Cunard, WV(Fayette County)
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Dailey, WV(Randolph County)Daniels, WV(Raleigh County)Danville, WV(Boone County)Davis, WV(Tucker County)Davy, WV(McDowell County)Deep Water, WV(Fayette County)Delbarton, WV(Mingo County)Despard, WV(Harrison County)Dixie, WV(Nicholas County)Dorothy, WV(Raleigh County)Dunbar, WV(Kanawha County)Dupont, WV(Kanawha County)Durbin, WV(Pocahontas County)
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Earling, WV(Logan County)East Bank, WV(Kanawha County)East Dailey, WV(Randolph County)East View, WV(Harrison County)Eccles, WV(Raleigh County)Eleanor, WV(Putnam County)Elizabeth, WV(Wirt County)Elk Garden, WV(Mineral County)Elkins, WV(Randolph County)Elkview, WV(Kanawha County)Ellenboro, WV(Ritchie County)Enterprise, WV(Harrison County)Eskdale, WV(Kanawha County)
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Fairlea, WV(Greenbrier County)Fairmont, WV(Marion County)Fairview, WV(Marion County)Falling Spring, WV(Greenbrier County)Falling Waters, WV(Berkeley County)Falls View, WV(Fayette County)Farmington, WV(Marion County)Fayetteville, WV(Fayette County)Fenwick, WV(Nicholas County)Flatwoods, WV(Braxton County)Flemington, WV(Taylor County)Follansbee, WV(Brooke County)Fort Ashby, WV(Mineral County)Fort Gay, WV(Wayne County)Frank, WV(Pocahontas County)Franklin, WV(Pendleton County)Friendly, WV(Tyler County)
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Gallipolis Ferry, WV(Mason County)Galloway, WV(Barbour County)Garten, WV(Fayette County)Gary, WV(McDowell County)Gassaway, WV(Braxton County)Gatewood, WV(Fayette County)Gauley Bridge, WV(Fayette County)Ghent, WV(Raleigh County)Gilbert Creek, WV(Mingo County)Gilbert, WV(Mingo County)Glasgow, WV(Kanawha County)Glen Dale, WV(Marshall County)Glen Ferris, WV(Fayette County)Glen Fork, WV(Wyoming County)Glen Jean, WV(Fayette County)Glen White, WV(Raleigh County)Glenville, WV(Gilmer County)Grafton, WV(Taylor County)Grant, WV(Grant County)Grantsville, WV(Calhoun County)Granville, WV(Monongalia County)Great Cacapon, WV(Morgan County)Green Bank, WV(Pocahontas County)Green Spring, WV(Hampshire County)Greenview, WV(Boone County)Greenville, WV(Monroe County)Gypsy, WV(Harrison County)
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Hambleton, WV(Tucker County)Hamlin, WV(Lincoln County)Handley, WV(Kanawha County)Hansford, WV(Kanawha County)Harman, WV(Randolph County)Harpers Ferry, WV(Jefferson County)Harrisville, WV(Ritchie County)Hartford, WV(Mason County)Harts, WV(Lincoln County)Hedgesville, WV(Berkeley County)Helen, WV(Raleigh County)Helvetia, WV(Randolph County)Henderson, WV(Mason County)Hendricks, WV(Tucker County)Henlawson, WV(Logan County)Hepzibah, WV(Harrison County)Hico, WV(Fayette County)Hillsboro, WV(Pocahontas County)Hilltop, WV(Fayette County)Hinkleville, WV(Upshur County)Hinton, WV(Summers County)Holden, WV(Logan County)Hollygrove, WV(Kanawha County)Hometown, WV(Putnam County)Hooverson Heights, WV(Brooke County)Hundred, WV(Wetzel County)Huntersville, WV(Pocahontas County)Huntington, WV(Cabell County)Hurricane, WV(Putnam County)Huttonsville, WV(Randolph County)
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Mabscott, WV(Raleigh County)MacArthur, WV(Raleigh County)Madison, WV(Boone County)Malden, WV(Kanawha County)Mallory, WV(Logan County)Man, WV(Logan County)Mannington, WV(Marion County)Marlinton, WV(Pocahontas County)Marmet, WV(Kanawha County)Martinsburg, WV(Berkeley County)Mason, WV(Mason County)Masontown, WV(Preston County)Matewan, WV(Mingo County)Matheny, WV(Wyoming County)Matoaka, WV(Mercer County)Maybeury, WV(McDowell County)McConnell, WV(Logan County)McMechen, WV(Marshall County)Meadow Bridge, WV(Fayette County)Middlebourne, WV(Tyler County)Middleway, WV(Jefferson County)Mill Creek, WV(Randolph County)Milton, WV(Cabell County)Mineralwells, WV(Wood County)Mitchell Heights, WV(Logan County)Monaville, WV(Logan County)Monongah, WV(Marion County)Montcalm, WV(Mercer County)Montgomery, WV(Fayette County)Montrose, WV(Randolph County)Moorefield, WV(Hardy County)Morgantown, WV(Monongalia County)Moundsville, WV(Marshall County)Mount Carbon, WV(Fayette County)Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV(Logan County)Mount Hope, WV(Fayette County)Mullens, WV(Wyoming County)
