Nevada

Clark County permits

By Mario Bailey Last checked 2026-06-18 · 2 official sources

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Clark County Department of Building and Fire Prevention

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

Screenshot of the Clark County permit portal
The Clark County permit portal as captured 2026-07-22.

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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 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.

Permit types in Clark County

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