Where to search Bend permits
| Tool | Search by | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| Online Permit Center | Property address | Building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits and their status |
| ePlans | Application | Historical planning application records submitted before 2020 |
| Public records request | Address and date range | Records not online |
| Our Bend firm list | Contractor name | Each firm's permits, CCB match, share finaled and days to final |
How to look up permits on a Bend address
- Open the Online Permit Center.
- Choose Search for Property or Development Information and enter the address.
- Open the property's permits: building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits are separate, and a new home or remodel carries several under one application.
- Read each permit's status and the contractor named on it.
- To track an application of your own, register for an account. For questions, the Permit Center is at 710 NW Wall Street; permit inquiries are taken weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
What the statuses mean
In the permit file we read, a Bend application is finished when its status is Closed, Finaled or Complete; Expired is not finished, and Withdrawn, Canceled, Void and Denied applications are left out. Status and final date are set per application, so trade permits inside a builder's new-home application finish when the house does; our pages leave those out of the finished share (Bend about page; methodology).
| Trade | Permits | Firms | Finaled (a year or more old) | Usual days to final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HVAC | 4,427 | 169 | 93.4% | 28 |
| Electrical | 3,938 | 190 | 88.1% | 31 |
| Plumbing | 3,257 | 191 | 82.4% | 67 |
| Remodel and alteration | 605 | 180 | 95.9% | 88 |
| Addition | 181 | 112 | 90.8% | 259 |
| New home | 1,849 | 149 | 97.9% | 220 |
Bend finals nearly everything, and quickly: the usual HVAC permit is finaled in 28 days. A trade permit on your house still open after a couple of months is unusual here and worth a call; an Expired one means the work was never signed off.
When the record is not online
The City's ePlans page says "ePlans can be accessed for historical planning application records submitted before 2020" and "You may submit a records request via our Public Records Portal". The City Recorder's Public Records Request page says requests go in writing to the City Recorder, "who is the Custodian of Records", with your name, address, contact details, a date range, the property address and a description of the records (read 23 October 2026).
What our Bend data adds
The Permit Center is organised by property. Ours lists every Bend permit a firm pulled in three years, with its Oregon CCB match: the Bend permit statistics, and the compare lists for HVAC, electricians and remodelers. The CCB check itself is in the Bend contractor license lookup; which jobs need a permit is in Do I need a permit?
See every Bend HVAC contractor by days to final →
How we know this
Portal wording, ePlans coverage and the records request rules are from the City of Bend's Portal Help, ePlans and Public Records Request pages, read 23 October 2026. Our counts are City of Bend building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits on homes, October 2023 to September 2026; finished share and days use each firm's own permits a year or more old.
Numbers come from City of Bend building, electrical, mechanical and plumbing permits on homes, data through October 16, 2026. Nobody paid to be on this page and nobody can.
Questions
- How do I find out if a permit was pulled on my house in Bend?
Open the City's Online Permit Center and use Search for Property or Development Information with your address. The Permit Center at 710 NW Wall Street takes permit inquiries on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Are Bend building permits public record?
Yes. Bend's permits are searchable in the Online Permit Center, and any record in the City's custody can be requested in writing from the City Recorder, the Custodian of Records.
- Where are Bend permits from before 2020?
The City says ePlans can be accessed for historical planning application records submitted before 2020, and points to its Permit Lookup Tool for project information. Anything else goes through a public records request.
- Can I search Bend permits by contractor?
The City's tools are organised by property. Our Bend pages list 15,631 home permits from October 2023 to September 2026 under 1,127 firms, each matched by name to the Oregon CCB license file.
- How long does a Bend permit take to reach final?
In our file the usual HVAC permit was finaled in 28 days, electrical in 31, plumbing in 67 and a remodel in 88.
Build your own list
Every firm with that kind of permit on record. Pick what you value. The list moves.
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- Online Permit Center — City of Bend (2026-10-23)
- Online Permit Center Portal Help — City of Bend (2026-10-23)
- ePlans — City of Bend (2026-10-23)
- Public Records Request — City of Bend (2026-10-23)