Adopted Building Codes
Building Codes adopted and enforced in unincorporated Douglas County.
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In observance of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, all Douglas County Government offices will be closed Monday, Jan. 20. Offices will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 21, for normal business. Many County services are available 24/7 by visiting online services.
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Building Codes adopted and enforced in unincorporated Douglas County.
Electronic submittals are strongly encouraged for all residential and commercial projects. All submitted documents must be in pdf format. Please limit each email to one permit application only. All documents in that email must be individual pdf, not a combined document.
Access to multiple services online, and more than 1.2 million archived building permit records dating back to 1978, are available online,