Mesa permits
By Mario Bailey Last checked 2026-06-17 · 2 official sources
Verified against official sourcesCity of Mesa Development Services Department
- 55 N Center Street, Mesa, AZ 85201
- Phone: 480-644-4273
- Email: PermitServices@MesaAZ.gov
- Official permit page
- Permit portal
- Official fee schedule
Look up a permit in Mesa
Mesa lets you look up permit records and application status for a property online. The Mesa E-Permit portal has a public permit record search.
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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 Mesa
Permitted work is not finished until it passes inspection. The Construction Inspections page has request-an-inspection instructions.
Schedule or request a Mesa inspection
Checked 2026-07-12. If the office has changed its process, report it.
Real permit outcomes in Mesa
Based on 5,364 residential permits finaled in Mesa between 2025-07-12 and 2026-07-12: the median permit fee paid was $520; the median declared project value was $384,385;
Source: City of Mesa building permits (open data), fetched 2026-07-12. Figures are medians of actual issued-permit records, not a quote.
Permitting activity in Mesa
In 2024, Mesa authorized permits for 2,735 new residential housing units (1,367 single-family, 1,368 in multi-family buildings), valued at $913M , up from2,162 the year before. That works out to about 5.2 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 528,159.
About Mesa
Mesa has about 221,129 housing units. The median home is valued at $364,300, against a median household income of $78,779. About 64% of homes are owner-occupied, and the typical home was built around 1988. Older housing stock usually means more renovation, electrical, and plumbing permits.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year.