Portland metro
Columbia County
Columbia County, Oregon: which agency issues building permits, where the records live, and wildfire code adoption status.
Wildfire code, section R327
No adoption record found checked 2026-08-06
Verified fields
Permit authority
- authority
- Columbia County Building Division, Land Development Services
- scope
- TRADE BY TRADE, CITY BY CITY.
- headline
- The county retains ELECTRICAL COUNTYWIDE, minus Vernonia and Clatskanie.
- columbia city
- Columbia City states verbatim that electrical permits are only handled by Columbia County. Its own department is CONTRACTED TO THE CITY OF ST. HELENS.
- vernonia
- Vernonia contracts to NORTHWEST CODE PROFESSIONALS.
- lbdd corroboration
- State directory lists "Columbia County", building official Don VanDomelen, phone 503-397-1501.
Contact
- address
- Temporarily at 445 Port Avenue, Port Business Center, St. Helens OR 97051. Mailing 230 Strand St.
- phone
- 503-397-1501
- [email protected]
- hours
- 08:30-17:00
Permit search
- system
- Oregon ePermitting Accela, no login, address searchable, verified live
- older records
- By records request. Custodian of Records, 230 Strand Rm 331, 503-397-4322.
- date floor
- None published.
Design criteria
- basic wind
- 97 mph
- special wind region
- 97 mph, NO UPLIFT. The only county in this set without a 120 mph special wind region.
- frost in
- 12
- weathering
- Moderate
Lbdd directory
- bcd administered
- No
- jurisdictions serving this county
- Clatskanie, Columbia City, Columbia County, Scappoose, St Helens, Vernonia
- jurisdiction count
- 6