Kitsap County building permit search: the SmartGov portal, statuses and records

Which addresses this covers

Kitsap County DCD permits unincorporated land: Silverdale, Kingston, Manchester, Hansville, Seabeck, Olalla, the county parts of the Port Orchard, Bremerton and Poulsbo growth areas, and the rural county. Bremerton, Port Orchard, Poulsbo and Bainbridge Island issue their own permits. Electrical permits come from the Washington Department of Labor & Industries.

How to look up the permits on a Kitsap County address

1. Open the SmartGov public portal.
2. Type the site address (at least two characters) or the permit number into the search box and select Search. Advanced search narrows by more fields.
3. Open each permit on the parcel. The county files heating, cooling and plumbing work under one mechanical-and-plumbing permit type; a re-roof is its own permit.
4. Read the status and inspection results to see whether the final passed.
5. For anything before 2020, search the Historical Permit Records Search.

What the statuses mean

The county's file has no expired status: a permit that lapsed without a final keeps reading ISSUED, so it counts as open here. Of permits issued October 2024 to September 2025, 66.1% had finished and 33.9% were still open by our 23 October 2026 snapshot. HVAC is the weakest kind of work (51.4% finished) and plumbing next (58.2%). If your heat pump permit still reads ISSUED, ask the installer to book the final.

When the record is not online

DCD says all permits submitted from 2018 on are electronic and some older records are on paper. Its Records & FAQs page sends you to the Historical Permit Records Search first, then to a public records request through the Public Records Center, publicrecords@kitsap.gov, (360) 307-4261 or mail to 614 Division St MS-20, Port Orchard, WA 98366. Name the parcel number, address, permit number and date range, and avoid "any and all records". Paper records are viewed in the DCD lobby, Monday to Friday 9 am to 12 pm, once staff tell you they are ready; the county gives a cost estimate before making copies (read 24 October 2026).

What our Kitsap County pages add

Our Kitsap County page adds the county's permits up by kind of work:

75% of the 6,613 permits (October 2024 to September 2026) were for homes, and the usual permit that reached a final took 104 days (issued October 2024 to September 2025). Roofing permits rose 86% in the last 12 months (October 2025 to September 2026) against the 12 months before. The permit statistics page has year and month counts, how long a permit takes has the ranges, and browse permits lists the rows. The generator and gas electrical and demolition pages cover the smaller kinds. To check a contractor's L&I registration, see How to check a contractor's license in Washington.

What this does not tell you

The county's file names no contractor and no ZIP code, so there are no firm lists or ZIP pages for Kitsap County. The value is the one declared on the permit, not what the job cost.