Sioux Falls building permit search: the Building Permit Database and older records

Where to search Sioux Falls permits

The City of Sioux Falls permits work inside its limits, in both Minnehaha and Lincoln counties. Brandon, Harrisburg, Tea and the unincorporated parts of both counties run their own permit offices.

How to look up the permits on a Sioux Falls address

1. Open the Building Permit Database.
2. Type the House # and Street Name, leave Permit Type on All Types and the year on All Years, and press Search.
3. Read each row. Residential Building permits cover new homes, remodels, re-shingling, decks and the electrical, plumbing and mechanical permits for homes, so one job can show several rows.
4. Check the Contractor column against the company on your contract.
5. For anything older than five years, or for inspection results, look the property up in Customer Self Service.

What the statuses mean

The database does not show a status, so use Customer Self Service for it. These are the status values in the City's GIS permit file:

Of the permits issued October 2024 to September 2025, 89% had finaled, 10% were still open and 1% had expired by our 19 October 2026 snapshot. The usual one took 162 days from issue to final (middle half 62 to 287 days).

When the record is not online

The City's public records page says "Building permit information, plan information, property inspection information and code cases" are available through Customer Self Service. For anything that is not, use the Non-Police: City Public Records Request form and include the property address or parcel number, the date range and the document type. The City says "A majority of public records requests are free"; fees apply after an hour of staff time, and if a request will cost more than $50, staff send an estimate first (read 24 October 2026).

What our Sioux Falls pages add

Our Sioux Falls page counts the permits the City issued, October 2024 to September 2026:

81% of the 24,315 permits were on homes, and ZIP code 57110 had the most, 5,395, in the same window. The permit statistics page has year and month counts, how long permits take has the time to final by kind of work, permits by ZIP code splits them by area, and browse permits lists the rows.

What this does not tell you

The City's GIS file has a contractor column that is empty on every row, so we cannot rank or compare firms; the Building Permit Database is where the contractor name shows. The value is the valuation declared on the permit, not the final cost.