Building Permit History Editorial Team

Search Rochester’s public permit fields by city address, then use the owner portal or City records route for a case or missing document.

Check Buffalo’s issued-permit dataset by address, account for its latest-two-weeks exclusion, and request missing documents through FOIL.

Use Grand Rapids online records for a city address, then request the correct older permit, building plan or appraisal card from City Archives.

Jersey City’s public search, zoning map, OPRA request and new CO application answer different questions. Use the right route for the record you need.

New Haven’s Building Department separates a search for open permits or violations from copies of known records. Older permits and certificates may not yet be online.

Match a Providence house-history question to the right Archives series, request a finding aid, and route current permit questions to Inspection and Standards.

Choose Madison’s address search or the correct building, high-cost, or trade report, then check inspection evidence for a specific permit.

Lincoln’s older occupancy page has address and permit-number searches, plus 180-day date windows from 1999 to January 2013. Later issues route to Accela.

CompassKC has most KCMO permit records dating to 1986, but its online certificate-of-occupancy route begins August 6, 2018. Here is how to choose the right search or request.

Use Tulsa guest permit search by address, type and date, then route older completed projects or missing files to the Permit Center.