Which addresses this covers
Riverside County Building and Safety permits unincorporated land: Thermal, Mecca, Winchester, French Valley, Mead Valley, Anza, Aguanga, Temescal Valley, the Temecula wine country and similar places. Riverside, Moreno Valley, Corona, Temecula, Murrieta, Palm Springs and the county's other incorporated cities (28 in all) run their own permit offices; for Corona see the Corona permit search guide.
| Tool | Search by | What it shows |
|---|---|---|
| RivCoPlus | Address, APN, permit or plan number | Permits, plans and inspections; details need a linked account |
| PLUS_ACTIVITIES (open data) | Any field, including APN | Case type, work class, status, applied, approved, completed and expired dates; our source |
| Our Riverside County permit list | Kind of work, month | The same permits, with time to final |
How to look up the permits on a Riverside County address
- Open RivCoPlus. No login is needed to search.
- Enter the address, the Assessor's Parcel Number or the permit number, and press Search.
- To cut the results down, change the search type from All to Permit.
- Open each permit on the parcel and read its status. A solar system, a battery, a re-roof and a block wall are separate permits.
- If you are the owner and need the full details or documents, log in with an account linked to the record, or call Building and Safety.
What the statuses mean
| Status in the county file | What it means | How we count it |
|---|---|---|
| FINAL (with a completed date) | Final inspection passed | Finished |
| ISSUED | Work under way or not finaled | Open |
| EXPIRED, administratively closed | Lapsed before a final | Expired |
| VOID, CANCELED | Never went ahead | Left out |
Of permits issued October 2024 to September 2025, 77.1% had finished, 16.5% had expired and 6.4% were still open by our 23 October 2026 snapshot. Small trade jobs expire most: 54.3% of HVAC permits, 36.4% of plumbing and 35.1% of roofing, against 0.9% of new homes. If your HVAC permit reads EXPIRED, the final inspection was never done; ask the installer to book it.
When the record is not online
TLMA's FAQ page links the county's public records request portal under About Us (read 24 October 2026); requests fall under the California Public Records Act. TLMA's main number is (951) 955-1800.
What our Riverside County pages add
Our Riverside County page adds the county's permits up by kind of work:
| Kind of work | Permits (Oct 2024–Sep 2026) | Finished (issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025) | Expired (issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025) | Usual days to final (issued Oct 2024–Sep 2025) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical | 4,935 | 83.8% | 13.4% | 56 |
| Solar | 4,242 | 76.3% | 22.8% | 100 |
| New homes | 3,769 | 83.8% | 0.9% | 256 |
| Fences and walls | 3,639 | 87.7% | 6.1% | 150 |
| HVAC | 1,833 | 45.1% | 54.3% | 68 |
| Plumbing | 1,813 | 61.3% | 36.4% | 51 |
| Roofing | 973 | 64.1% | 35.1% | 37 |
| Pools and spas | 949 | 83.2% | 12.2% | 120 |
79% of the 27,209 permits (October 2024 to September 2026) were for homes, and the usual permit that reached a final took 117 days (issued October 2024 to September 2025). The permit statistics page has year and month counts and how long a permit takes has the ranges. The ADU, garage and shed, addition, remodel and demolition pages cover the smaller kinds. To check a contractor's CSLB license, see How to check a contractor's license in California.
What this does not tell you
The county's open file names no contractor, carries no job value and has no ZIP code, so there are no firm lists, costs or ZIP pages for Riverside County. Tract builders file one permit per house, so a new subdivision shows up as many new-home permits.
How we know this
The RivCoPlus search options, login rule and records portal are from Riverside County TLMA's FAQ page, read 24 October 2026. Our counts are Riverside County GIS Open Data's PLUS_ACTIVITIES layer (Building department records), read 23 October 2026: permits issued October 2024 to September 2026, unincorporated county only.
Numbers come from public permit records in 57 cities, data through October 23, 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 Riverside County?
If the house is in unincorporated Riverside County, search the address or Assessor's Parcel Number in RivCoPlus, the county's PLUS Online portal. The county says you can search without logging in, but permit details are hidden unless you are logged in to an account linked to that record.
- Does Riverside County issue permits for Temecula, Murrieta or Corona?
No. Riverside, Moreno Valley, Corona, Temecula, Murrieta, Palm Springs and the county's other incorporated cities run their own permit offices. The county permits unincorporated places such as Thermal, Mecca, Winchester, French Valley, Mead Valley, Anza, Aguanga and Temescal Valley.
- Why did my Riverside County HVAC permit expire?
It never got a final inspection. Of HVAC permits issued October 2024 to September 2025, 54.3% had expired by our October 2026 snapshot, more than finished (45.1%). Plumbing (36.4%) and roofing (35.1%) expired often too. Ask the installer to book the final.
- How do I request an old Riverside County permit record?
Submit a request through the county's public records request portal (riversidecountyca.nextrequest.com), which TLMA links from its FAQ page. TLMA's main number is (951) 955-1800.
- How long does a Riverside County permit take to reach Final?
For permits issued October 2024 to September 2025, the usual permit that reached Final took 117 days: 37 for a re-roof, 56 for electrical, 100 for solar and 256 for a new home.
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