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Building Permit in Murrieta, California

Murrieta assigns each project a named permit technician and will decline an appointment booked with anyone else. It also asks applicants whose projects carry statutory review deadlines to tell the city so, in writing, or risk extended timelines.

Verified 2026-09-20 · Source

When you need this permit

  • THE APPOINTMENT IS WITH A SPECIFIC PERSON, AND THE WRONG ONE IS REFUSED: "Please select your assigned permit tech link to book an appointment. Selecting a permit tech that is not assigned to your project will result in a declined appointment." The city publishes each technician's own booking link; the names are not reproduced here because staff assignments change and a stale name is worse than none.
  • A SUBMITTAL NEEDS AN ADDRESS AND AN APN: "Please note that a new submittal must have an address and an APN for the Building Department to review the plans."
  • LICENCE DETAILS MUST BE ON THE APPLICATION ITSELF: "City Business License and State Contractor License information and expiration dates must be present on applications at the time of applying for permits." Expiration dates, not just numbers. Contractor
  • TRACT WORK IS APPOINTMENT-ONLY: "All tract-related submittals shall be by appointment only."
  • APPLY THROUGH THE CSS PORTAL with a DS-147 Building Permit Application, having registered for an account first. Plan review submittals use DS-148.
  • IF YOUR PROJECT HAS A STATUTORY REVIEW CLOCK, YOU MUST FLAG IT YOURSELF: "For projects that have mandated timelines to follow for Plan Review, please send an email to buildingpermits@murrietaca.gov to make us aware that the project has been submitted", including the address and the project number. The city states the consequence: "Failure to send the follow-up email may result in extended timelines."

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Permit feesPublished as a Comprehensive User Fee Schedule PDF. No fee basis is stated on the pages read and the schedule was not opened, so no amount or basis is asserted.
NOT TRANSCRIBED for this record.
Which fee schedule applies
The Permit Processing page lists "FY 25/26 Fees- Starting July 1, 2025" and, beneath it, a "2024/2025 Fee Schedule (Active 7/1/24)", while the linked PDF filename reads 2024-25-Comprehensive-User-Fee-Schedule. Show full citationThe Permit Processing page lists "FY 25/26 Fees- Starting July 1, 2025" and, beneath it, a "2024/2025 Fee Schedule (Active 7/1/24)", while the linked PDF filename reads 2024-25-Comprehensive-User-Fee-Schedule. Read on 2026-09-20 the FY 25/26 schedule is the current one by its own effective date; the older one is kept available. Check which you are reading before quoting a figure.
Two are published side by side.
Residential re-inspection fee"On residential inspections only: 3 failed inspections or late same-day cancellations will result in a re-inspection fee." The amount was not transcribed for this record.
Triggered by a third failure or by late same-day cancellations.

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

How long did your Building Permit permit actually take in Murrieta?

Anonymous — one question, no email. Answers are combined and only shown once at least 5 people have reported.

Inspection process

  1. 1

    Online only - the phone and counter routes were withdrawn

    "All Inspection Requests must be submitted online; inspections are no longer scheduled over the phone or at the counter. Inspections will need to be scheduled through the Customer Self-Service Portal (CSS Portal)." A fallback exists: "If you are unable to submit your request for an inspection through the CSS Portal, fill out and submit the online Building Inspection Request form."

  2. 2

    A 4:00 PM cut-off, introduced on a named date

    "Effective January 1, 2026, inspection requests will be cut-off times at 4:00 PM each day. Please know that if requested after 4:00PM, or on a non-working day, inspections will not be scheduled for the following business day." Restated plainly elsewhere: "If you are requesting an inspection for the next business day, the request must be submitted no later than 4pm the previous day."

  3. 3

    AM and PM windows, published on a daily run sheet

    "Inspections are Monday - Friday 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM." The city publishes a run sheet - "To see if you have an Inspection today or to see what time your inspection is" - where "AM listed on the run sheet - inspections will be performed between 8:00 AM-12:00 PM" and "PM listed on the run sheet- inspections will be performed between 12:00 PM-4:00 PM."

  4. 4

    Solar is always a morning job

    "All Solar inspections will be conducted during the AM hours." Not a preference - a rule, and it removes the choice for photovoltaic work.

  5. 5

    The time you ask for is only a request

    Stated twice on the same page, in capitals: "REQUESTING AN AM OR PM TIME IS ONLY A REQUEST AND NOT GUARANTEED", and "the requested dates and times are NOT guaranteed."

  6. 6

    Three failures on a residential job cost money

    "On residential inspections only: 3 failed inspections or late same-day cancellations will result in a re-inspection fee." The rule is scoped to residential work, and a late same-day cancellation counts the same as a failure.

