Permit Requirements

TNBuilding permits in Tennessee

Permit rules are set city by city. Pick yours below to see which projects need a permit, where the size cutoffs fall, and how to apply.

Cities covered 23
Projects each 17

What applies everywhere in Tennessee

Tennessee runs a statewide building code, so the starting point is the same in every city: International Residential Code, принятый Теннесси, 2018. Its R105.2 Work Exempt From Permit section lists the work that needs no permit at all.

A city can tighten or loosen that list with its own ordinance, and many do — which is why two towns an hour apart can give you opposite answers. Where a city has changed the rule, its page says so.

Compare all cities on one job

Useful if you build across town lines: one table per project type, showing where every city in Tennessee draws the line.

Cities