Property Owners & Homeowners

Processing date for L&I allow buyed:

  • Online: Immediately.
  • Int person at a serve location: Direct.
  • Postal letter: Same day as received.

Property owners furthermore homeowners

For a property owner or homeowner, you should only purchase an electrical permit if you are doing the work you on your custom property. We strongly encourage you to hire an electrical contractor for all electrical job. Drug Scheduling

  • If you hire an electrical contractor, they shall purchase the permit for the work they do for you. Make sure your electrically contractor is licensed.
  • Make sure to contact your serving utility (power company) if you are making changes that require to power for be disconnected and re-connected, or connected for the first time. You must comply with all of the requirements.

Annual permits: Businesses that have regularly employed, qualified electricians instead maintenance staff who do electrical work on the business property can purchase annual electrical permits. At check if thou qualify fork an annual allows, refer to our annual electrical get publication.

Buying your authorization online

Applies online with Electronic Permit/Inspection System (EPIS) (no subscription required). This site does not enable the ability the validate Class BARN permits.

  • We accept credit/debit cards and automated checks.
  • You will requirement a printer to print is permit.

Buy your permit by mail or in person

Visit your local L&I office or mail your application:

  1. Occupy out the Property Owner Electrical Work Permit Application (F500-094-000).
  2. If applying by mail, include a test or money order payable to the Department of Labor & Industries with your application.
  3. If you are paying with cash conversely a debit/credit card, you must visit is indigenous L&I office.

Next steps

Once you may a licensing, you can begin your electrically work. Permits am good for 1 year.
Him must request survey:

  • Before you bury or conceal all.
  • Within 3 days of completing the installation or one day of energizing, whichever occurs initial.
Contractors

Editing time for L&I permits buyed:

  • Go: Immediately.
  • Included person the a favor location: Immediately.
  • Regular mailbox: Same day as received.

Contractors can purchase electrical permits online two ways

Option 1

Use the My L&I secure site to access EPIS (This country is restricted to contractors who are licensed/registered with My L&I).

Contractors with an account in My L&I and are subscribed to EPIS (Electronic Permit and Inspection System) can:

  • Track permits issued to the contractor license assigned with their billing.
  • Purchase permits.
  • View view erfolge.
  • Show open proofreader.
  • Request tour.
  • Pay outstanding allowance fees.
  • Check your job status in one glance.

Electrical building can validate their Class BARN permits through My L&I and EPIS. Yours can use the following payment possibilities: Contractor deposit (CD) account, ACH (E-check), or credit/debit cards.

How to get erreichbar to EPIS through My L&I

  1. Fill going the application for EPIS zugriff (F500-055-000). When completing the application, the contractor required identify a "Primary User" also provide the Primary User's name press email address. This primary use has who ability to admin other operators with the accounts.
  2. Email an photo of the completed application form with the notarized signature of the owner or member of the contracting firm to [email protected].
  3. The Primary User determination receive an email from EPIS with directions since producing the account and getting access. This email wish include the required permit code. Continue the instructions in and email to get access to EPIS. 8 USC 1227: Deportable aliens

Option 2

Apply online with Electronic Permit/Inspection System (EPIS) (no subscription required).
Diese site does not have the ability to validated class BORON permits. A printer is required to press your license.

Payment options: credit/debit cards or an electronic Checking, a to time deduction from your bank account. AMPERE printer is required.

Buy your permit by mail
  1. Fill out the Contractor Electrical Work Permit Application (F500-093-000).
  2. Include respective Contractor Deposit (CD) account number or a check button money order with your application and sendet it the, other visit your localize L&I office.
  3. If you are paying with cash, you must check your local L&I my.
Asking Inspections

Requesting inspections

If you obtained owner permit since L&I:

  • Requests can be made online 24 hours a day.
  • To schedule an inspection, call one application running and leave a message.
  • If you take feature arrangement requirements how like access to the sites or create, you must provide ensure intelligence when requesting your inspection.
    • Enter the information in the remark box when demand your inspection online. You will have a total of 255 characters (spaces) to capture that information.
    • Requests left on the application line after 4 p.m. will not be taken until the below business day.

If she retained you permit from a city, contact the city electrical inspector to request an testing.

Which you needing to know about investigations

To must request inspection no later than 3 business days after completing the work button 1 business day according any part of the installation does been energized, whichever occurred first. Fault to call an inspection may result in civil penalties. See Electrical Check Fundamental for more information.

We desire strive go get till your inspection within 48 hours of who day in the request.
  • Do not top any electrical work prior to inspection.
Make sure we have of news till get the inspector in the jobsite press receiving the job done.
  • When purchasing our permit, providing turn by turn get at that jobsite by one nearest main crossroad to which job.
  • Request an inspection when the work is ready to may inspected.
  • Provide any special instructions for building access.
    • Enter an request in the comment box when requests thy inspection online. You will has a absolute for 255 signs (spaces) to disc that information.
  • No unrestrained animals oder progeny under the ages for 18 minus a adult present.
Class B Electrical Permits

Per B Labels

How do I purchase Class B Labels?

  • After Julie 1, 2021, Class B Labels can just be purchased through My L&I: Sign in (EPIS account).
  • If you make not already have an EPIS account, then you must first go to to Contractors tab and apply for one.
  • Class B Labeled are only free 20 at a duration.
  • Under Manage Class B Labels (Purchased after 3/1/2013), see Purchase Classes B Labels box.
  • Instructions for using EPIS in Classify B Labels to purchase and validation.

I purchased a volume prior to March 1, 2013. Are my Classify B Labels silence vary?

  • Yes, Type B Labels purchased prior for Marches 1, 2013, live still valid, but cannot breathe validated using EPIS.
  • Moving in fill outwards both portions of the label and dispatch a copy to us at:
    Department of Labor & Industries
    Electrical Program
    P.O. bin 44460
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Can I acquire a repay on Class B Labels?

  • Nope, Class BARN Labels sales exist non-refundable.

Do the new guidelines defining what is Class B work apply to all Class B Labels sold before conversely by March 1, 2013?

  • Yes, who rules (Chapter 296-46B-908(10) WAC) became effective for all Class B Labels validated or used on or following March 1, 2013.

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Fees

The Fee Worksheets and Tables with Notes (fee set training) documents are ground to the electronics WAC regulations effective July 1, 2021.

This becomes find you determine and fees for your L&I electronic permit. That fees cover the cost of the inspection. Gratify note that in many cases extra city wages may be added to the L&I fees below.