Stamford, CT Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Base permit fee
- $10 per $1,000 of cost, $25 minimum
- Governing section
- § 123-4, Ch. 123 Art. IV
- Applies when
- no building permit already covers the work
- Unpermitted-work fee
- investigation fee, min. $200 (§ 123-5.A)
- Reinspection fee
- $50 (§ 123-5.C)
- Late completion cert.
- $200 after 1 year, named specifically (§ 123-5.E)
- Safe harbor
- 6 years for single-family homes (§ 123-5.F)
Summary
Standalone electrical work in Stamford, meaning work that doesn't already need a building permit, requires its own permit under Code of Ordinances § 123-4: $10 for every $1,000 of estimated cost, with a $25 floor. The Building Department layers on investigation, reinspection and completion-certificate fees if the work isn't permitted or closed out properly.
ARTICLE IV. - ELECTRICAL FEES. Sec. 123-4. - Fees enumerated. A.The permit fees for electrical work when a building permit is not required shall be $10 per each $1,000 of estimated cost or fraction thereof.B.In no case shall the permit fee be less than $25. Sec. 123-5. - Fees assessed. A.Whenever any work for which a building permit is required has been commenced without first obtaining said building permit, an investigation fee may be assessed in addition to the building permit fee. When assessed, the investigation fee shall be collected whether or not a building permit is then or subsequently issued. The investigation fee shall be equal to the amount of the building permit fee required but in no case shall the investigation fee be less than two hundred dollars ($200.00). E.Whenever any electrical, plumbing or mechanical permit is issued for any work, and such work has been completed but no Certificate of Completion has been obtained within one year of completion, an additional fee of two hundred dollars ($200.00) must be paid before said Certificate of Completion is issued.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 72).
Full Breakdown
Section 123-4 fixes the electrical permit fee at $10 per $1,000 of estimated cost or fraction of it, minimum $25, and like the plumbing fee in § 123-3, it applies 'when a building permit is not required,' meaning electrical work that isn't already folded into a building permit under § 123-1. The Building Official issues that permit under the authority the Charter and Code grants to administer the State Building Code, State Demolition Code and Fire Safety Code. E, which names 'electrical, plumbing or mechanical permit' work specifically, adds a $200 fee if the work is complete but no Certificate of Completion is obtained within a year.
B bars using a building, structure or work performed under a permit, including electrical work, until a Certificate of Occupancy or Certificate of Completion issues, on pain of a further $200 fee. was ever obtained.
Violations & Fines
Electrical work begun before a permit is obtained draws an investigation fee under § 123-5.A, equal to the permit fee but never under $200, regardless of whether a permit is issued afterward. Using electrical work before the required Certificate of Occupancy or Completion issues can add a further $200 under § 123-5.B, and going more than a year after finishing the work without obtaining a Certificate of Completion adds another $200 under § 123-5.E, which names electrical work specifically.
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