Jefferson Parish, LA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Sec. 5 puts the burden on the building permit holder or agent to request each required inspection as work progresses. For building work, a slab/footings foundation inspection happens after beams are excavated and forms and reinforcement are placed; pier construction instead gets a floor frame inspection after sills and joists are set. Frame inspection follows once framing, fireblocking, and bracing are in place and service systems have been roughed-in and approved, and final inspection comes after the finished elevation certificate and survey are approved, all trades have passed, and grade and drainage are established.

Electrical, gas, mechanical, and plumbing trades each get their own underground, rough-in, and final sequence (plumbing adds a shower pan inspection), and new construction additionally requires a certified elevation certificate and setback survey before the slab inspection can even be scheduled, per the same section. Sec. on the business day prior to the day the inspection is wanted, and Sec. 8 commits the Code Official to inspecting within forty-eight hours of that call, excluding weekends and holidays. Sec. 4 separately requires the building permit placard to be posted on the premises before work starts and kept posted through completion of all required inspections, since the posted placard is what authorizes the Code Official to enter and inspect.

No building may be lawfully occupied until the Code Official issues a certificate of completion under Sec. 1, which itself requires all final inspections to be satisfactory first.