Permit closeout
A permit is issued, work happens, an inspection occurs, and the permit is closed. When the last step does not happen, nothing visible changes — until a title search finds it, usually with a closing date approaching.
What this page cannot establish
- SewerOwner cannot tell you whether a permit is open
- closeout does not establish that work was performed well
- SewerOwner cannot tell you what resolving an open permit requires where you are
How to check
- find the permit number from your paperwork, or ask the authority by address
- ask the permitting authority for the current status
- ask what a closed permit looks like in their records
- ask what would be required to close an open one
What would change the answer
- the permit number
- the permitting authority’s record of its status
What to do next
The status is a matter of record and takes one call to establish.
Ask the permitting authority for the statusRelated, and why
- Selling with known history
An open permit is most often discovered during a sale.