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Erosion Control and Trade Permits are now part of the Combination Building Permit.
* View the Temp/Perm Power Requirements for Residential Permits (Effective 03/01/2023)

Welcome to ePermitJC (Accela Citizen Access) Portal - Jefferson County, AL. is pleased to offer our citizens, businesses, and visitors access to government services online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. To use most services you must register and create a user account.

Research public information (No need to have an account)
Register your Professional Contractor License(s)
Submit an application
Upload Plans and documents
View and track the status of an application
Request an Inspection (Building and Planning Records)
Make secure online epayments

Become a Registered User: Create an account here and register with your email address.
Contractor Licensing: Click Here for step-by-step instructions.
IVR and SelectTXT: Use the IVR and SelectTXT Systems to Request Inspections and retrieve the Inspection Results.
Digital Plan Room (DPR): DPR is the County's new integrated electronic plan review solution.
Locate your Property Jurisdiction: Locate your property jurisdiction with CAPture or Jefferson County Tax Assessor Map.
Residential Permits: See our Guide to Single Family Construction Process.
Commercial Permits: See our Guide to Commercial Construction Process.

Expiration of Application and/or Permit : For the Time Limitation applicable to some of the Building records, refer to the Expiration of Permits document.
Helpful Resources: Check out our ePermitJC webpage of useful Info. Where we post instructions, guides, checklists, forms and videos.
Video Tutorials: Visit the EPermitJC web page and view all the How-To Videos and Step by Step instructional documents.

Users will need to enable popups from this site for full functionality. For best results, this site is compatible with: Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, and Firefox.
For help signing up, send an email to ePermitJC_Registration@jccal.org or call (205) 325-5321.