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Unincorporated Deschutes County, Sisters and La Pine, OR building permits

Data through December 2024 · updated 23 Oct 2026

1,345 building permits in the Deschutes County Assessor's permit file were issued in unincorporated Deschutes County, Sisters and La Pine from January 2023 to December 2024, about 672 a year. New home permits lead with 488, then garages, sheds & shade structures (300) and additions (176). 90% were for homes. The county's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here: these pages show what was built, when and how fast the county signed it off.

What this file covers: This is the Assessor's copy of the permits that change a property's value: new homes and manufactured homes, additions, garages, shops and barns, remodels and demolitions. Electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits are not in it, and it holds no permits issued after December 2024.

1,345permits issued
672a year
90%for homes
60%finished (Jan 2023–Dec 2023 permits)
382days, usual issue to final
Dec 2024records through

What gets built here

New homes

488permits
299last 12 mo on file
408days to final

Garages, sheds & shade structures

300permits
216last 12 mo on file
375days to final

What this page can and can't show

  • ✓The permits in the Deschutes County Assessor's permit file, by kind of work and month.
  • ✓How long a permit takes from issue to the county's final inspection.
  • ✓Which permits finished, are still open or expired.
  • ✓What the job was declared at on the permit.
  • Who did the work. The county's file doesn't name contractors, so we can't rank, compare or profile firms here.
  • Where, by ZIP code. The file carries no usable ZIP code.
  • Street addresses or owners. We publish counts and permit rows without them.

Building permits Deschutes County Community Development issues (its own 247- permit numbers), for unincorporated Deschutes County and for the cities of Sisters and La Pine, where the county runs the building programme. Bend and Redmond run their own permit offices: their permits are in the same Assessor file but are not counted here.

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Permits by kind of work

Permits issued January 2023 through December 2024, every kind of work with 100 or more. Last 12 months on file is Jan 2024–Dec 2024. Homes is the share issued as residential permits.

Kind of workPermitsShareLast 12 mo
New homes48836%299
Garages, sheds & shade structures30022%216
Additions17613%115
Remodels & repairs17213%116
Other1148%70

Fewer than 100 permits, so no row: demolition (59), ADUs & casitas (18), pools & spas (16), solar (2).

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Deschutes County permit statistics →How long permits take in Deschutes County →Deschutes County building permit search: ePermitting, DIAL and old permit files →

Guides for Deschutes County

Local permit rules and lookups, each with Deschutes County's own permit numbers.

Nearby permit data

Permit data for other places in Central Oregon. Each permit office keeps its own file, so the numbers are not added together.

Bend, OR

How these numbers are made

Source: Deschutes County Assessor, Assessor_Permits map service (Master Permits and MasterPermits 2021 to 2024 layers), read 23 Oct 2026. We count permits issued January 2023 through December 2024; denied and withdrawn permits are left out.

Building permits Deschutes County Community Development issues (its own 247- permit numbers), for unincorporated Deschutes County and for the cities of Sisters and La Pine, where the county runs the building programme. Bend and Redmond run their own permit offices: their permits are in the same Assessor file but are not counted here.

  • The file is the county Assessor's appraisal copy of building permits, not the permit office's full record: trade permits are left out and it stops at December 2024, so the counts run from January 2023 to December 2024.
  • The file names no contractor and carries no ZIP code, so there are no contractor lists or ZIP code pages for this county.
  • The value is the job value the Assessor's copy records for the permit, not the final cost.
  • A final date is the date the permit's status turned Finaled or Closed in the Assessor's copy; statuses are as of the Assessor's last update and may lag the permit office.
  • Kinds of work come from the permit's work description, since the file has no permit type beyond structural, dwelling, manufactured dwelling, agricultural and demolition.

Counts are permits, not jobs: one job can need several permits. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can. Sources and definitions →

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Contractor Records, "Unincorporated Deschutes County, Sisters and La Pine, OR building permits", https://contractorrecords.com/deschutes-county/, data through December 2024, from Deschutes County Community Development building-permit records.

Link to a table: By kind of work · Browse the permits · Permits each month.

Download the tables (CSV): Permits by kind of work · Permits in the last 12 months on file.

Common questions

  • How many building permits does Deschutes County issue a year?About 672 a year in unincorporated Deschutes County, Sisters and La Pine: 1,345 permits issued January 2023 through December 2024, 888 of them in the last 12 months on file (to December 2024). That counts the permits in the Deschutes County Assessor's permit file, homes and commercial, not denied or withdrawn applications; the file doesn't hold every permit the county issues (see what it covers above).
  • Can I find a contractor's permits in Deschutes County?Not from this file: the county publishes its permits without the contractor's name, so we can't list or rank firms. Ask the contractor for the permit number of a past job.
  • What do people build most in Deschutes County?New homes: 488 of the 1,345 permits (36%), then garages, sheds & shade structures (300), additions (176), January 2023 through December 2024.
  • How long does a building permit take in Deschutes County?The usual permit took 382 days from issue to the county's final (middle half: 262 to 490 days), from 273 permits issued Jan 2023–Dec 2023 that reached a final. Each kind of work →
  • How do I look up a building permit in Deschutes County?Filter the permit list on this page by month, kind of work to see what was issued. For one property's permits, search the county's own records by address or permit number; we don't publish addresses. How to look up a permit in Deschutes County →
  • How many permits were issued in Deschutes County last month?68 in December 2024, the last full month on file; 888 over the last 12 months on file (to December 2024).

Browse the permits

Browse 1,345 permits

Every permit in the file issued January 2023 through December 2024, newest first. Pick a month, a kind of work or a status. Each row is one permit: no street address, no names.

The list loads as you reach it (1,345 permits).

IssuedKind of workCounty permit typeStatus

Permits each month, the last 12 months on file

Permits issued each month and the kind of work with the most. A month opens its permits in the list above.

MonthPermitsTop kind of work
Dec 202468Garages, sheds & shade structures (23)
Nov 202460Garages, sheds & shade structures (20)
Oct 202484New homes (34)
Sep 202465New homes (17)
Aug 202469New homes (26)
Jul 202493New homes (36)
Jun 202473New homes (24)
May 202488New homes (33)
Apr 202474New homes (24)
Mar 202479New homes (31)
Feb 202462New homes (21)
Jan 202473New homes (24)

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