Maricopa County permits
By Mario Bailey Last checked 2026-06-18 · 2 official sources
Verified against official sourcesMaricopa County Planning and Development Department
- 301 West Jefferson Street Phoenix AZ 85003
- Phone: 602-506-3301
- Official permit page
- Permit portal
- Official fee schedule
Look up a permit in Maricopa County
Maricopa County lets you look up permit records and application status for a property online. The Permit Viewer searches permits, cases, and violations from 1999 through mid-2024; newer records are in the Permit Center portal.
Look up Maricopa County permit records
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- Who pulls the permit, you or me, and is the permit fee included in the bid?
- Which inspections will this job need, and who meets the inspector on site?
- Is your contractor license active in this locality, and under which business name?
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Schedule an inspection in Maricopa County
Permitted work is not finished until it passes inspection. The county's Permit Center portal handles inspection scheduling and permit status.
Schedule or request a Maricopa County inspection
Checked 2026-07-12. If the office has changed its process, report it.
Permitting activity in Maricopa County
In 2024, Maricopa County authorized permits for 36,380 new residential housing units (21,667 single-family, 14,713 in multi-family buildings), valued at $9.1B , down from38,292 the year before. That works out to about 7.8 permits per 1,000 residents. It is a useful gauge of how busy the local permit office is.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual data · population 4,673,096.
About Maricopa County
Maricopa County has about 1,850,862 housing units. The median home is valued at $414,700, against a median household income of $85,518. About 65% of homes are owner-occupied, and the typical home was built around 1992.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year.