Permit records
Santa Clara County permit search
Santa Clara County permit records are public. The county publishes them through Public Permit Portal, and searching does not require an account.
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- Project types verified
- 10
- in Santa Clara County
- Search verified
- 23 Aug 2026
- we opened it ourselves
Search Santa Clara County permit records
The search accepts address, permit number, or parcel number.
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How to search
- Open the Santa Clara County permit record search.
- Enter an address, or switch the search type to look up permits by permit number or parcel number.
- Open a result to see the permit's status, inspection history, and issue date.
If the permit does not turn up
Older permits are often missing from online records, and a permit filed under a contractor's name will not surface in an address search that expects the owner. Santa Clara County Department of Planning and Development, Development Services (Building Inspection Office) can check the paper file.
- County Government Center, East Wing, 7th Floor, 70 West Hedding Street, San Jose, CA 95110
- Phone: 408-299-5700
- Official permit page
What needs a permit in Santa Clara County
Every project type we have verified in Santa Clara County, with the rule, the threshold, and the fee that applies here.
| Project | Permit needed? | Threshold | Typical fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deck Permit | It depends | deck area, paired with a 30-inch height limit, no attachment to the dwelling, and no required exit door served | Decks are charged by valuation, not by a flat fee |
| Electrical Permit | Permit required | Any size | ...Schedule effective July 1, 2025 the electrical inspection hourly rate is... |
| Fence Permit | It depends | fence height at which the County Residential Code permit exemption stops applying | ...Valuation-Based Fee Schedule, effective July 1, 2025, which begins at a $249.00... |
| HVAC Permit | Permit required | Any size | ...mechanical permit fee and the mechanical inspection hourly rate are both... |
| Patio Permit | It depends | Before building a patio cover, trellis, carport or similar roofed structure over a patio | No patio-specific flat fee is published |
| Plumbing Permit | Permit required | Any size | ...plumbing permit fee and the plumbing inspection hourly rate are both $272.00, and a... |
| Pool Permit | It depends | depth of a prefabricated swimming pool | The county charges single-family residential swimming pools as flat fees |
| Roof Replacement Permit | Permit required | Any size | ...the county's Building Section Services Fee Schedule effective July 1, 2025: $479.20... |
| Shed Permit | It depends | floor area of a one-story detached tool or storage shed | No shed-specific flat fee is published |
| Solar Permit | Permit required | Any size | ...the fee package the Board adopted on April 17, 2018, lists those amounts as $375.35... |
Everything we have verified about permits in Santa Clara County