Jurisdiction directory

Arkansas home project permits by county

Many Arkansas households live outside city limits, where the county building department — not a city — issues the permit. 6 Arkansas counties, covering the state's largest jurisdictions, are inventoried here.

Model reviewed August 2026

Counties covered

largest jurisdictions first

Municipalities tracked

in Arkansas

Population covered

1.3M

residents in listed counties

Code basis

Statewide

Arkansas Residential Building Code, based on the IRC

Featured counties

The largest and most active permit jurisdictions in the state.

Pulaski County398,000 residents · seat Little Rock Benton County297,000 residents · seat Bentonville Washington County253,000 residents · seat Fayetteville Sebastian County128,000 residents · seat Fort Smith Faulkner County126,000 residents · seat Conway Craighead County113,000 residents · seat Jonesboro

All Arkansas counties we cover

6 counties, largest first.

Pulaski CountySeat: Little Rock · 398,000 residents Benton CountySeat: Bentonville · 297,000 residents Washington CountySeat: Fayetteville · 253,000 residents Sebastian CountySeat: Fort Smith · 128,000 residents Faulkner CountySeat: Conway · 126,000 residents Craighead CountySeat: Jonesboro · 113,000 residents

Sources

Sources & verification

Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing

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.