Calaveras County, CA Building Safety: Plumbing Permits (2026)
Key Facts
- Adopted code
- 2025 California Plumbing Code
- Source
- Title 24 CCR, Part 5
- Adopting section
- County Code § 15.04.020(F)
- Enforcing agency
- Calaveras County Building Department
- General penalty
- Up to $500 fine, 6 months jail
- Carve-out
- Angels Camp has its own building department
Summary
Calaveras County adopts the 2025 California Plumbing Code, Part 5 of Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, as its plumbing code for the unincorporated county rather than writing its own. Plumbing work is permitted and inspected under the same Building Code administrative sections and Building Department that oversee every other adopted Title 24 code.
The following publications are adopted by reference and incorporated in this code, except as expressly amended or superseded by the provisions of this chapter. ... California Plumbing Code, 2025 edition, as published by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, and as adopted by the California Building Standards Commission in Title 24 of the California Code of Regulations, Part 5.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 23 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
04, Uniform Codes, was rewritten by Ord. No. 3185 in December 2022 and amended by Ord. No. 3223 in November 2025. 020(F)). 4, so a plumbing permit follows the same intake, fee, and inspection framework as any other trade permit. 040), including Express Finding No. 2 (Geological), which documents flood hazards from heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt along the Mokelumne, Stanislaus and Calaveras River systems and expansive, shrink-swell soils that can disrupt shallow foundations and buried utility lines, and Express Finding No. 3 (Topographical), which confirms that Angels Camp, the county's one incorporated city, runs its own building department while the county Building Department has jurisdiction over plumbing permitting everywhere else in the county. 050).
Violations & Fines
Doing plumbing work covered by the adopted California Plumbing Code without the required permit, or in a manner inconsistent with the adopted Title 24 standards, is enforced as a violation of the Calaveras County Building Code under Chapter 15.04. Absent a more specific penalty in that chapter, county code § 1.24.020 makes any code violation a misdemeanor punishable by up to $500 and six months in county jail, or both.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Calaveras County write its own plumbing code?
Which permit sections apply to plumbing work in Calaveras County?
Where do I get a plumbing permit if I live outside Angels Camp?
Sources & Official References
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