Online Permit Portal for Contractors and Homeowners
One Parcel Record for Owners, Applicants, and Staff
GovOwl’s online permit portal gives everyone who works with your agency their own way in. Contractors and homeowners apply for permits online, designers handle plan submittal online, and everyone pays fees and checks permit status on their own. A contractor can register, pull a permit, and request an inspection online. An owner sees only their own projects; a designer sees only the plans they submitted; your staff sees all of it. Everyone works the same parcel-based record, each with their own view, so online applications, payments, and self-service run on one file, the online government services residents now expect.
Built for Small Cities, Counties, and Combined Departments
The portal fits the small agency where one office runs several programs, and it carries your home-turf work: environmental health, building and other permits or licenses that residents and businesses apply and pay for online. Your portal is built to the WCAG 2.1 AA and ADA Title II accessibility standard local agencies now expect.
What Contractors, Owners, and Public Users Do Online
- Owners and applicants apply, pay, upload documents, and track permit history, so a FOIA or open records request becomes a search, not a scavenger hunt.
- Contractors register, pull permits, request inspections, and check status.
- Designers and engineers submit plans, upload revisions, and check review status online.
- Service providers file service records such as septic inspections and maintenance reports.
What Your Staff Runs From One Record
- Intake staff see every application, plan, payment, and report land on the parcel record, with nothing re-keyed and nothing lost.
- Reviewers open each department’s part of a permit on the same record, so building, planning, and environmental health work from one file instead of email.
- Permit techs set what the public sees, what needs a login, and what each user can do, so your agency keeps control, not the vendor.
- Records staff publish inspection scores and permit status for the public to search, and pull up a property’s full history when someone calls.
Part of Your Whole Operation
The portal is the public face of the same record your staff runs for community development, permitting and inspection, plan review, code enforcement, building, and environmental health, with online payments and online applications built in.
Related Programs
Community Development | Permitting & Inspection | Plan Review | Online Applications | Online Payments | Environmental Health | Building
Tell Us Who Needs Access
Tell us who works with your agency and we will show you how they log in.