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Building Permit Fees in Stockton, CA (2026)

Stockton prices building permits with a fee table based on project value, with a $75.00 minimum, then charges plan review at its own fee table. Enter your project to see the exact math.

  • Official city schedule
  • Effective Jul 1, 2026
  • Verified Nov 4, 2026
Minimum fee
$75.00
Plan review
Separate
$75k addition
$1,535

Permit fee calculator

Stockton schedule, eff. Jul 1, 2026
Project type
Estimated permit fees $1,534.93
  1. 1. Building permit fee
    table value for $75,000.00: $899.00     $899.00
  2. 2. Plan review fee
    table value for $75,000.00: $378.00     $378.00
  3. 3. General Plan Maintenance and Implementation
    $75,000.00 ÷ 1,000 × $1.50     $112.50
  4. 4. Technology Fee - Building
    7.5% of $899.00     $67.43
  5. 5. Capital Preservation Fee
    $75,000.00 ÷ 1,000 × $1.00     $75.00
  6. 6. Green Building Standards Fee (state pass-through, SB 1473)
    $1.00 × 3 per $25,000.00     $3.00

May also apply (not in the total)

  • Community Rating System Admin Fee
    When: applicability not stated (flood Community Rating System)     $53.94
  • Unpermitted work
    When: work started without a permit     $899.00

Fees are estimates based on the official schedule linked below. Confirm with the permit office before applying. Separate electrical, plumbing, mechanical, fire, impact, utility and school fees are usually not included unless they are listed. BuildingPermitCost is not a government permit office, and this is not legal advice.

What common projects cost

Kitchen or bath remodel
$25,000 value, remodel 300 sq ft
$786.80
$484.00 building permit + $203.00 plan review + $37.50 general plan maintenance and implementation + $36.30 technology fee - building + $25.00 capital preservation + $1.00 green building standards fee (state pass-through, sb 1473)
Room addition
$75,000 value, addition 400 sq ft
$1,534.93
$899.00 building permit + $378.00 plan review + $112.50 general plan maintenance and implementation + $67.43 technology fee - building + $75.00 capital preservation + $3.00 green building standards fee (state pass-through, sb 1473)
New single-family home
$350,000 value, new single-family 2,400 sq ft
$5,037.26
$2,774.75 building permit + $1,165.40 plan review + $525.00 general plan maintenance and implementation + $208.11 technology fee - building + $350.00 capital preservation + $14.00 green building standards fee (state pass-through, sb 1473)

How Stockton calculates your permit fee

The city charges a building permit fee using a fee table based on project value, with a $75.00 minimum. Plan review is a separate charge: its own fee table.

The fee table

Residential

Project valueFee
$1 – $100,000$75.00 to $1,078.00, read from the table (100 steps)
Over $100,000$1,078.00 for the first $100,000 + $6.79 per additional $1,000
Show the full table (101 rows)
$1 – $999$75.00
$1,000 – $1,999$108.00
$2,000 – $2,999$147.00
$3,000 – $3,999$179.00
$4,000 – $4,999$206.00
$5,000 – $5,999$230.00
$6,000 – $6,999$252.00
$7,000 – $7,999$272.00
$8,000 – $8,999$291.00
$9,000 – $9,999$308.00
$10,000 – $10,999$325.00
$11,000 – $11,999$340.00
$12,000 – $12,999$355.00
$13,000 – $13,999$369.00
$14,000 – $14,999$383.00
$15,000 – $15,999$392.00
$16,000 – $16,999$401.00
$17,000 – $17,999$410.00
$18,000 – $18,999$420.00
$19,000 – $19,999$429.00
$20,000 – $20,999$438.00
$21,000 – $21,999$447.00
$22,000 – $22,999$456.00
$23,000 – $23,999$466.00
$24,000 – $24,999$475.00
$25,000 – $25,999$484.00
$26,000 – $26,999$493.00
$27,000 – $27,999$502.00
$28,000 – $28,999$511.00
$29,000 – $29,999$521.00
$30,000 – $30,999$530.00
$31,000 – $31,999$539.00
$32,000 – $32,999$548.00
$33,000 – $33,999$557.00
$34,000 – $34,999$567.00
$35,000 – $35,999$576.00
$36,000 – $36,999$585.00
$37,000 – $37,999$594.00
$38,000 – $38,999$603.00
$39,000 – $39,999$612.00
$40,000 – $40,999$622.00
$41,000 – $41,999$631.00
$42,000 – $42,999$640.00
$43,000 – $43,999$649.00
$44,000 – $44,999$658.00
$45,000 – $45,999$668.00
$46,000 – $46,999$677.00
$47,000 – $47,999$686.00
$48,000 – $48,999$695.00
$49,000 – $49,999$704.00
$50,000 – $50,999$712.00
$51,000 – $51,999$720.00
$52,000 – $52,999$727.00
$53,000 – $53,999$734.00
$54,000 – $54,999$742.00
$55,000 – $55,999$749.00
$56,000 – $56,999$757.00
$57,000 – $57,999$764.00
$58,000 – $58,999$772.00
$59,000 – $59,999$779.00
$60,000 – $60,999$786.00
$61,000 – $61,999$794.00
$62,000 – $62,999$801.00
$63,000 – $63,999$809.00
$64,000 – $64,999$816.00
$65,000 – $65,999$824.00
$66,000 – $66,999$831.00
$67,000 – $67,999$839.00
$68,000 – $68,999$846.00
$69,000 – $69,999$854.00
$70,000 – $70,999$861.00
$71,000 – $71,999$869.00
$72,000 – $72,999$876.00
$73,000 – $73,999$884.00
$74,000 – $74,999$891.00
$75,000 – $75,999$899.00
$76,000 – $76,999$906.00
$77,000 – $77,999$913.00
$78,000 – $78,999$921.00
$79,000 – $79,999$928.00
$80,000 – $80,999$936.00
$81,000 – $81,999$943.00
$82,000 – $82,999$951.00
$83,000 – $83,999$958.00
$84,000 – $84,999$966.00
$85,000 – $85,999$973.00
$86,000 – $86,999$981.00
$87,000 – $87,999$988.00
$88,000 – $88,999$996.00
$89,000 – $89,999$1,003.00
$90,000 – $90,999$1,011.00
$91,000 – $91,999$1,018.00
$92,000 – $92,999$1,026.00
$93,000 – $93,999$1,033.00
$94,000 – $94,999$1,040.00
$95,000 – $95,999$1,048.00
$96,000 – $96,999$1,055.00
$97,000 – $97,999$1,063.00
$98,000 – $98,999$1,070.00
$99,000 – $100,000$1,078.00
Over $100,000$1,078.00 for the first $100,000 + $6.79 per additional $1,000

