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Electrical Permit in Ault, Colorado

Required for electrical installation, alteration, or repair work in Ault. Fees are set under the State of Colorado Electrical Board fee schedule plus a 15% local surcharge (the maximum allowed under CRS 12-23-117(3)); permit issuance and inspection are administered locally by SAFEbuilt Colorado under contract to the Town, applying the 2023 NEC.

Verified 2026-07-06 · Source

When you need this permit

  • Governed by the 2023 NEC as referenced in the Town's SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List
  • Electrical contractors must hold a current Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA) license; the Town's fee schedule explicitly ties electrical fees to the 'most current version of the State of Colorado Electrical Board fee schedule' plus 15%
  • Electrical plans (panel locations, receptacles, lighting plan or one-line diagram and load calculations for commercial work) required as part of the relevant submittal packet

Required documents

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Fee schedule

Electrical Permit FeeExhibit B — Fee Schedule for Services, Town of Ault; consistent with the maximum 15% surcharge authorized under CRS 12-23-117(3)
Current State of Colorado Electrical Board fee schedule amount, plus 15% local surcharge

Review timeline

Plan review
Not published — contact the department

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Inspection process

  1. 1

    Rough Electrical

    Wiring and panel installed before concealment

  2. 2

    Final Inspection

    Devices installed, panel labeled, system verified

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

Tips

  • Electrical fees in Ault are structurally different from building/plumbing/mechanical fees: they pass through the Colorado State Electrical Board's own fee schedule plus the maximum 15% local surcharge Colorado statute allows, rather than using the Town's local 1997 UBC valuation table.
  • Because the base rate resets whenever the State Electrical Board updates its own schedule, confirm the current DORA Electrical Board fee table before budgeting, rather than relying on a prior year's figure.

Frequently asked questions

Ault requires an electrical permit for: Governed by the 2023 NEC as referenced in the Town's SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List; Electrical contractors must hold a current Colorado State Electrical Board (DORA) license; the Town's fee schedule explicitly ties electrical fees to the 'most current version of the State of Colorado Electrical Board fee schedule' plus 15%; Electrical plans (panel locations, receptacles, lighting plan or one-line diagram and load calculations for commercial work) required as part of the relevant submittal packet. If your project isn't listed, confirm with Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 970-834-2844 before starting work.

In Ault, the published Electrical Permit Fee is: Current State of Colorado Electrical Board fee schedule amount, plus 15% local surcharge. These are the jurisdiction's own published figures — see the fee schedule table and source citations on this page.

Ault does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 970-834-2844 for current turnaround.

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

Ault requires 2 inspection(s) for an electrical permit, in order: Rough Electrical, Final Inspection. Schedule each through Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) (970-834-2844).

Apply through Town of Ault (building official, plan review, and inspection services contracted to SAFEbuilt Colorado) at 201 1st Street, PO Box 1098, Ault, CO 80610. Phone: 970-834-2844, email: info@aultcolorado.gov. Office hours: Town Hall does not publish specific daily office hours on its Contact Us or Building Permits pages as of this review; the Town's public-works page separately states Public Works operates 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday (except holidays), and the site-wide holiday-closure banner implies a standard 9:00 a.m. reopening time, but neither is confirmed as the Building Department's specific window. Call 970-834-2844 to confirm hours before visiting in person.. Official information: https://www.aultcolorado.gov/buildingpermits.

Ault, Colorado has adopted: 2024 International Residential Code (IRC) — per the '2026 SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List' (Town of Ault Building Permits page, Helpful/Residential resource): 'All submittal information must comply with the 2024 I-codes and the 2023 NEC.'; 2024 International Building Code (IBC) — per the SAFEbuilt 'New Commercial Plan Submittal Procedure' and 'Commercial Tenant Finish/Remodel Plan Submittal Procedure' documents on the Town of Ault Building Permits page, both headed '2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES.'; 2024 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) — required compliance documentation (ResCheck or energy rating report) explicitly named in the SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List; commercial submittal procedures likewise require 'Documentation showing compliance with the 2024 IECC.'; 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) — explicitly named in the SAFEbuilt Residential Application Check List ('...and the 2023 NEC').; 2024 International Mechanical Code (IMC) / International Plumbing Code (IPC) — inferred from the SAFEbuilt submittal procedures' consistent requirement of 'Mechanical/Plumbing Plans' stamped by a Colorado-licensed engineer, cross-referenced against the same '2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES' heading used for the IBC/IECC citation on the same documents; not independently named by edition number in the source text, so carried at 'partial' confidence for the specific IMC/IPC edition number. 2026-07-23 re-chase: the Town's own codified Municipal Code (Title 15 Ch.04, Sections 030/060), recovered via Wayback Machine archive of the now-defunct myaultgov.org portal (Sec. 030 Mechanical captured 2022-12-05: 'International Mechanical Code, 2018 Edition'; Sec. 060 Plumbing captured 2022-12-05: 'International Plumbing Code, 2012 Edition'), shows both trade codes were LAST codified at pre-2024 editions — older than, and in unresolved tension with, SAFEbuilt's current 2024-I-code submittal language; no live, currently-hosted Municipal Code exists to confirm whether these sections have since been amended to 2024 editions, so the specific currently-governing IMC/IPC edition numbers remain genuinely unconfirmed and are NOT asserted as '2024' anywhere in this file.; 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC), Table 1-A — still the operative VALUATION-BASED FEE TABLE per the Town's 'Building Permit Fee Schedule' (Exhibit B — Fee Schedule for Services, a SAFEbuilt consultant-services fee exhibit posted on the Town's Building Permits resource list, last modified 5/19/24). This is a fee-calculation table, not a life-safety code edition, and is retained purely because it is the Town's actual current, published fee mechanism — it does not indicate the Town is still enforcing 1997 UBC life-safety provisions, which are superseded by the 2024 I-codes cited above.; No separate Ault-specific building-code-adoption ordinance was found published online: the Town of Ault Municipal Code page (aultcolorado.gov/MuniCode) states 'A Copy of the Ault Municipal Code is Available Upon Request' and is not hosted on Municode/eCode360 or any other public code-hosting platform; the Town's online Document Archive 'Ordinances' folder contains only a 'Non-Certified Copy of 2024 Model Traffic Code' (unrelated to building codes). The SAFEbuilt submittal-requirement documents (which explicitly compel 2024 I-code / 2023 NEC compliance and are hosted directly on the Town's own Building Permits page) are therefore treated as the governing, currently-operative code-adoption source for this file, consistent with SAFEbuilt Colorado being Ault's contracted building official/plan-review/inspection provider (per Exhibit B of the Town-SAFEbuilt consultant services agreement).. Local amendments apply — see the Ault overview page for the full list.

No. Per the Town's Exhibit B Fee Schedule for Services, electrical fees are based on the most current version of the State of Colorado Electrical Board fee schedule, plus a 15% local surcharge — the maximum surcharge allowed under Colorado statute (CRS 12-23-117(3)).

Sources & verification

Verified against official sources. Last reviewed 2026-07-06.

Fees, timelines, and adopted codes are researched from each jurisdiction's published records — see how we verify. Requirements change and vary by project, so always confirm the current details with the Ault building department before you submit. PermitBase is an independent reference and is not affiliated with any government agency.