The Wallowa Mountains rising above dry foothills in eastern Oregon
Wallowa Mountains · Marc Shandro · CC BY 2.0
Eastern Oregon

Wallowa County, Oregon Building Department and Permits

Wallowa 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
Verified fields
Permit authority
authority
Wallowa County, full four-program department
lbdd corroboration
State directory lists "Wallowa County", building official Cierra Radford, phone 541-426-4543.
Structural, electrical, plumbing and mechanical, serving the cities of Wallowa, Lostine, Enterprise and Joseph plus unincorporated county. Not BCD, no contracting out.
Design criteria
wind
110 mph
exposure
B
frost in
24
seismic
C
ground snow
The county explicitly DECLINES to publish a single value: look up by latitude and longitude as it varies across the county.
warning
Wallowa published wind speed of 110 mph is HIGHER than Baker City 103 mph. Do not interchange values between counties.
Wallowa published wind speed of 110 mph is HIGHER than Baker City 103 mph. Do not interchange values between counties.
Lbdd directory
bcd administered
No
jurisdictions serving this county
Wallowa County
jurisdiction count
1
This county runs its own building department, listed under its own name with no BCD suffix.
oregon.gov ↗

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 Wallowa County must hold a live state certification. Verify an inspector before the report is ordered, not after.

Neighboring counties in Eastern Oregon