Coweta County, GA Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit required before
- Erecting, altering, or replacing electrical systems
- Enforcing office
- Coweta County Building Official
- Permit expires if unstarted
- 6 months after issuance
- Aluminum conductors
- Banned except service entrance cable
- Heat pump exception
- CO/ALR disconnect, copper load side only
- Late-correction penalty
- Up to $1,000 fine or 60 days jail
Summary
Coweta County requires a building permit before anyone erects, alters, repairs, or replaces an electrical system, issued by the building official under the county's technical codes. Work started without one draws a citation on top of the permit fee. The county's own addendum to the National Electrical Code bans aluminum conductors except in a narrow heat-pump exception.
Any owner, authorized agent, or contractor who desires to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish, or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system the installation of which is regulated by the technical codes, or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make application to the building official and obtain the required permit for the work. ... The following addenda to the National Electrical Code are hereby adopted: Addendum to National Electrical Code: No aluminum conductors shall be used other than service entrance cable. Exception: On high amperage heat pump or electrical furnace with separate disconnects, aluminum conductor-type SEU or SER, may be installed from the service panel to a disconnect marked CO/ALR on line side. Load side wiring from disconnect to furnace and/or heat pump shall be in copper only.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 40).
Full Breakdown
1 of Coweta County's building administration code, any owner, agent, or contractor who wants to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert, or replace an electrical system regulated by the county's technical codes must first apply to the building official and obtain a permit before starting work. 6). 7). 2 makes clear that starting electrical work before the permit issues brings a citation in addition to the fee still owed. Coweta County has also written its own addendum to the National Electrical Code under Sec.
14-32: no aluminum conductors are allowed except service entrance cable, with one carve-out for high-amperage heat pumps or electric furnaces with separate disconnects, where aluminum SEU or SER conductor may run from the service panel to a disconnect marked CO/ALR, but all load-side wiring from that disconnect to the furnace or heat pump must be copper. 8).
Violations & Fines
Starting electrical work before a permit issues brings a citation plus the required permit fee under Item 104.7.2. Under Sec. 14-32.1, any contractor or owner-builder who fails to correct a code violation within 30 days of written notice from the county building department is guilty of a separate offense for each day it continues, punishable by a fine up to $1,000.00, up to 60 days imprisonment, or both, collectible by execution.
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