Tippecanoe County, IN Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- Indiana Electrical Code, Art. 17
- Mobile home service fee
- $40
- Standard service fee (up to 200A)
- $75
- 200-400A service fee
- $150
- Over 1,000A service fee
- $250
- Reinspection fee
- $50 (3rd+ inspection)
Summary
Tippecanoe County enforces the Indiana Electrical Code, Article 17, adopted by reference at § 151.05(D), and charges tiered electrical permit fees set at § 151A.04(D) based on service size, from $40 for a mobile-home service up to $250 for services over 1,000 amperes.
(D) Electrical permit fees are $40 for electrical services for mobile homes and manufactured homes and manufactured housing within mobile home parks. Electrical permit fees for all other electrical services, up to and including 200 amperes, are $75. The fee for electrical services over 200 amperes through 400 amperes is $150. The fee for electrical services over 1,000 amperes is $250.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: 2025 S-17: Supplement contains: Local legislation current through Ord. 2025-25-CM, passed 8-1-25; and State legislation current through 2025 Acts, Pamphlet No. 3).
Full Breakdown
C. 22-13-2-3(b), alongside the other Indiana Administrative Code articles the county adopts for building, residential, plumbing, mechanical, energy, pool, fire, and fuel and gas work. 07(A) requires the permit before work begins. 04(D) sets electrical permit fees on a sliding scale: $40 for electrical services to mobile homes, manufactured homes, and manufactured housing within mobile home parks; $75 for all other electrical services up to and including 200 amperes; $150 for services over 200 through 400 amperes; and $250 for services over 1,000 amperes. 04(G) for the third and subsequent inspections on the same violations, and if the work is an electrical service, that fee must be paid before the service can be approved for connection. 07(A)(1).
Violations & Fines
Starting electrical work without a permit adds a 50% surcharge to the fee under § 151A.04(H), and § 151.99 fines any violation of §§ 151.01 through 151.17 at $100, with each day of continuing violation a separate offense. An electrical service will not be approved for connection until any outstanding reinspection fee under § 151A.04(G) is paid.
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