Davis County, UT Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)

220 adopts the National Electrical Code (NEC) "together with any appendices and amendments made to that edition" for the unincorporated county, specifying the 1999 edition named in Rule R156-56-701(1)(b) of the Utah Administrative Code and promulgated by the National Fire Protection Association. 210). Electrical work goes through the same general building-permit gate as any other trade. 040 requires the building fee, set under the Uniform Administrative Code, to be paid first; the County Commission can waive it at its discretion. The Building Official also holds police power to order any electrical or other work stopped if it's being done in violation of the adopted code, an oral stop order must be followed in writing within an hour, and work cannot resume without the Building Official's written permission. 060, which may grant one only if strict compliance would cause undue hardship and the variance won't harm the public welfare or neighboring property.