Menifee, CA Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- MMC § 8.08.010
- Code adopted
- 2025 California Electrical Code
- Commercial rule
- Licensed electrician required (§ 8.08.020)
- Late-permit penalty
- 2x permit fee (§ 8.04.020)
- Effective ordinance
- Ord. 2025-420, passed 9-17-2025
Summary
Menifee enforces the 2025 California Electrical Code as the Menifee Electrical Code, requiring a separate permit before any electrical system work, and requires a California-licensed electrical contractor for all commercial project permits.
Except as hereinafter changed or modified, the 2025 California Electrical Code as published by the State Building Standards Commission, including all of its chapters (including Chapters 1 through 9), tables, indices, appendices (including appendices A through K), addenda, annexes, and footnotes is hereby adopted by reference as the Menifee Electrical Code and incorporated into this title. ... For all commercial projects, a California Licensed Electrical Contractor shall be responsible for obtaining permits for electrical work performed.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2026 S-15: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ordinance 2026-432, passed 4-15-2026).
Full Breakdown
010 adopts by reference the 2025 California Electrical Code as published by the State Building Standards Commission, including Chapters 1 through 9, all tables, indices, appendices A through K, addenda, annexes, and footnotes, and incorporates it into Title 8 as the Menifee Electrical Code, with a copy kept on file at the City Clerk's office. 040, which bars installing, connecting, enlarging, altering, repairing, removing, converting, or replacing any electrical system without a separate, valid permit from the Building Official. 020 adds a commercial-specific requirement on top of that: for all commercial projects, a California Licensed Electrical Contractor must be the one responsible for obtaining the electrical work permits, a restriction not imposed on residential electrical permits.
020, on top of the standard permit fee that the City Council sets by resolution. The electrical chapter has been amended three times since its original 2016 adoption, most recently updated to the 2025 edition by Ordinance 2025-420, passed September 17, 2025.
Violations & Fines
Unpermitted or non-compliant electrical work is subject to the doubled permit-fee penalty under Section 8.04.020, plus the general code penalty scheme in Section 1.01.200: a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1,000 and six months in jail by default, reducible to an infraction carrying $100 to $500 fines depending on repeat count, with each day of continued violation counted separately.
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