Eastern Oregon
Union County, Oregon Building Department and Permits
Union 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 2026-08-06
The adoption rule provides that if a city does not administer a building inspection program but the county does, R327 application for the city would be determined at county level. In Union County the INVERSE applies: R327 authority sits with the CITY OF LA GRANDE, not the county.
Verified fields
Permit authority
- authority
- CITY OF LA GRANDE, serving the entire county
- lbdd corroboration
- State directory lists "Union County", building official Joe Sloan, phone 541-962-1360.
Contact
- building
- City of La Grande, 1000 Adams Avenue, La Grande OR 97850, 541-962-1360, Building Official 541-963-1225, inspections 541-962-1317
- planning
- Union County Planning, 1001 Fourth Street Suite C, La Grande OR 97850, 541-963-1014, Inga Williams Director [email protected]
Design criteria
- warning
- Do NOT substitute the statewide 36 psf and 25 psf ORSC floors and present them as La Grande or Union County values. They are state code defaults.
Joint building department
- planning dept
- Union County Planning Department, 1001 Fourth Street Suite C, La Grande OR 97850. Phone 541-963-1014.
- consequence
- A structural permit record for unincorporated Union County sits with a CITY department, not the county. Searching county records alone will miss it.
Lbdd directory
- bcd administered
- No
- jurisdictions serving this county
- La Grande, Union County
- jurisdiction count
- 2
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 Union County must hold a live state certification. Verify an inspector before the report is ordered, not after.
Neighboring counties in Eastern Oregon