Fulton County, GA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)

Sec. 14-38 adopts the latest International Plumbing Code (ICC), as amended by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, as the plumbing standard for unincorporated Fulton County. Sec. 14-41 then does two separate jobs through amendments to the IBC. 1 so that only a person or entity engaged in the business of plumbing contracting, installation and repair is entitled to a permit, and only where that person holds a valid Master Plumbers License issued by the State of Georgia Construction Industry Licensing Board. Both conditions must be met: being in the plumbing trade without the state master license is not enough, and the license check happens at permit issuance, so an unlicensed operator is stopped before work begins rather than cited afterward.

Second, Sec. 11, which builds a fixed inspection sequence into every job: underground, rough-in and final, and fixtures may not be concealed before the required inspections pass. The final inspection cannot happen until the building is completed, all plumbing fixtures are in place and properly connected, and the structure is ready for occupancy, which means the county signs off on a finished, working system rather than a promise of one. The rule reaches unincorporated Fulton County only; Atlanta and the incorporated cities run their own plumbing permit desks.