Oven Permit
Registered electrical contractors who wish to a new outlet or circuit must be installed to serve the needs of a new or repaired appliance within a home or a business must apply for an electrical permit. Some types of security lighting may also require an electrical permit. .
Electrical permits may only be issued to registered electrical contractors or appliance installers.
Electrical contractors or appliance installers seeking a permit should be prepared to provide:
- A copy of their state license if they need to register before submitting an application for an electrical permit, and
- A completed copy of CE-1057 Electrical Building Permit Application.
To apply for an electrical permit online, please have your registered electrical contractor or appliance installer:
- Log in or register for an iPermits account
- Complete an electrical permit application in the iPermits portal,
- Pay any applicable fees associated with the application, and
- Print the permit.
Please have your registered electrical contractor or appliance installer submit a completed copy of the CE-1057 Electrical Building Permit Application to our main office located at 1002 Washington Avenue, Houston, Texas 77002.
To apply for an electrical permit by fax, please have your registered electrical contractor or appliance installer send a completed copy of the CE-1057 Electrical Building Permit Application 832.395.9601.
Please note that an SR account/APA is required to request a permit by fax.
Please note that large scale commercial projects may require plan review before approval.
NOTE: The submittal, review and approval of plans may be required for some types of projects. Please contact the Plan Review group at 832.394.8810 or [email protected] or [email protected] for more information
All plans must be submitted electronically. To submit your plans for review, follow these steps:
- Log in or register for an iPermits account.
- Complete a permit application in the iPermits portal.
- Pay any applicable fees associated with the application.
- After permit fees have been paid, you will receive an invitation to upload plans into ProjectDox.
- Upload all required documents and drawings to ProjectDox.
- Mark the assigned task "complete" to finalize your plan submission.
For a complete and detail list of steps, please refer to the EPR User guides at https://www.houstonpermittingcenter.org/our-services/eservices.
Please keep a copy of the permit and the approved copy of the plans (if applicable) on-site for inspection. If corrections are required, you will need to reschedule the inspection.
To schedule inspections, contact the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System at 713-222-9922.
Please follow the prompts and have the project number and your scheduling PIN readily available.
To schedule an inspection online:
1. Access our scheduling website through the link below.
2. Enter the appropriate project number into the field and click the Submit button.
3. Select the appropriate permit type from the drop-down box and click the Submit button.
4. Click on the "Request" link.
5. Select the type of inspection(s) that you wish to schedule by clicking on the text box besides it/them.
6. Enter your license number (digits only) and scheduling PIN number and click the Submit button.
In order to schedule an inspection, both the electrical master and contractor's licenses registrations must be in good standing.
Inspections that repeatedly fail may be charged a re-inspection fee in addition to an admin fee.
Prior to scheduling an inspection, please make sure that the permit is not inactive and that all holds (if any) have been approved.
Applicants may now sign up for email or text notifications via our Inspections Notification System.
To obtain information about the inspector assigned to your project, please call our section at 832.394.8860 between 7:15 am and 8 am on the date of the inspection.