Jurisdiction directory

Utah home project permits by county

Many Utah households live outside city limits, where the county building department — not a city — issues the permit. 7 Utah counties, covering the state's largest jurisdictions, are inventoried here.

Model reviewed August 2026

Counties covered

largest jurisdictions first

Municipalities tracked

in Utah

Population covered

2.9M

residents in listed counties

Code basis

Statewide

Utah State Construction Code, based on the IRC

Featured counties

The largest and most active permit jurisdictions in the state.

Salt Lake County1,186,421 residents · seat Salt Lake City Utah County702,434 residents · seat Provo Davis County371,482 residents · seat Farmington Weber County269,342 residents · seat Ogden Washington County197,680 residents · seat St. George Cache County138,050 residents · seat Logan Tooele County79,907 residents · seat Tooele

All Utah counties we cover

7 counties, largest first.

Salt Lake CountySeat: Salt Lake City · 1,186,421 residents Utah CountySeat: Provo · 702,434 residents Davis CountySeat: Farmington · 371,482 residents Weber CountySeat: Ogden · 269,342 residents Washington CountySeat: St. George · 197,680 residents Cache CountySeat: Logan · 138,050 residents Tooele CountySeat: Tooele · 79,907 residents

Sources

Sources & verification

Utah Division of Professional 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.