Portland metro
Multnomah County, Oregon Building Department and Permits
Multnomah County, Oregon building department and permit records in one place. See the issuing agency, the search portal, and what the record can miss.
Wildfire code, section R327
No adoption record found checked 2026-08-05
Verified fields
Permit authority
- authority
- NONE. Multnomah County does not run a building inspection program in any trade.
- lbdd corroboration
- State directory lists "Multnomah County", building official Sean Blaire Multnomah County, phone 503-618-2832.
Contact
- department
- Multnomah County Land Use Planning Division, Department of Community Services
- office
- 1600 SE 190th Ave, Portland OR 97233, a SEPARATE office from DCS headquarters
- phone
- 503-988-3043
- [email protected]
- hours
- By appointment only Tue, Wed, Thu via Calendly. Walk-in Tue and Thu 13:00-16:00. No SMS.
- dcs hq not land use
- 501 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland OR 97214, 503-988-5000
Design criteria
- county publishes
- NOTHING, because the county has no building program. Use the authority having jurisdiction.
Lbdd directory
- bcd administered
- No
- jurisdictions serving this county
- Beaverton, Fairview, Gresham, Hillsboro, Multnomah County, Portland, Troutdale, Wood Village
- jurisdiction count
- 8
The record is half the picture
A permit search shows what was filed, not what was built. The gap between the two is what a general home inspection exists to find.
Anyone inspecting in Multnomah County must hold a live state certification. Verify an inspector before the report is ordered, not after.
Cities in this county with a filed record
Neighboring counties in Portland metro