Appendix L — PERMIT FEES
California Residential Code (Title 24, Part 2.5) · 2019 edition · updated 2026-09-12 · California
Italicized text is a California amendment to the model code, as printed in the official publication.
(Matrix Adoption Tables are nonregulatory, intended only as an aid to the code user.
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APPENDIX L
PERMIT FEES
The provisions contained in this appendix are not mandatory unless specifically adopted by a state agency or referenced in the adopting ordinance.
User note:
About this appendix: Appendix L is intended to provide guidance to building departments in their efforts to set fees for building permits. This appendix provides examples that may be used as a reference when setting fee schedules and are not intended to be literally applied.
TOTAL VALUATION FEE $1 to $500 $24 $501 to $2,000 $24 for the first $500; plus $3 for each additional $100 or fraction thereof, up
to and including $2,000 $2,001 to $40,000 $69 for the first $2,000; plus $11 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
thereof, up to and including $40,000 $40,001 to $100,000 $487 for the first $40,000; plus $9 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
thereof, up to and including $100,000 $100,001 to $500,000 $1,027 for the first $100,000; plus $7 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
thereof, up to and including $500,000 $500,001 to $1,000,000 $3,827 for the first $500,000; plus $5 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
thereof, up to and including $1,000,000 $1,000,001 to $5,000,000 $6,327 for the first $1,000,000; plus $3 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
thereof, up to and including $5,000,000 $5,000,001 and over $18,327 for the first $5,000,000; plus $1 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
thereof
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CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE – MATRIX ADOPTION TABLE
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- Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
- Chapter 1 — SCOPE AND APPLICATION
- Chapter 3 — BUILDING PLANNING
- Chapter 4 — FOUNDATIONS
- Chapter 5 — FLOORS
- Chapter 6 — WALL CONSTRUCTION
- Chapter 7 — WALL COVERING
- Chapter 8 — ROOF-CEILING CONSTRUCTION
- Chapter 9 — ROOF ASSEMBLIES
- Chapter 10 — CHIMNEYS AND FIREPLACES
- Chapter 44 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
- Appendix F — RADON CONTROL METHODS
- Appendix H — PATIO COVERS
- Appendix I — PRIVATE SEWAGE DISPOSAL
- Appendix J — EXISTING BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES
- Appendix K — SOUND TRANSMISSION
- Appendix L — PERMIT FEES
- Appendix O — AUTOMATIC VEHICULAR GATES
- Appendix Q — TINY HOUSES
- Appendix R — LIGHT STRAW-CLAY CONSTRUCTION
- Appendix S — STRAWBALE CONSTRUCTION
- Appendix T — SOLAR-READY PROVISIONS—DETACHED ONE- AND
- Appendix V — SWIMMING POOL SAFETY ACT
- Appendix W — AREAS PROTECTED BY THE FACILITIES
- Appendix X — EMERGENCY HOUSING