Medford, MA Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Medford's building inspection charges live in the same Appendix A schedule that Sec. 10-35 points to for permit fees, but they attach to distinct stages of a project. A certificate of inspection under Section 108.5.1 of the Massachusetts State Building Code costs $75.00, a separate line from the base permit fee. Once construction is underway, a $50.00 reinspection fee applies, listed twice in the schedule as items (6) and (11), covering any inspection that has to be repeated because the work was not ready or was done incorrectly.

Contractors also face a distinct $25.00 charge under item (9) for failing to call for the final inspection within ten working days after finishing the job, a separate penalty from the reinspection fee and aimed specifically at closing out a project on time. Together, these three charges, the $75 certificate of inspection, the $50 reinspection fee, and the $25 late-final-inspection fee, function as Medford's way of billing for the actual labor of site visits and repeat visits, keeping the base permit fee tied only to plan review and initial issuance while every subsequent inspection stage carries its own cost recovery charge under the same Sec. 10-35 schedule.