LaPorte County, IN Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

23, once a building permit issues the Building Commissioner must make or cause to be made the inspections necessary to confirm the work complies with Chapter 151 and the permit's terms. The contractor, not the homeowner, carries the duty to notify the Building Commissioner that an inspection is needed; the code sets an inspection target of 48 hours after that notice, and if notice comes in on a Friday or the day before a holiday, the inspection instead falls on the next available working day.

Inspectors may enter any building, structure, or premises in the county at reasonable times to carry out these duties once they present proper credentials. 27(V) prices each re-inspection at $25, with each additional final inspection billed at $50; the Building Commissioner also adopts rules on how many inspections a given project needs and when they occur. 23(E) lets the Building Commissioner issue a written stop-work order served on whoever is doing the work, or posted on the building's entrance if no one is available to receive it.

All work must cease until the Building Commissioner authorizes it to resume. 24 for any building erected, altered, or repaired after the chapter's effective date unless it passed inspection in compliance with Chapter 151, and buildings already under construction when the chapter took effect are folded into the inspection schedule at whatever phase they had reached.