Greenville, NC Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Section 9-1-22(A) puts the notification duty on the permit holder: holders or their agents must tell the Inspections Division at each stage of construction and give inspectors free access to the site, and approval is required before the next stage of work can continue. Inspectors can also require materials or assemblies to be tested at the point of manufacture, provided any outside inspection report is certified in writing by a responsible officer of the testing organization.

Section 9-1-22(B)(1) covers how to request an inspection: requests can be made electronically or in person to the Inspections Division office, and the Division inspects as soon as practicable once the work is actually ready. At the end of the job, Section 9-1-22(B)(3) requires a final inspection before a certificate of compliance issues; no new building, addition, enlargement or altered building may be occupied until that certificate is issued, though Section 9-1-22(B)(3)(b) allows a temporary certificate of occupancy for a stated period if the inspector finds the building safe to occupy before final completion. Occupying a building before the certificate issues is a Class 1 misdemeanor under Section 9-1-22(B)(3)(c). Section 9-1-27 backs the process with stop-work authority: an inspector may halt any hazardous or noncompliant construction, and work cannot resume until adequate safety measures are shown, with violation of a stop-work order itself a Class 1 misdemeanor.