Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit in Wells, Nevada

Wells requires a building, electrical, plumbing & mechanical permit for: Completed universal Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application, including Assessor's Parcel Number and job site address; Applicant, owner, and contractor (with Nevada contractor license number) contact information; Sub-contractor information (electrical, mechanical, plumbing) with Nevada license numbers, where applicable; Engineer of Record and/or Architect of Record license numbers, where applicable; Stated Value of Project Work; Permit Type selected (Commercial / Residential / Manufactured Home; Building / Electrical / Mechanical / Plumbing / Foundation) and Classification selected (New / Addition / Remodel / Repair); Brief description of work; Applicable special approvals identified: Nevada State Fire Marshal, Nevada State Health, Fire Sprinklers, Engineering, Addressing, and/or Contract Plan Review, as determined by the Building Department. If your project isn't listed, confirm with City of Wells Building Department at (775) 752-3355 before starting work.

Wells does not publish a plan-review timeline for this permit. Contact City of Wells Building Department at (775) 752-3355 for current turnaround.

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

Apply through City of Wells Building Department at 525 Sixth Street, P.O. Box 366, Wells, NV 89835. Phone: (775) 752-3355, email: building@cityofwellsnv.com. Office hours: Not published online. Building Department fax: (775) 752-3419. City Manager's office (general city contact) also reachable at (775) 752-3355. Source: City of Wells Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application form (PDF).. Official information: https://cityofwellsnv.com/.

Wells, Nevada has adopted: Nevada is a home-rule state for building codes: there is no single mandatory statewide building-code edition — each city and county adopts and amends its own code. The only genuine statewide floor is the energy code: NRS 701.220 directs the State to adopt and update energy-efficiency standards for new construction. Always confirm the specific adopted edition for the jurisdiction in question rather than assuming a uniform statewide code. Source: Nevada Legislature NRS Chapter 701 (State Office of Energy).; The City of Wells Municipal Code, Title 4 (Building Regulations), contains the city's building-code adoption chapters, and Title 4/5 include a 'Chapter 3 Uniform Fire Code' provision. The exact edition-year of the IBC/IRC/UBC (or Uniform Building Code) currently adopted by the City of Wells could not be independently verified: American Legal Publishing's amlegal.com code library (which hosts the official City Code of Wells, Nevada) renders its chapter content only via an in-browser JavaScript application; direct fetch and browser-header curl requests both returned only the unrendered page shell (no chapter text), and amlegal blocks the fetch tool outright (HTTP 403) on direct chapter URLs. No cached/indexed rendering of the Title 4 building-code adoption section (chapter number and specific code edition) surfaced through targeted web search either. This field is intentionally left without a specific claimed edition rather than guessing. Source: attempted access to City Code of Wells, Nevada, Title 4, via codelibrary.amlegal.com/codes/wellsnv/latest/wells_nv/0-0-0-17004 (chapter shell only, no edition text recovered).; The City of Wells Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application confirms the city independently issues Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Foundation permits for Commercial, Residential, and Manufactured Home projects, with classifications New, Addition, Remodel, and Repair, and calls out 'Special Approvals Required' fields for Nevada State Fire Marshal, Nevada State Health, Fire Sprinklers, Engineering, Addressing, and Contract Plan Review — confirming the city runs its own permitting program rather than deferring to Elko County. Source: City of Wells Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application (PDF), cityofwellsnv.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Building-Permit-Application.pdf.. Local amendments apply — see the Wells overview page for the full list.

Wells has its own City of Wells Building Department (525 Sixth Street, Wells, NV 89835; (775) 752-3355; building@cityofwellsnv.com), which issues its own Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, and Foundation permits via a single universal application. It is a separate authority from the Elko County Building and Safety Department. Source: City of Wells Building, Electrical, Plumbing & Mechanical Permit application (PDF).