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Utah building permit application checklist

Check the documents in your packet before you submit, starting with the statewide application list for cities and counties.[1][2]

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Short answer: The statute groups the application contents into contacts, a site plan, construction drawings, energy documentation, structural calculations, a conditional geotechnical report, a storm water/construction statement and applicable plan-review fees.[1]

Your building department decides whether your application is complete; this checklist is not a permit approval or a code-compliance determination.

Start with your local forms

Check your city's own building-permit application, submittal checklist, fee schedule and portal instructions before submitting. For an unincorporated county project, check the county's forms instead. Keep those local instructions beside this statutory list.

The item links below use the municipal citation, 10-20-909(12); the county counterpart, 17-79-810(12), has the same eight groups and document conditions, with the county rather than the city setting the geotechnical-report requirement and plan-review fee.[1][2]

Check your packet

Tick a box when you have located that information in your packet. For each Conditional item, choose whether its printed condition applies, does not apply or is unsure. Leave missing information unchecked; for site features that do not exist, check how your department wants that shown on the plan.

No upload, account or payment. Checkbox choices stay on this page, are not saved and are not sent as checklist events; the site's existing analytics still apply. Reloading clears the self-check.

A. Applicant and contractor contacts
10-20-909(12)(a)(i) [1]
10-20-909(12)(a)(ii) [1]
B. Site plan
10-20-909(12)(b)(i) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(ii) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(A) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(B) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(C) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(D) [1]

Conditional: Only if the slope of the lot is greater than 10%.

10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(E) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(F) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(G) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(H) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(I) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(J) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(K) [1]

Conditional: Only if required by the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code adopted under 15A-2-103.

10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(L) [1]
10-20-909(12)(b)(iii)(M) [1]
C. Construction plans and drawings

Conditional: Only for new construction.

10-20-909(12)(c)(i) [1]
10-20-909(12)(c)(ii) [1]
10-20-909(12)(c)(iii) [1]
10-20-909(12)(c)(iv) [1]

Conditional: Only when required by law.

10-20-909(12)(c)(v) [1]

Conditional: Only when required by fire code.

10-20-909(12)(c)(vi) [1]
D. Energy-compliance documentation
10-20-909(12)(d) [1]
E. Structural calculations
10-20-909(12)(e) [1]
F. Geotechnical report

Conditional: Only if the slope of the lot is greater than 15% AND the report is required by the city (or the county for a county application).

10-20-909(12)(f) [1]
G. Storm water and construction statement
10-20-909(12)(g)(i) [1]
10-20-909(12)(g)(ii) [1]
H. Plan-review fees

Conditional: Only if the municipality or county has established a plan-review fee by ordinance; check its fee schedule.

10-20-909(12)(h) [1]

Energy documentation: use your project's path

Utah's adopted editions are the 2021 IRC and 2024 IECC, with Utah amendments, effective July 1, 2026.[3] Utah replaces IRC Chapter 11; its residential energy paths include prescriptive compliance and performance compliance through REScheck or HERS.[4]

A REScheck report is not required for every project. If using the rewritten IRC's REScheck performance path, use the Utah 2012 baseline and document envelope performance not less than 5% above that standard; its HERS alternative is a rating of 67 or better. See 15A-3-203(3).[4] The separately amended IECC REScheck path in 15A-3-701(10) also names the 2012 Utah edition and has its own climate-zone conditions, including special window inputs in Climate Zone 3.[5]

Choose the documentation for the path that applies to your project, rather than substituting a generic current-year IECC report.

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For the existing Utah report order path, see Utah report options. Energy-report inquiries are separate from this free self-check.

Common questions

Is topography the same trigger as a geotechnical report?

No. Topographical details are listed when the lot slope is greater than 10%. The geotechnical report, including slope stability and retaining wall design, is listed when the lot slope is greater than 15% and the city requires it. Counties use the same rule under 17-79-810(12)(f): over 15% slope, and the county requires it.[1][2]

Do remodels need elevations on this list?

Subsection (12)(c)(i) lists building elevations only for new construction.[1] Check your local application forms for your project type.

What does checking every box mean?

It records what you have found in your packet, not whether the drawings, calculations or construction meet the code.

What happens to my checkbox answers?

The self-check has no submission or saved record. The tally runs in this page and clears when you reload.

Sources

Utah State Legislature. Source texts read October 12, 2026; individual item links point to the municipal subsection.

  1. [1] 10-20-909(12): Municipal application contents
  2. [2] 17-79-810(12): County application contents
  3. [3] 15A-2-103: Adopted editions, effective July 1, 2026
  4. [4] 15A-3-203(3): Replacement IRC Chapter 11 and compliance paths
  5. [5] 15A-3-701(10): IECC REScheck path and conditions

Travis Smith, ICC-Certified Residential Plans Examiner.