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Central Oregon

Deschutes County

Deschutes County, Oregon: which agency issues building permits, where the records live, and wildfire code adoption status.

Wildfire code, section R327
Adopted, in effect in effect 2026-04-01 adopted 2026-01-28 ord. 2026-002
Verified fields
Permit authority
authority
Deschutes County Community Development, Building Safety Division
address
1300 NW Wall St., Bend, OR 97703, Deschutes Services Building
lbdd corroboration
State directory lists "Deschutes County", building official Krista Appleby, phone 541-388-6575.
The page does not enumerate which incorporated cities the county serves or excludes. Bend, Redmond and Sisters run their own arrangements; Sisters is served under contract by the county. Confirm city-by-city before publishing a coverage claim.
deschutescounty.gov ↗
Design criteria
soil bearing psf
1500
verbatim
Criteria not found on the Criteria Hub are: Soil Bearing Capacity: 1,500 psf
ground snow
NOT PUBLISHED BY THE COUNTY. Deferred to the Oregon Design Criteria Hub.
wind
NOT PUBLISHED BY THE COUNTY. Deferred to the Oregon Design Criteria Hub.
seismic
NOT PUBLISHED BY THE COUNTY. Deferred to the Oregon Design Criteria Hub.
frost depth
NOT PUBLISHED BY THE COUNTY. Deferred to the Oregon Design Criteria Hub.
deschutescounty.gov ↗
Permit search
county tools
Deschutes publishes its own Property and Permit Research Tools page alongside the state portal.
date range
NOT DETERMINED. Neither the county nor the state portal publishes an earliest-record date for Deschutes.
deschutescounty.gov ↗
Lbdd directory
bcd administered
No
jurisdictions serving this county
Bend, Deschutes County, Redmond
jurisdiction count
3
This county runs its own building department, listed under its own name with no BCD suffix.
oregon.gov ↗
Cities in this county with a filed record
BendRedmondSisters