How to look up a building permit in Rich County, Utah
iWorQ public search, where enabled, works on permit number and address. Records predating the jurisdiction's move to iWorQ are usually not included.
- Office as listed
- Rich County Building Department - Building Inspector, Permits & Forms
- Phone
- (435) 793-2415 · (801) 538-9777
- Address
- 564 S Norway Spruce Dr, Layton, UT 84041
- Hours listed
- Monday-Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
- Permit platform
- iWorQ
- County type
- County jurisdiction in Utah
- Official source
- richcounty.gov
- Last checked
- 2026-08-06
Using iWorQ specifically
Rich County, Utah uses iWorQ. It is a lightweight, browser-based system common in smaller jurisdictions, covering permit applications and inspection scheduling.
iWorQ inspection requests submitted after the daily cutoff roll to the following business day. The cutoff is set by the jurisdiction and is often earlier than people expect.
Search by parcel number where you can
Street addresses are renumbered, re-suffixed and reassigned as areas develop, and a house standing for sixty years may have had three of them. Parcel numbers usually survive all of it, so a parcel search returns the complete history where an address search returns a partial one. Where address search is the only option, enter the house number and street name without the suffix — most systems match the string literally and fail on "Rd" against "Road".
Reading what comes back
- Issued — work is authorised and inspections are outstanding.
- Finaled or closed — passed final inspection. This is what you want to see on a property you are buying.
- Open — issued but never signed off. It transfers with the property.
- Expired — the validity window lapsed without inspection activity.
- Void or withdrawn — the application never became a permit.
If nothing comes back
Before concluding that work was unpermitted, rule out the likelier explanations. Records predating iWorQ at this office are frequently not loaded. The work may sit with another agency — septic with the health department, driveways with public works, floodplain with the state. Or the property may be inside a city, in which case the municipality holds the record and Rich County will show nothing at all. Ask the office to check the paper file before you draw a conclusion.
Our guide to looking up permits covers the records-request route where no online search exists.
Questions people ask about this
How do I look up a building permit in Rich County, Utah?
Use the county's permit search. iWorQ public search, where enabled, works on permit number and address. Records predating the jurisdiction's move to iWorQ are usually not included.
How can I check whether work on a property was permitted?
Ask for the permit history by parcel number rather than by street address — addresses get renumbered and re-suffixed over the years, parcel numbers usually do not. If the history shows a permit that was issued but never finaled, that is an open permit, and it becomes the current owner's problem at sale.
What does an open or expired permit mean?
An open permit was issued but never signed off at final inspection. An expired permit ran past its validity window without inspection activity. Both usually surface during a title search or appraisal, and both are resolved the same way: contact Rich County, ask what inspections remain, and either complete them or apply to have the permit reinstated.
How this page was checked
Source: richcounty.gov
Last retrieved: 2026-08-06
We retrieved the page above and read the department detail from it directly.
The permitting platform was identified as iWorQ from the jurisdiction's own links.
We do not publish fee amounts or processing times. Those are set locally, change without notice, and a stale figure is worse than none.
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