Willamette Valley

Linn County

Linn 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
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Permit authority
authority
Linn County Planning and Building Department
scope
FULL FOUR-TRADE DEPARTMENT, verified two independent ways.
contract cities
Brownsville, Halsey, Harrisburg, Lyons, Mill City, Millersburg, Scio, Tangent
brownsville verbatim
All responsibility for the enforcement of the Building Code rests with Linn County per the IGA.
lbdd corroboration
State directory lists "Linn County", building official Richard, phone 541-967-3816.
Contact
address
315 SW 4th Avenue, First Floor, Albany OR 97321
address caveat
THREE addresses circulate: 315 SW 4th Ave is current, 300 SW 4th Ave appears on a county handout, and Room 114 Courthouse PO Box 100 on an older form.
phone
541-967-3816
building official
Rick Goff
email flag
The live page uses a WEB FORM, not a published address. Publish the phone and the form.
THREE addresses circulate: 315 SW 4th Ave is current, 300 SW 4th Ave appears on a county handout, and Room 114 Courthouse PO Box 100 on an older form.
Permit search
system
State portal only
account
No
address searchable
Yes
Design criteria
city of albany
Frost depth 12 inches, SDC D, Exposure B, roof snow never less than 20 psf. Wind defers to OSSC Table 1609.3 with no numeric value.
Mass movement hazard
hazard map basis
Bulletin 84, Environmental Geology of Western Linn County, Oregon.
find a geologist
https://www.oregon.gov/osbge/Registration/Pages/Lookup.aspx, selecting an Engineering Geologist with an Active licence.
department address corroborated
315 4th Avenue SW, 1st Floor, PO Box 100, Albany OR 97321. Phone 541-967-3816. Confirms the current address against the three that circulate.
Design requirements document
status
FETCHED BUT NOT READABLE.
next step
OCR. tesseract is not installed on this machine. Until then Linn County design criteria remain unpublished.
Lbdd directory
bcd administered
No
jurisdictions serving this county
Albany, Harrisburg, Lebanon, Linn County, Sweet Home
jurisdiction count
5
This county runs its own building department, listed under its own name with no BCD suffix.
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