Eastern Oregon
Sherman County, Oregon Building Department and Permits
Sherman 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
Cannot adopt locally checked 2026-08-06
No local building department. The state Building Codes Division administers the building program here, so the county cannot adopt Section R327 locally. Only municipalities that administer a building inspection program may adopt it.
Verified fields
Permit authority
- authority
- Oregon BCD, TEMPORARY, via the Pendleton field office
- field office
- BCD Pendleton Field Office, 800 SE Emigrant Ave Suite 360, Pendleton OR 97801, 541-276-7814, hours 08:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00
- lbdd record
- Sherman County - BCD, building official Blaine Curry, phone 541-276-7814 (, 800 SE Emigrant Ave., Ste. 360 Pendleton, OR 97801.
Contact
- lbdd record
- Sherman County - BCD, building official Blaine Curry, phone 541-276-7814 (, 800 SE Emigrant Ave., Ste. 360 Pendleton, OR 97801.
Bcd administration CONFIRMED
- verdict
- BCD-ADMINISTERED, confirmed from the state directory.
Lbdd directory
- bcd administered
- Yes
- bcd entry
- Sherman County - BCD
- jurisdictions serving this county
- Sherman County - BCD, BCD services in Sherman County
- jurisdiction count
- 2
R327 eligibility
- eligible to adopt
- No
- rule verbatim
- Only a municipality that operates a building department may adopt Section R327 locally.
- render as
- Not eligible to adopt, because the county runs no building department. NEVER render this as a decision not to adopt.
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 Sherman County must hold a live state certification. Verify an inspector before the report is ordered, not after.
Neighboring counties in Eastern Oregon