Electrical Permit in Morrison, Colorado

Morrison requires an electrical permit for: Governed by the National Electrical Code edition currently adopted by the Colorado State Electrical Board, DORA (Morrison Municipal Code Section 9-1-2); For electrical-only permit applications, the listed electrician's name and Colorado state electrical license number must appear on the permit application; applications without a listed electrician are rejected; The Town verifies the listed electrician's license is active, preferably via the DORA online License Lookup (colorado.gov/dora/licensing/Lookup/LicenseLookup.aspx); applications with an unverifiable license are rejected; If the electrician performing/overseeing the work changes before final inspection, the applicant must notify the Town of the new electrician's name/license number for re-verification; work must stop if the new electrician cannot be verified; At any inspection, the inspector may request to verify the identity of the electrician performing/overseeing the work (no more than one licensed electrician supervising three apprentices on a jobsite); an inspection may be failed at the inspector's discretion if identity cannot be verified; The inspector may refer license violations to the Colorado State Electrical Board; For electrical work included within a general Building Permit, service meter location and main breaker size (amps) and sub-panel location(s) must be shown on the Electrical Details plan sheet. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Morrison Building Department at 303-697-8749 before starting work.

In Morrison, the published Building Permit Fee (electrical work billed under the general adopted-code fee table when part of a building permit) is: Per the adopted code. Additional published fees: Re-Inspection Fee — $100.00 per hour, 2-hour minimum. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Morrison does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Morrison Building Department at 303-697-8749 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Morrison Building Permit Application (Electrical-Only or as part of general Building Permit). See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Morrison requires 2 inspection(s) for an electrical permit, in order: Rough Electrical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Morrison Building Department (303-697-8749).

Apply through Town of Morrison Building Department at 321 Highway 8, Morrison, CO 80465 (Town Hall); Building Department contract administration address listed as 4704 Harlan St, Suite 684, Lakeside, CO 80212. Phone: 303-697-8749, email: building@morrisonco.us. Office hours: Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM (Town of Morrison general hours, per website footer). Inspection requests must be submitted by 4:00 PM on the business day prior to the requested inspection date via the Town's online scheduling form.. Official information: https://www.morrisonco.us/140/Building-Department.

Morrison, Colorado has adopted: 2015 International Building Code (IBC), chapters 1-35 inclusive and appendix chapter I — Morrison Municipal Code Section 9-1-2 (Codes Adopted By Reference), current through 2026 S-15 supplement; 2015 International Residential Code (IRC), chapters 1-44 inclusive and appendix chapter H — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Mechanical Code (IMC), chapters 1-15 inclusive — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), chapters 1-8 inclusive — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Plumbing Code (IPC), chapters 1-15 inclusive — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Fire Code (IFC), chapters 1-80 inclusive — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC), Residential and Commercial chapters 1-6 — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Existing Building Code (IEBC), chapters 1-16 inclusive with all appendices — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code, chapters 1-11 inclusive with all appendices — Section 9-1-2; 2015 International Property Maintenance Code, chapters 1-8 inclusive with all appendices — Section 9-1-2; National Electrical Code (NEC), 'the most current edition adopted by the Colorado State Electrical Board, Department of Regulatory Agencies' — Morrison's own code text ties its NEC edition to whichever edition the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA) currently has in force, rather than fixing a specific year itself; as of this review the Colorado State Electrical Board's currently adopted edition is the 2023 NEC (per DORA Division of Professions and Occupations rules), so 2023 NEC is the effective edition in Morrison, subject to change automatically if DORA updates its adopted edition; Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code, 2025 edition, adopted and published by the Wildfire Resiliency Code Board within the Division of Fire Prevention and Control, Colorado Department of Public Safety — adopted by reference as the Town of Morrison wildfire resiliency code (Section 9-1-2, subsection M); HB22-1362 (Colorado statewide building greenhouse-gas-emissions / energy code law) note: HB22-1362 only obligates a municipality or county to adopt an equivalent-or-better energy code WHEN it next updates one or more of its building codes — it does not retroactively force an update on jurisdictions that haven't touched their codes. Morrison's adopted energy code is still the 2015 IECC (per Section 9-1-2, unchanged since original codification), so the HB22-1362 floor (2021 IECC-equivalent performance from 7/1/2023-6/30/2026; Model Low Energy and Carbon Code-equivalent performance from 7/1/2026 onward) has NOT yet been triggered for Morrison because the Town has not updated its building code since adopting the 2015 cycle. This is a genuine, current compliance gap/lag relative to HB22-1362's intent, not an omission by this file — confirmed against the Colorado Energy Office's published HB22-1362 timeline.. Local amendments apply — see the Morrison overview page for the full list.

The Town of Morrison issues its own electrical permits (including standalone 'electrical only' permits) and performs contemporaneous review of the installing electrician's Colorado state license at application and, at the inspector's discretion, at inspection — per the Town's own Electrical License Contemporaneous Review Guidelines and Colorado Revised Statutes (CRS 12-23-105, 12-23-110.5, 12-23-116(10)). The underlying electrician's license itself is issued by the Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA), but permit issuance and inspection are local.