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Electrical Permit (State-Administered) in Lamar, Colorado

The City of Lamar does not issue electrical permits or perform electrical inspections. Per the City's Building Department page and its 2026 Building Permit Application, obtain electrical permits directly from the State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), State Electrical Board.

Verified 2026-07-06 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Apply directly through the Colorado DORA State Electrical Board at dora.colorado.gov/professions/electrical — NOT through the City of Lamar Building Department
  • The City's 2026 Building Permit Application form itself instructs applicants: 'To apply for an electrical permit, access the website at www.dora.colorado.gov/professions/electrical'
  • Electrical inspections are conducted by DORA's State Electrical Board, not City of Lamar Building Department staff, per the Building Department's 'Related Agency Links' and 'Inspections' sections

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Fee schedule

State Electrical Permit and Inspection FeesThe City of Lamar's 2026 Rate and Fee Schedule contains no electrical permit fee line item, consistent with the City not administering this permit type
Set by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), State Electrical Board — not published in the City of Lamar's fee schedule

Review timeline

Plan review
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Inspection process

  1. 1

    State Electrical Inspection

    Conducted by the Colorado DORA State Electrical Board, not the City of Lamar Building Department

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

Tips

  • Do not attempt to apply for an electrical permit through the City of Lamar Building Department — it will direct you to the Colorado DORA State Electrical Board (dora.colorado.gov/professions/electrical), which handles both permitting and inspection statewide for jurisdictions like Lamar that do not run their own certified electrical program.
  • This is a genuine Colorado-specific default: unlike some larger home-rule Colorado municipalities that run their own certified local electrical program, Lamar defers entirely to the state DORA board.

Frequently asked questions

Lamar requires an electrical permit (state-administered) for: Apply directly through the Colorado DORA State Electrical Board at dora.colorado.gov/professions/electrical — NOT through the City of Lamar Building Department; The City's 2026 Building Permit Application form itself instructs applicants: 'To apply for an electrical permit, access the website at www.dora.colorado.gov/professions/electrical'; Electrical inspections are conducted by DORA's State Electrical Board, not City of Lamar Building Department staff, per the Building Department's 'Related Agency Links' and 'Inspections' sections. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Lamar Building Department at 719-336-2085 before starting work.

In Lamar, the published State Electrical Permit and Inspection Fees is: Set by the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), State Electrical Board — not published in the City of Lamar's fee schedule. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Lamar does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Lamar Building Department at 719-336-2085 for current turnaround.

You'll need: Colorado State Electrical Board Permit Application. See the required-documents checklist on this page for details on each.

Lamar requires 1 inspection(s) for an electrical permit (state-administered), in order: State Electrical Inspection. Schedule each through City of Lamar Building Department (719-336-2085).

Apply through City of Lamar Building Department at Lamar Community Resource & Senior Center, 405/407 E. Olive, Lamar, CO (mailing: 102 E Parmenter St, Lamar, CO 81052). Phone: 719-336-2085, email: buildingcodes@ci.lamar.co.us. Office hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM. Inspections conducted Monday-Friday between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM; 24 hours advance notice required by calling 719-336-2085. Staff: Tony Gratta (Building Inspector) and Joy Dashner (Assistant Building Inspector), both reachable at 719-336-2085 / buildingcodes@ci.lamar.co.us.. Official information: https://ci.lamar.co.us/building-department.

Lamar, Colorado has adopted: 2018 International Building Code (IBC); 2018 International Residential Code (IRC); 2018 International Mechanical Code (IMC) (listed on the City's page as '2018 Mechanical Code'); 2018 International Plumbing Code (IPC); 2018 International Fire Code (IFC); 2018 International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC); 2018 International Existing Building Code (IEBC); 2018 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) (listed on the City's page as '2018 International Energy Code'); 2015 International Energy Conservation Code (listed separately on the City's page as '2015 Energy Conservation Code' alongside the 2018 IECC entry — the page lists both without clarifying which governs; treated here as a verbatim-as-published discrepancy rather than resolved by assumption); 2015 International Swimming Pool and Spa Code (ISPSC); 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standards; 2006 International Property Maintenance Code (IPMC); Codes are enforced within Lamar city limits AND for any properties connected/connecting to City water/wastewater within a 3-mile radius of the City limits, per the Building Department's own scoping statement.; HB22-1362 (Colorado Building Greenhouse Gas Emissions Act) compliance note: Lamar's own Building Department webpage lists the 2018 IECC (plus a separately-listed 2015 Energy Conservation Code entry) as the currently enforced energy code, which pre-dates the 2021 IECC-family editions that HB22-1362 nominally directs Colorado jurisdictions to adopt on a phased statewide timeline. HB22-1362's own statutory carve-out mechanism is a 'rural county' exemption (grant-application-contingent, allowing continued use of one of the 3 most recent IECC editions in lieu of the model low-energy/electric-ready codes) that applies at the COUNTY level, not a flat municipal population threshold — Prowers County (est. population ~11,900-12,300) would plausibly qualify as rural under this mechanism, but the City's own webpage does not cite HB22-1362, a grant application, or any rural-county determination as the basis for its 2018 IECC adoption. This is reported as an honest as-published discrepancy, not resolved by assumption; confidence on code-currency is 'partial' for this reason alone (the codes-adopted list itself, as literally published by the City, is verified).. Local amendments apply — see the Lamar overview page for the full list.

No. Electrical permits and inspections in Lamar are handled entirely by the State of Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA), State Electrical Board (dora.colorado.gov/professions/electrical), not the City of Lamar Building Department. This is stated on both the Building Department's webpage and its own Building Permit Application form.

Sources & verification

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