Clark County permits
By Mario Bailey Last checked 2026-06-18 · 2 official sources
Verified against official sourcesClark County Department of Building and Fire Prevention
- 4701 West Russell Road, Las Vegas, NV 89118
- Phone: (702) 455-3000
- Email: pacenter@clarkcountynv.gov
- Official permit page
- Permit portal
- Official fee schedule
Look up a permit in Clark County
Clark County lets you look up permit records and application status for a property online. The county's Citizen Access portal offers Search Applications for permit status lookup.
Look up Clark County permit records
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Schedule an inspection in Clark County
Permitted work is not finished until it passes inspection. The Schedule an Inspection page links the county's inspection scheduling app and text scheduling.
Schedule or request a Clark County inspection
Checked 2026-07-12. If the office has changed its process, report it.
Permitting activity in Clark County
In 2024, Clark County authorized permits for 14,754 new residential housing units (12,277 single-family, 2,477 in multi-family buildings), valued at $3.7B , up from13,073 the year before. That works out to about 6.2 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 2,398,871.
About Clark County
Clark County has about 935,960 housing units. The median home is valued at $400,800, against a median household income of $73,845. About 57% of homes are owner-occupied, and the typical home was built around 1997.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year.