Springfield, IL Building Safety: Building Inspections (2026)

Springfield's inspection scheme splits into two tracks under Sec. 06. Building inspections in (a) govern permitted construction work: the owner, titleholder or person committing a violation is responsible for violations cited by the building inspector under (a)(1); the permittee must notify the department after completing each portion of permitted work and before concealing any of it, and the department must inspect within two working days of that notice, or the work may be concealed without penalty if the department misses the deadline, per (a)(2). Concealing work before the required inspection makes the responsible contractor pay a fee and re-expose the work.

A third inspection triggers a re-inspection fee under (a)(3) when caused by any of six listed contractor failures: missed access on the scheduled date, not following approved plans, giving a wrong site address, not correcting violations cited on a previous inspection, calling for an inspection before the work is ready, or not having approved plans on the job site. Housing inspections under (b) follow a separate track for occupied properties: a written violation notice delivered by mail or hand must identify the address and violations and give up to 60 days to correct, extendable twice for substantial progress, warning of a fine on conviction and a mandatory minimum $500 fine plus a daily fine on a second conviction within a year.