Commercial

Project valueFee
$1 – $100,000$75.00 to $1,078.00, read from the table (100 steps)
$100,001 – $3,000,000$1,078.00 for the first $100,000 + $6.79 per additional $1,000
Over $3,000,000$20,760.00 for the first $3,000,000 + $5.13 per additional $1,000
Show the full table (102 rows)
$1 – $999$75.00
$1,000 – $1,999$108.00
$2,000 – $2,999$147.00
$3,000 – $3,999$179.00
$4,000 – $4,999$206.00
$5,000 – $5,999$230.00
$6,000 – $6,999$252.00
$7,000 – $7,999$272.00
$8,000 – $8,999$291.00
$9,000 – $9,999$308.00
$10,000 – $10,999$325.00
$11,000 – $11,999$340.00
$12,000 – $12,999$355.00
$13,000 – $13,999$369.00
$14,000 – $14,999$383.00
$15,000 – $15,999$392.00
$16,000 – $16,999$401.00
$17,000 – $17,999$410.00
$18,000 – $18,999$420.00
$19,000 – $19,999$429.00
$20,000 – $20,999$438.00
$21,000 – $21,999$447.00
$22,000 – $22,999$456.00
$23,000 – $23,999$466.00
$24,000 – $24,999$475.00
$25,000 – $25,999$484.00
$26,000 – $26,999$493.00
$27,000 – $27,999$502.00
$28,000 – $28,999$511.00
$29,000 – $29,999$521.00
$30,000 – $30,999$530.00
$31,000 – $31,999$539.00
$32,000 – $32,999$548.00
$33,000 – $33,999$557.00
$34,000 – $34,999$567.00
$35,000 – $35,999$576.00
$36,000 – $36,999$585.00
$37,000 – $37,999$594.00
$38,000 – $38,999$603.00
$39,000 – $39,999$612.00
$40,000 – $40,999$622.00
$41,000 – $41,999$631.00
$42,000 – $42,999$640.00
$43,000 – $43,999$649.00
$44,000 – $44,999$658.00
$45,000 – $45,999$668.00
$46,000 – $46,999$677.00
$47,000 – $47,999$686.00
$48,000 – $48,999$695.00
$49,000 – $49,999$704.00
$50,000 – $50,999$712.00
$51,000 – $51,999$720.00
$52,000 – $52,999$727.00
$53,000 – $53,999$734.00
$54,000 – $54,999$742.00
$55,000 – $55,999$749.00
$56,000 – $56,999$757.00
$57,000 – $57,999$764.00
$58,000 – $58,999$772.00
$59,000 – $59,999$779.00
$60,000 – $60,999$786.00
$61,000 – $61,999$794.00
$62,000 – $62,999$801.00
$63,000 – $63,999$809.00
$64,000 – $64,999$816.00
$65,000 – $65,999$824.00
$66,000 – $66,999$831.00
$67,000 – $67,999$839.00
$68,000 – $68,999$846.00
$69,000 – $69,999$854.00
$70,000 – $70,999$861.00
$71,000 – $71,999$869.00
$72,000 – $72,999$876.00
$73,000 – $73,999$884.00
$74,000 – $74,999$891.00
$75,000 – $75,999$899.00
$76,000 – $76,999$906.00
$77,000 – $77,999$913.00
$78,000 – $78,999$921.00
$79,000 – $79,999$928.00
$80,000 – $80,999$936.00
$81,000 – $81,999$943.00
$82,000 – $82,999$951.00
$83,000 – $83,999$958.00
$84,000 – $84,999$966.00
$85,000 – $85,999$973.00
$86,000 – $86,999$981.00
$87,000 – $87,999$988.00
$88,000 – $88,999$996.00
$89,000 – $89,999$1,003.00
$90,000 – $90,999$1,011.00
$91,000 – $91,999$1,018.00
$92,000 – $92,999$1,026.00
$93,000 – $93,999$1,033.00
$94,000 – $94,999$1,040.00
$95,000 – $95,999$1,048.00
$96,000 – $96,999$1,055.00
$97,000 – $97,999$1,063.00
$98,000 – $98,999$1,070.00
$99,000 – $100,000$1,078.00
$100,001 – $3,000,000$1,078.00 for the first $100,000 + $6.79 per additional $1,000
Over $3,000,000$20,760.00 for the first $3,000,000 + $5.13 per additional $1,000

