Perris, CA Filming & Production: Location Permits (2026)
Film location permits in Perris, CA, sometimes called film shoot permits, production permits, or filming authorizations, cover commercial photography, video shoots, and motion picture production.
Key Facts
- Permit issued by
- City of Perris
- Apply at least
- 5 working days ahead
- Coordinator
- City manager's designee
- Fire notice required
- Riverside County Fire Dept.
Summary
Anyone filming motion pictures or television on public or private property in Perris must get a city filming permit and pay a permit issuance fee before shooting begins.
No person shall use any public or private property, facility or residence for motion picture or television photography without first obtaining a filming permit from and paying a permit issuance fee to the city. Provided, no permit issuance fee shall be required for charitable films, student films or local access productions, and further provided that no permit or permit issuance fee shall be required for news coverage.(b)The permit issuance fee shall be determined from time to time by the city manager or the city manager's designee. Such permit issuance fee shall not exceed the reasonable cost of issuing the permit, and shall be in addition to any fee payable for the use of public property for such purposes. (Code 1972, § 5.49.020; Ord. No. 814, § 1(part), 1989; Ord. No. 1338, § 2, 2-14-2017)
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 13).
Full Breakdown
Perris Municipal Code § 5.49.020(a) bars using any public or private property, facility, or residence for motion picture or television photography without first obtaining a filming permit from the city and paying a permit issuance fee. Applications must be filed at least five working days ahead with the city manager's designee as film permit coordinator, listing the production's contact information, the property owner, the exact filming locations, the dates and hours, and the personnel, animals, pyrotechnics, vehicles, and equipment involved. Applicants must also notify the Riverside County Fire Department before filming begins.
Violations & Fines
Filming on public or private property without a permit violates § 5.49.020 and is enforceable as an infraction under § 5.49.090, punishable per § 1.16.010.
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