Chesterfield County, VA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- New home plumbing permit
- $228.00 per unit
- Modular home plumbing permit
- $114.00
- Addition w/ rough-in inspection
- $114.00, or $57.00 if pre-existing
- Issuing authority
- County building official
- Minimum-cost exemption
- Construction under $500 needing no other permit
- Enabling code
- Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code
Summary
Chesterfield County requires a building permit for plumbing work under the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code, with fees set by County Code § 5-5. A new single-family home's plumbing permit costs $228.00, an addition or conversion needing a rough-in inspection runs $114.00, and a mobile home on private property pays $57.00. The building official must issue the permit before installation begins.
(a)Generally. Except as provided in this section, every applicant for a building permit must pay the fees set forth in this section before the building official issues a building permit, as required by the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code. If an applicant makes a change in the scope of work, a permit amendment is required and additional fees may be assessed in accordance with this section. ... d.Plumbing: 1.New residential single-family dwellings, and condominiums, townhouses, and duplexes (per unit) .....228.00 2.Industrialized building (modular homes) .....114.00 3.Addition, renovation and conversion: (i)Where rough-in inspection is required .....114.00(ii)Where rough-in inspection is pre-existing .....57.00 4.Mobile or manufactured homes on private property .....57.00
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 80).
Full Breakdown
Chesterfield's building code chapter adopts the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC) for 'all buildings and structures which are constructed, altered, repaired or converted in use and to all equipment associated with such buildings and structures' (§ 5-1), and the county's building official administers, supervises, and enforces it (§ 5-2). Under § 5-5(a), 'every applicant for a building permit must pay the fees set forth in this section before the building official issues a building permit, as required by the Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code,' and any change in the scope of work requires a permit amendment with additional fees.
00 for mobile or manufactured homes on private property. 00 or fraction of it. Every applicant pays the fees to the county treasurer when the application is filed with the building official, per § 5-5(c). 00 and would not otherwise require any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing permit at all; any project that does require plumbing work needs the permit regardless of its cost.
Violations & Fines
Chesterfield has no plumbing-specific fine; unpermitted plumbing work falls under the Code's general penalty in § 1-5, which applies whenever an act is declared unlawful without a stated punishment. Working without the required permit exposes the property owner or contractor to a fine of up to $2,500.00 and up to 30 days in jail, with each day the violation continues charged as a separate offense.
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