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STEPS FOR OBTAINING
BUILDING / MOVING / SEPTIC PERMITS
- Verify your address through the Laurens County E-911 Office. If you are building or adding an additional home (stick-built or manufactured/modular home), or have a building needing power, you will have to request a new E-911 Address. If you are not sure if you need a new address, you may contact the Laurens County E-911 Office at (478) 275-7099.
If you need a new address, click here. - Go to the Laurens County Environmental Health Office to complete application and pay fee for septic permit. The Environmentalist will contact you within 2 to 3 days to set up an appointment for the site evaluation. Their phone number is (478) 275-6779.
- Go to the Laurens County E-911 Office to fill out and pay for your building permit. Payments can be made in cash, check or credit card.
- After the site evaluation has been completed, you must bring the building permit with you to Laurens County Environmental Health Office to pick up your septic permit.
- If you are moving a mobile home, you will also need to get a moving permit from the Laurens County Tax Assessors Office. Their phone number is (478) 272-6443.
- All manufactured homes must receive an electrical inspection from the Laurens County Building Inspection Department. You May contact them at (478) 272-4755 or (478) 609-1370.
***Note: Georgia Power & Local EMC’s will not activate power to an account / address without the Building Inspection Departments approval. The Building Permit fee for manufacture homes covers the fee for the electrical inspection.
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Laurens County Commissioner’s Office / Building Permits
$100.00 – Mobile/Modular Home Permits
$25.00 – Permit for Additions/Businesses
$0.25 – Cents per heated square foot for building homes.
*There is a $200.00 minimum charge for this permit *
Laurens County Environmental Health Office / Septic Application
$175.00 – New, Repair or Additional septic permits
$150.00 – Relocation permit