Jurisdiction directory

Alaska home project permits by county

Many Alaska households live outside city limits, where the county building department — not a city — issues the permit. 5 Alaska counties, covering the state's largest jurisdictions, are inventoried here.

Model reviewed August 2026

Counties covered

largest jurisdictions first

Municipalities tracked

in Alaska

Population covered

0.6M

residents in listed counties

Code basis

Local

Local adoption of the IRC; no statewide residential code for one- and two-family homes

Featured counties

The largest and most active permit jurisdictions in the state.

Anchorage Borough288,000 residents · seat Anchorage Matanuska-Susitna Borough111,000 residents · seat Palmer Fairbanks North Star Borough95,655 residents · seat Fairbanks Kenai Peninsula Borough60,958 residents · seat Soldotna Juneau Borough31,685 residents · seat Juneau

All Alaska counties we cover

5 counties, largest first.

Anchorage BoroughSeat: Anchorage · 288,000 residents Matanuska-Susitna BoroughSeat: Palmer · 111,000 residents Fairbanks North Star BoroughSeat: Fairbanks · 95,655 residents Kenai Peninsula BoroughSeat: Soldotna · 60,958 residents Juneau BoroughSeat: Juneau · 31,685 residents

Sources

Sources & verification

Alaska Division of Fire and Life Safety

Model vintage August 2026. The links above are the issuing agencies' own pages — we publish them so you can confirm the current rule yourself, not as evidence that each fact on this page was re-checked with them today. Cost figures are modeled estimates based on national baselines adjusted for local labor and material pricing, not quotes. Permit rules change; confirm with the building department before starting work.