Aurora, CO building permit search: Property Info, inspection results and records

Where Aurora permits live

The City's Aurora4Biz page says a newer portal, DevPortal.AuroraGov.org, now handles floodplain, temporary use, sign, film and similar permits and development applications, while its building plan review and permit links still point to Aurora4Biz (read 24 October 2026). Aurora covers parts of Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties; unincorporated county land and neighbouring cities issue their own permits.

How to look up the permits on an Aurora address

1. Open Aurora Property Info and start typing the address, then pick it from the list. The page asks for street prefixes "E", "N" or "S" without punctuation.
2. Scroll to Building Permits to see each permit number, issue date and valuation.
3. Open View Inspection Results, enter the house number and pick the street to see which inspections passed.
4. If a permit has no passed final inspection, call the Building Permit Center at 303.739.7420. The City's Permits page gives that number "to check on the status of a permit, plan review, schedule inspections or have code questions".

What the statuses mean

Aurora's public tools show inspection results rather than a single permit status. The City's open permit file has no status and no final date at all, so our pages count permits issued but cannot show which finished or how long they took. Use the inspection results on your address, not our pages, to see whether a job was finaled.

When the record is not online

The City's Records Requests page links a Records Request Form for "all requests that cannot be found after searching the website" and says "Fees will be charged in accordance with the Aurora Administrative Fee Schedule" (read 24 October 2026). Search Property Info first: its Public Document Search lists documents filed with the address.

What our Aurora pages add

Property Info answers "what was permitted at this address". Our Aurora page answers "what gets permitted in Aurora, and when", from building permits issued October 2024 to September 2026:

Roofing fell from 7,764 permits in October 2024 to September 2025 to 2,761 in the year after. 50% of the 32,210 permits were on homes. The permit statistics page breaks them down by year, month and season, and browse permits lists the rows without owner names or street addresses. To check a contractor's state license, use How to check a contractor's license in Colorado.

What this does not tell you

The City's open file names no contractor and carries no ZIP code, status or final date, so we show counts and declared valuations only, not firm rankings, finish rates or time to final. A valuation is what was declared on the permit, not the final cost.