Boone County, MO Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2014 National Electrical Code
- Enforcing agency
- Resource Management Department
- Plans required
- Commercial, industrial, multi-family, assembly buildings
- Violation penalty
- Misdemeanor, fine or imprisonment
- Applies in
- Unincorporated Boone County only
Summary
Boone County adopted the 2014 National Electrical Code as its Electrical Code, requiring permits and plans for wiring work and giving the Resource Management Department enforcement authority.
That a certain document, one (1) copy of which are on file in the office of Building Official of the Boone County Resource Management being marked and designated as "The National Electrical Code 2014", as published by the National Fire Protection Association, be and is hereby adopted as the Electrical Code of Boone County, Missouri for the control of buildings and structures as herein provided.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: the cited page had not changed since it was quoted.
Full Breakdown
The Boone County Commission adopted the National Electrical Code 2014, as published by the National Fire Protection Association, as the county's Electrical Code, with the Resource Management Department as the enforcing agency. County amendments require plans and specifications for all electrical work on commercial, industrial, multi-family and public-assembly buildings, or whenever the building official requires them. Appeals go to the board of appeals established for the Boone County Building Code. The code covers unincorporated Boone County; Columbia and the county's other incorporated cities enforce their own separately adopted electrical codes inside city limits.
Violations & Fines
Installing, altering or repairing electrical wiring without a permit or in violation of the code is a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment; each day the violation continues is a separate offense.
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