Do you need a shed permit in Maryland?
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- Always required
- 1
- of 4 jurisdictions
- Conditional
- 3
- depends on size or scope
- Not required
- 0
- exempt outright
Shed Permit rules nationwide, beyond Maryland.
Requirements and size thresholds for shed permits vary by locality. The table below compares what each Maryland county or city requires. Always confirm with the local office before starting.
Comparing states? See shed permit rules across every locality we cover.
The application steps and inspection sequence for shed permits come from the model code rather than from Maryland law, so they read the same wherever you build. We keep that walkthrough in one place: how a shed permit application and its inspections work, start to finish. What changes between Maryland jurisdictions is below: who requires a permit, what they charge, and which office you file with.
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| Locality | Permit required? | Typical threshold | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltimore County | Conditional | accessory structure floor area | Confirmed on official page |
| Howard County | Conditional | sheds under 200 sq ft (one-story, non-conditioned, detached) are exempt from a building permit; 200 sq ft or more requires a Miscellaneous Structures building permit | Confirmed on official page |
| Montgomery County | Yes | Not specified | Confirmed on official page |
| Prince George's County | Conditional | floor space of a one-story detached accessory structure, and only one such exempt structure is allowed per property | Confirmed on official page |
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What a shed permit costs in Maryland
4 Maryland jurisdictions we cover publish a fee figure for this work. Each line is quoted from that office's own schedule and linked to its citation. The figures are not comparable to one another: some are flat minimums, some a percentage of job value, some charged per fixture, so what you pay depends on which schedule applies and on your job's valuation.
Building Permit Fee Schedule effective 07/01/26: Accessory Structure, Under 1000 sf, $105.00; Accessory Structure, 1000 sf and over, $160.00, plus the $75.00 residential permit application fee.
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$50 per structure for sheds over 200 and up to 400 sq ft (Miscellaneous Structures Accessory permit, FY2027 fee schedule); sheds under 200 sq ft need no permit or fee
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Priced as an Accessory Building: $136.80 flat for 200 sq ft or less, or $0.8830 per sq ft for 201 sq ft and up, per DPS-Fees-ResConst-FY27.pdf effective 2026-07-01
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DPIE Fee Schedule, effective March 2, 2025, line item "Shed > 150 Sq Ft", $1.17 per SF: "Total Fee = Administrative Fee $66 + Building Permit Fee (SF x $1.17) + $53 Grading Fee + $5 M-NCPPC. Plus Technology Fee 10%."
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Jurisdictions not listed publish no dollar figure we could quote. Absence does not mean a permit is free.
Common questions about shed permits in Maryland
- Do I need a shed permit in Maryland?
- In Maryland it depends on the size of the job. Permits are issued locally, so the answer comes from your Maryland city or county rather than a single statewide rule. Of the 4 Maryland jurisdictions we have verified for shed work, 1 requires a permit outright, 3 depend on the size or scope of the job, and 0 require none.
- Is there a shed permit exemption in Maryland?
- 3 of the 4 Maryland jurisdictions we cover set a threshold rather than a flat rule, so the same job can be exempt in one Maryland county and permitted in the next. The table above lists each Maryland jurisdiction's published threshold in its own words, with the source and the date we verified it.
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