Corona, CA Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2025 California Electrical Code, CCR Tit. 24 Pt. 3
- Excluded
- Annexes E, F, G, H, I, J, K
- Administration
- Chapter 15.02 procedures apply
- Permit expiration
- 12 months from issuance
- Extension
- Up to 180 days, Building Official approval
- Certified copy on file
- Building Official's office
- Violation routing
- Chapters 15.02 and 15.70
Summary
Corona enforces electrical work under the 2025 California Electrical Code, adopted by Municipal Code § 15.28.020 with its Tables and Annexes except Annexes E through K excluded. Electrical permits follow the same Chapter 15.02 process as building permits, expiring after 12 months and carrying infraction-level penalties under Chapter 15.70 for violations.
"(A) Subject to the particular additions, amendments and deletions set forth in this chapter, all the rules, regulations, provisions and conditions set forth in that certain document being marked and designated as 2025 California Electrical Code, California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 3, including any supplements, errata, and revisions made thereto, and including the Tables and Annexes thereto, but excluding Annexes E, F, G, H, I, J, and K, are hereby adopted as the Electrical Code of the City of Corona."
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-56: Supplement contains: Local legislation passed through Ord. 3423, passed 12-3-2025).
Full Breakdown
020 adopts the 2025 California Electrical Code, California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 3, as the Electrical Code of the City of Corona, subject to the chapter's local amendments, and keeps the Code's Tables and Annexes in force while excluding Annexes E, F, G, H, I, J and K. A certified copy is kept on file in the office of the Building Official. 110's expiration and renewal terms: a permit becomes invalid if work isn't started within 12 months or is abandoned for 12 months, the Building Official can grant written extensions of up to 180 days for justifiable cause, and a renewal filed within a year of expiration costs half the original permit fee, provided the plans haven't changed. 70 rather than setting a stand-alone fine schedule specific to electrical work.
Violations & Fines
Section 15.28.040 routes electrical-code violations through Chapters 15.02 and 15.70: without a different penalty specified for a particular provision, a violation is an infraction, each day it continues is a separate offense, and a person convicted twice or more within a rolling 12-month period is guilty of a misdemeanor. Occupying or entering a structure posted unsafe by the Building Official is also a misdemeanor under § 15.02.200.
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