Cedar Park, TX Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing code
- 2020 National Electrical Code
- Service hold
- No power until CO issued (§ 3.06.001)
- Fees
- Appendix A fee schedule (§ 3.06.002)
Summary
Cedar Park requires electrical work to meet the adopted 2020 National Electrical Code, and bars electric service to newly permitted buildings until a certificate of occupancy issues.
The National Electrical Code, 2020 edition, is hereby adopted in its entirety, as may be amended from time to time and as such amendments are not in conflict with state or federal law, as the electrical code of the City, to prescribe regulations to provide minimum electrical installation standards to safeguard life, health, property and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location and maintenance of all buildings and structures within the City, and within its extraterritorial jurisdiction. One (1) copy of said Code is on file in the office of building inspection and the same is hereby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. State law reference–National Electrical Code adopted as municipal residential and commercial electrical code, V.T.C.A., Local Government Code, sec. 214.214.
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Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4973212; v14 updated 2026-06-25).
Full Breakdown
The city adopted the National Electrical Code, 2020 edition, in its entirety as the electrical code of the City, to set minimum electrical installation standards for design, construction, materials, use, occupancy, and maintenance of buildings citywide and in the ETJ. Separately, Code § 3.06.001 blocks electric service to any building requiring a permit issued after the section's effective date until the city's building department issues a certificate of occupancy, and § 3.06.002 ties electrical permit fees to the city's adopted fee schedule.
Violations & Fines
Electrical work performed outside the adopted NEC standards, or electric service connected before a required certificate of occupancy issues, exposes the responsible party to code enforcement action and fines under the electrical code's violation provisions.
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