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

Section 9-1-4 of the Washington County Code adopts by reference the most recent State of Utah version of the National Electrical Code, alongside the International Building, Residential, Mechanical, Fuel Gas, Fire, Energy Conservation and Plumbing Codes, the HUD Code, and the Model Manufactured Home Installation Standard, as the county's Building Codes. Three copies of each adopted code are kept on file at the Office of the Washington County Clerk for public review. Under section 9-1-7, no building permit, including one covering electrical work performed as part of construction, alteration or repair, can be issued unless the project meets the adopted building codes, the county zoning ordinance, the subdivision ordinance and the groundwater protection ordinance.

Permit, plan review and investigation fees are set in the fee table adopted by the county commission under section 9-1-8, and no certificate of occupancy can be issued under section 9-1-9 until the wiring passes inspection for compliance with the adopted National Electrical Code. The county building inspector administers and enforces the chapter under section 9-1-10, and has no discretion to impose requirements beyond what the adopted codes and county ordinances specify, per section 9-1-11. A property owner who disputes how the building inspector applied the code can appeal to the five-member board of building appeals created under section 9-1-12, whose members serve staggered five-year terms, or appeal in the manner set out in Title 10, Chapter 2, under section 9-1-13.