Mohave County requires building permits for masonry and block walls, which carry structural and wind loads. Short wood or wire fences are often exempt. Call Arizona 811 before digging; cities permit separately.
Because Mohave County exercises zoning and building authority over unincorporated land, block and masonry walls—the desert standard—generally need a building permit for footings, reinforcement, and wind resistance, and taller freestanding walls require engineered plans. Simple wood, chain-link, or wire fences below the code threshold are frequently exempt. A boundary survey settles the true line before posts go in, and Arizona Blue Stake (811) must be called so buried utilities are located first. Inside Kingman, Lake Havasu City, and Bullhead City, each city's building department issues its own fence permits. HOA architectural approval, where it exists, is a separate contract-based step.
Building a masonry wall without the required Mohave County permit can bring a stop-work order and retroactive permitting with penalties. Cutting a buried utility after skipping Blue Stake creates liability.
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