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Permit Fees in Nevada
1 city tracked. 1 verified from published fee schedules.
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Cities
$574.00
Avg Building
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Verified
| City | Bathroom | Kitchen | Roof | HVAC | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Las Vegas | $574.41 | $753.05 | - | $108.79 | ✓ |
How permits work in Nevada
Nevada hands building codes to local governments under NRS 278.580, and Southern Nevada just turned the page. Clark County and the City of Las Vegas both adopted the 2024 I-code family with Southern Nevada Amendments this cycle: city permit applications filed on or after January 5, 2026 must be designed to the 2024 codes, and the county's date is January 11, 2026. Electrical runs on the 2023 NEC in both.
The trap for homeowners is the boundary. A Las Vegas mailing address often is not the City of Las Vegas. Sahara Avenue marks the line at the Strip's north end; the Strip itself and most of the valley around it sit in unincorporated Clark County, where the Building and Fire Prevention department issues permits for roughly a million residents. The county publishes a jurisdiction lookup tool. Use it before you apply at the wrong counter.
Our verified Las Vegas numbers: $574.41 for a bathroom remodel permit, $753.05 for a kitchen, and $108.79 for an HVAC changeout. One statewide mandate sits on top of the local codes, and it is energy: the Governor's Office of Energy adopts each new IECC on a three-year clock (the 2024 IECC, since August 2024), and local governments must follow it. Stricter is allowed. Weaker is not.
Building your own place? NRS 624.031 exempts an owner improving a residence for their own occupancy, not for sale or lease, from contractor licensing, but the exemption is not automatic: you apply to the State Contractors Board for it. Sell or lease within a year of completion and the law presumes you intended to from the start.
Sources: NRS 278.580 (local code adoption) · Clark County 2024 code adoption · City of Las Vegas 2024 code advisory · Nevada GOE energy code status · verified 2026-06