  7. 7

    Booking is online but cancelling on the day is a phone call

    "To cancel the inspection the day of call the Building Department (951) 461-6062." The portal takes the booking; the telephone takes the same-day cancellation - and cancelling late is itself one of the events that can trigger a re-inspection fee.

  8. 8

    Paperwork closes before the final

    "All final project documents must be submitted digitally before final inspections." The documents are a precondition of the final inspection, not something to hand over at it.

See the full Murrieta inspection guide — scheduling & re-inspection fees →

Tips

  • THE 15 BUSINESS DAYS IS A COMPLETENESS CHECK, not plan review - budget for review on top.
  • EMAIL THE CITY IF YOUR PROJECT HAS A STATUTORY REVIEW CLOCK, or timelines may extend.
  • BOOK WITH YOUR ASSIGNED PERMIT TECH - anyone else's slot will be declined.

Frequently asked questions

Murrieta requires a building permit for: THE APPOINTMENT IS WITH A SPECIFIC PERSON, AND THE WRONG ONE IS REFUSED: "Please select your assigned permit tech link to book an appointment. Selecting a permit tech that is not assigned to your project will result in a declined appointment." The city publishes each technician's own booking link; the names are not reproduced here because staff assignments change and a stale name is worse than none.; A SUBMITTAL NEEDS AN ADDRESS AND AN APN: "Please note that a new submittal must have an address and an APN for the Building Department to review the plans."; LICENCE DETAILS MUST BE ON THE APPLICATION ITSELF: "City Business License and State Contractor License information and expiration dates must be present on applications at the time of applying for permits." Expiration dates, not just numbers.; TRACT WORK IS APPOINTMENT-ONLY: "All tract-related submittals shall be by appointment only."; APPLY THROUGH THE CSS PORTAL with a DS-147 Building Permit Application, having registered for an account first. Plan review submittals use DS-148.; IF YOUR PROJECT HAS A STATUTORY REVIEW CLOCK, YOU MUST FLAG IT YOURSELF: "For projects that have mandated timelines to follow for Plan Review, please send an email to buildingpermits@murrietaca.gov to make us aware that the project has been submitted", including the address and the project number. The city states the consequence: "Failure to send the follow-up email may result in extended timelines.". If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Murrieta Development Services, Building & Safety Division at 951-461-6062 (Building & Safety); fax 951-698-4509; 951-304-2489 (City Hall) before starting work.

In Murrieta, the published Permit fees is: NOT TRANSCRIBED for this record.. Additional published fees: Which fee schedule applies — Two are published side by side.; Residential re-inspection fee — Triggered by a third failure or by late same-day cancellations.. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

The completeness check, not plan review. "Permit Processing for completeness check is approximately 15 business days. A Tech will reach out once the completeness check is under review." That is the queue to have your submittal looked at for completeness - review time comes after it, and no plan check duration is published on the pages read.

Depending on your project, Murrieta may also ask for: ; ; ; . See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Apply through City of Murrieta Development Services, Building & Safety Division at 1 Town Square, Murrieta, CA 92562. Phone: 951-461-6062 (Building & Safety); fax 951-698-4509; 951-304-2489 (City Hall), email: buildingpermits@murrietaca.gov. Office hours: The division publishes "Phone Hours 8am-5pm" rather than counter hours, and City Hall hours are Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Permit status is checked by calling 951-461-6062 "between 8am-5pm or Email Building Permits". Note that submittal appointments are not a walk-up service - they are booked with the permit technician assigned to your project. The city also publishes its 2026 closure dates: 2/16, 5/25, 7/3, 9/7, 11/11, 11/26 and 11/28, 12/24 and 12/25, 12/31 and 1/1/2027.. Official information: https://www.murrietaca.gov/162/Building-Safety.

No - it asks you to tell it. "For projects that have mandated timelines to follow for Plan Review, please send an email to buildingpermits@murrietaca.gov to make us aware that the project has been submitted", with the address and project number, and "Failure to send the follow-up email may result in extended timelines."

No. Each project has an assigned technician with their own booking link, and "Selecting a permit tech that is not assigned to your project will result in a declined appointment." Check which technician is on your project before booking.

You can ask, and the city says twice that asking is all it is: "REQUESTING AN AM OR PM TIME IS ONLY A REQUEST AND NOT GUARANTEED." One exception removes the choice entirely - "All Solar inspections will be conducted during the AM hours."

Murrieta's permit history isn't searchable here yet

This page covers what the permit requires. What we don't have for Murrieta yet is the record of permits actually issued — the history you'd search by street address. That is a gap in our coverage, not a statement about any particular property.

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