San Francisco Department of Building Inspection
San Francisco, CA permit monitoring
PermitChime reads San Francisco Department of Building Inspection's published permit records and tells you when one of them changes. Everything on this page describes that source, not a plan feature.
The authority
- Issuing authority
- San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · City authority
- Official portal
- dbiweb02.sfgov.org(opens in a new tab)
- How often the source publishes
- San Francisco Department of Building Inspection publishes updates once a day.
- How often PermitChime re-checks
- Every 6 hours on the free plan, as often as every 4 hours on the fastest paid plan — never faster than San Francisco Department of Building Inspection republishes.
PermitChime is not a government agency and is not affiliated with any permitting authority. The issuing authority remains the authoritative source for every permit record.
What this source covers
San Francisco DBI publishes building permits, per-station plan review routing and building inspections once a day (the extract occasionally skips a day, so records can lag 2-3 days); electrical, plumbing and the newer PermitSF trade permits are not covered, and fees, conditions and permit documents are not published at all.
| Record detail | Monitored here |
|---|---|
| Permit status | Yes |
| Plan reviews | Yes |
| Inspections | Yes |
| Fees | No — not published |
| Conditions | No — not published |
| Comments | No — not published |
| Documents | No — not published |
| Address search | No — not searchable |
San Francisco permit numbers
A San Francisco DBI permit number is 12 digits (202608126476); older records are 6-11 digits and may start with M, and solar permits start with S.
Example: 202608126476
Monitor a San Francisco permit
PermitChime re-reads San Francisco Department of Building Inspection's record on a schedule and tells you when something in it actually changes. You can also look a permit up right now without an account.