Surcharges

  • General Plan Maintenance and Implementation: $1.50 per $1,000 of value
  • Technology Fee - Building: 7.5% of the permit fee
  • Capital Preservation Fee: $1.00 per $1,000 of value
  • Green Building Standards Fee (state pass-through, SB 1473): $1.00 per $25,000 of value

What counts as project value

ICC Building Valuation Data table. The City of Stockton uses the most recent available ICC valuation table in assessing valuation.

Worked example: a $350,000 new home

  1. Building permit fee: $1,078.00 for the first $100,000.00 + $6.79 × 250 per $1,000.00 over = $2,774.75
  2. Plan review fee: $452.76 for the first $100,000.00 + $2.85 × 250 per $1,000.00 over = $1,165.40
  3. General Plan Maintenance and Implementation: $350,000.00 ÷ 1,000 × $1.50 = $525.00
  4. Technology Fee - Building: 7.5% of $2,774.75 = $208.11
  5. Capital Preservation Fee: $350,000.00 ÷ 1,000 × $1.00 = $350.00
  6. Green Building Standards Fee (state pass-through, SB 1473): $1.00 × 14 per $25,000.00 = $14.00
  7. Total before trade permits: $5,037.26.

Fees people miss

May also apply (not in the totals above)

  • Community Rating System Admin Fee: when applicability not stated (flood Community Rating System); $29.04 on the standard projects.
  • Unpermitted work: when work started without a permit; $484.00 on the standard projects.
FeeAmount
Supplemental plan checkWhen: supplemental plan check $239.00 per hour
Re-inspectionWhen: reinspection $195.00 per hour
Emergency/after-hours inspectionWhen: after-hours inspection $295.00 each
Temporary certificate of occupancyWhen: TCO requested $626.00 each
Public Works Development Services construction permit, residentialWhen: when a Public Works construction permit is required $75.25 each

How to apply

  1. Gather your plans and your project's total value.
  2. Submit to Community Development Department, Building & Life Safety.
  3. Pay the permit and plan review fees when invoiced.
  4. Questions: (209) 937-8561

How Stockton compares

A $25,000 remodel costs $786.80 in Stockton: about 2.1 times the national median of $380.00, and the 5th lowest of 43 places we cover in California (state median $1,263.01).

A $75,000 addition costs $1,534.93 in Stockton: 87% above the national median of $820.58, and the 8th lowest of 45 places we cover in California (state median $2,473.00).

A $350,000 new home costs $5,037.26 in Stockton: 73% above the national median of $2,918.63, and the 10th lowest of 47 places we cover in California (state median $6,927.50).

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Stockton permit fee FAQ

How much is a building permit in Stockton, CA?

A $25,000 remodel: $786.80. A $75,000 addition: $1,534.93. A $350,000 new single-family: $5,037.26. These include every fee the schedule applies to that project; trade permits are separate.

Is plan review included in the Stockton permit fee?

No. Plan review is charged separately at its own fee table.

How does Stockton determine project value?

ICC Building Valuation Data table. The City of Stockton uses the most recent available ICC valuation table in assessing valuation.

When did these Stockton fees take effect?

The schedule is effective Jul 1, 2026 (“FY 2026-27 Adopted Fee Schedule, fees effective 7/1/2026”). We last checked it against the official source on Nov 4, 2026.

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