Montgomery, AL Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- International Plumbing Code 2024
- Base permit fee
- $50.00
- Per-fixture fee
- $3.00 each
- Late-start penalty
- 100% of permit fee
- Max misdemeanor fine
- $500.00 / 180 days
Summary
Montgomery, Alabama adopted the 2024 International Plumbing Code as its Plumbing Code and requires a permit for erection, installation, alteration, repair, relocation or addition to plumbing systems. Permits carry a $50 base fee plus per-fixture charges, and starting work first doubles your cost.
The "International Plumbing Code 2024" published by the International Code Council... be and is hereby adopted as the "Plumbing Code of the City of Montgomery"... Subsection 108.2 Fee Schedule. The fees for all plumbing work shall be as indicated in the following schedule: Base Fee $50; For Each Fixture $3; House Sewer $5; Electric Water Heater $5... WORK COMMENCING BEFORE PERMIT ISSUANCE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A FEE EQUAL TO 100% OF THE ORIGINAL PERMIT FEE
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 27).
Full Breakdown
City Code Sec. 5-71 adopts the International Plumbing Code 2024 as the "Plumbing Code of the City of Montgomery," governing installation, alteration, repair, relocation, replacement and addition to plumbing systems, including medical gas, vacuum piping and sanitary/condensate vacuum collection systems within city limits. Fuel-gas piping and gas-fired water heaters fall instead under the International Fuel Gas Code, and private sewage disposal must separately satisfy Montgomery County Health Department regulations. 2) sets a $50 base fee, then $3 per fixture, $5 for a house sewer connection, $5 for an electric water heater, and $3 each for dishwashers, garbage disposals, washing machines, rain leaders/roof drains, ejectors/pumps/sumps, drain or vent pipe repairs, and vacuum breakers or backflow devices.
Re-inspections are free the first trip, $25 the second trip, and $50 for the third and any later trip. 6 fee-refund and stop-work framework. 00 fine or 180 days imprisonment, with each additional day treated as a separate offense.
Violations & Fines
Working without a permit triggers a fee equal to 100% of the permit cost in addition to the permit fee itself. Ignoring a written stop-work order is a misdemeanor under IPC Subsection 114.4, punishable by a fine up to $500.00, imprisonment up to 180 days, or both, with each day of continued violation a separate offense.
Frequently Asked Questions
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