Mecklenburg County Criminal Justice Services works to improve the criminal justice system. Efforts include promoting collaboration between city, County and state criminal justice agencies, establishing and measuring criminal justice performance measures, managing criminal justice programs and services, and developing initiatives that enhance public safety.

A Certificate of Compliance is required by the North Carolina General Statutes to represent that the scope of work, as described in the permit documents, is complete (finaled). At the conclusion of all completed work done under a permit, including all applicable Building, Electrical, Mechanical, Plumbing, or Fire Code regulations, the Code Enforcement Official will final that particular permit (B, E, M, P) and shall issue a Certificate of Compliance. The contractor/customer will be able to download a copy of the Certificate of Compliance (CC) via the Code Enforcement Online Permitting System for each completed permit.

Mecklenburg County may elect to offer Temporary Certificates of Occupancy (TCO). A TCO may be used for a stated period of time and for specified portions of the building that Code Enforcement Officials find may be safely occupied before completion of the entire building.  Every permit (Building, Electrical, Mechanical and Plumbing) and agency holds associated with the project and its parent projects must be finaled (for permits) or released (agency holds) or have TCO approval.

Support for general questions pertaining to permitting and regulations.

Our processes are almost completely paperless, and that allows for data reporting and query tools that we like to share with our customers.

Plan Review Policies and Programs

General Plan Review Information and Forms​

Instructions with links to find issued building permits

A list of links to external organizations whom we partner with.

Shows the five types of Construction Types Listed on Permits. For more information regarding Construction Types, see Chapter 6 of the North Carolina State Building Code OR call 980-314-CODE(2633) and follow the prompts for technical assistance to speak with one of our staff.