Permitted but not inspected…The Shocking Truth- Chelan Home Inspection Service

One item a buyer should be aware of is if any permits have been issued to a home that has not been completed. This will be especially true if the plan is to perform any work on the home that will require a permit. Uncompleted permits can hold up and complicate any future work to be performed.

Here is an interesting example-

There have been 6800 electrical permits pulled in Washington State that have never been inspected between January 2009 and August 2011.

Washington State requires that any electrical permit that is pulled must have the inspection within 12 months of the issue date.

In addition the permit holders are required by Washington Administrative Codes (WAC 296-46B-901(10)(a)) to make inspection requests within:  3 business days after completing the installation; or 1 business day after energizing circuits or equipment, whichever comes first.

Washington State has offered an amnesty on electrical permits. Their reason is to ensure safe electrical installations have been performed and completed per these expired permits.  The amnesty is from any compliance action for any electrical contractor that purchased an electrical permit:  Since January 1, 2009, and is expired with no request for an inspection of the electrical work.

To qualify for the amnesty, the contractor must obtain a new permit and request inspection for the work before February 15, 2012.

The contractor must apply for a new permit and let the local supervisor aware that the new permit is replacing an expired permit.

After February 15, 2012 the department will take compliance action on all identified permits with inspection request violations.

Ensuring compliance has been performed can save you some headaches in the future.

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