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Neibert, WV(Logan County)Nettie, WV(Nicholas County)New Cumberland, WV(Hancock County)New Haven, WV(Mason County)New Martinsville, WV(Wetzel County)New Richmond, WV(Wyoming County)Newark, WV(Wirt County)Newburg, WV(Preston County)Newell, WV(Hancock County)Nitro, WV(Kanawha County)North Hills, WV(Wood County)Northfork, WV(McDowell County)Norton, WV(Randolph County)Nutter Fort, WV(Harrison County)
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Paden, WV(Wetzel County)Page, WV(Fayette County)Pageton, WV(McDowell County)Parcoal, WV(Webster County)Parkersburg, WV(Wood County)Parsons, WV(Tucker County)Paw Paw, WV(Morgan County)Pax, WV(Fayette County)Pea Ridge, WV(Cabell County)Peach Creek, WV(Logan County)Pennsboro, WV(Ritchie County)Pentress, WV(Monongalia County)Petersburg, WV(Grant County)Peterstown, WV(Monroe County)Philippi, WV(Barbour County)Pickens, WV(Randolph County)Piedmont, WV(Mineral County)Pinch, WV(Kanawha County)Pine Grove, WV(Wetzel County)Pineville, WV(Wyoming County)Piney View, WV(Raleigh County)Pleasant Valley, WV(Marion County)Poca, WV(Putnam County)Point Pleasant, WV(Mason County)Powellton, WV(Fayette County)Pratt, WV(Kanawha County)Prichard, WV(Wayne County)Prince, WV(Fayette County)Princeton, WV(Mercer County)Prosperity, WV(Raleigh County)Pullman, WV(Ritchie County)
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Rachel, WV(Marion County)Racine, WV(Boone County)Rainelle, WV(Greenbrier County)Raleigh, WV(Raleigh County)Rand, WV(Kanawha County)Ranson corporation, WV(Jefferson County)Ravenswood, WV(Jackson County)Raymond, WV(Putnam County)Raysal, WV(McDowell County)Reader, WV(Wetzel County)Red Jacket, WV(Mingo County)Reedsville, WV(Preston County)Reedy, WV(Roane County)Reynoldsville, WV(Harrison County)Rhodell, WV(Raleigh County)Richwood, WV(Nicholas County)Ridgeley, WV(Mineral County)Ripley, WV(Jackson County)Rivesville, WV(Marion County)Robinette, WV(Logan County)Rock Cave, WV(Upshur County)Roderfield, WV(McDowell County)Romney, WV(Hampshire County)Ronceverte, WV(Greenbrier County)Rossmore, WV(Logan County)Rowlesburg, WV(Preston County)Rupert, WV(Greenbrier County)
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Salem, WV(Harrison County)Salt Rock, WV(Cabell County)Sand Fork, WV(Gilmer County)Sarah Ann, WV(Logan County)Scarbro, WV(Fayette County)Shady Spring, WV(Raleigh County)Shannondale, WV(Jefferson County)Shenandoah Junction, WV(Jefferson County)Shepherdstown, WV(Jefferson County)Shinnston, WV(Harrison County)Shrewsbury, WV(Kanawha County)Sissonville, WV(Kanawha County)Sistersville, WV(Tyler County)Smithers, WV(Fayette County)Smithfield, WV(Wetzel County)Sophia, WV(Raleigh County)South Charleston, WV(Kanawha County)Spelter, WV(Harrison County)Spencer, WV(Roane County)Sprague, WV(Raleigh County)Springfield, WV(Hampshire County)St. Albans, WV(Kanawha County)St. George, WV(Tucker County)St. Marys, WV(Pleasants County)Stanaford, WV(Raleigh County)Star, WV(Monongalia County)Stollings, WV(Logan County)Stonewood, WV(Harrison County)Summersville, WV(Nicholas County)Sutton, WV(Braxton County)Switzer, WV(Logan County)Sylvester, WV(Boone County)
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Wallace, WV(Harrison County)War, WV(McDowell County)Wardensville, WV(Hardy County)Washington, WV(Wood County)Waverly, WV(Wood County)Wayne, WV(Wayne County)Weirton, WV(Hancock County)Welch, WV(McDowell County)Wellsburg, WV(Brooke County)West Dunbar, WV(Kanawha County)West Hamlin, WV(Lincoln County)West Liberty, WV(Ohio County)West Logan, WV(Logan County)West Milford, WV(Harrison County)West Union, WV(Doddridge County)Weston, WV(Lewis County)Westover, WV(Monongalia County)Wheeling, WV(Ohio County)White Hall, WV(Marion County)White Sulphur Springs, WV(Greenbrier County)Whitesville, WV(Boone County)Whitmer, WV(Randolph County)Wiley Ford, WV(Mineral County)Williamson, WV(Mingo County)Williamstown, WV(Wood County)Windsor Heights, WV(Brooke County)Winfield, WV(Putnam County)Wolf Summit, WV(Harrison County)Womelsdorf (Coalton), WV(Randolph County)Worthington, WV(Marion County)