Vallejo, CA Building Safety: Electrical Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2025 California Electrical Code, based on 2023 NEC
- CCR citation
- Title 24, Part 3
- Excluded sections
- Annex H §§80.15 and 80.27 not adopted
- Appeals body
- Building Standards Code Appeals Board
- Adoption ordinance
- Ord. No. 1883 N.C.(2d), 11-25-2025
Summary
Vallejo requires electrical work to comply with the 2025 California Electrical Code, adopted wholesale as the city's electrical code by Section 12.12.010. Based on the 2023 National Electrical Code and codified at Title 24, Part 3, the adopted code, including all annex chapters except two excluded sections, controls when an electrical permit is required for wiring, equipment, and installations citywide.
The California Electrical Code, 2025 Edition, including all annex chapters except for sections 80.15 and 80.27 of annex H, as amended and appearing in the 2025 California Building Standards Code, California Code of Regulations Title 24, Part 3, based on the 2023 National Electrical Code, is hereby adopted, and incorporated herein by reference, save and except such potions as are deleted, modified, or amended; as the city electrical code. One copy of said code and amendments is on file in the office of the building official of the city of Vallejo, California, for use and examination by the public.
(Ord. No. 1867 N.C. (2d), § 4, 11-15-2022; Ord. No. 1876 N.C.(2d), § 4, 11-15-2022; Ord. No. 1883 N.C. (2d), § 4, 11-25-2025)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Municipal Code: Update 12 - 25).
Full Breakdown
27 of annex H, as the electrical code for the City of Vallejo, incorporating it by reference save and except such portions as are deleted, modified, or amended. The adopted code is based on the 2023 National Electrical Code and appears in the 2025 California Building Standards Code at Title 24, Part 3, of the California Code of Regulations. Because the entire code is adopted, its permit-application and inspection provisions control when Vallejo residents and contractors must obtain an electrical permit before beginning work, covering new wiring, service upgrades, panel changes, and most fixture and circuit installations.
010. 020, the same appeals body used for the Building, Plumbing, and Mechanical Codes. The chapter was most recently readopted by Ordinance No. (2d) on November 25, 2025, replacing the prior 2022-adopted edition in its entirety.
Violations & Fines
Electrical work performed without the required permit, or contrary to the adopted 2025 California Electrical Code, is enforced the same way as any other building-code violation under Title 12: the building official can issue a stop-work order, red-tag unsafe wiring, and pursue the code's penalty provisions. Because Section 12.12.010 adopts the code save and except portions deleted, modified, or amended, any Vallejo-specific amendment on file with the building official controls over the base state text where the two conflict.
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