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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Shouldn't it be the property owner's responsibilty to have a permit? I know the contractor can get the permit, but, it seems as though the ultimate responsibility is with the property owner to ensure the work has been properly permitted. Also, if the county needs to inspect the work, payment should not be have been made until it passed the inspection.
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It's the property owner's responsibility to ensure that all the permits are in place. But that doesn't mean the property owner has to be the ones to acquire the permits. Usually contractors handle whatever permits apply to the scope of the work they're contracted to do on the owner's behalf, and the costs of the permits are built into the contract.
Sometimes they're not acquired by the contractor, and sometimes - a contractor will claim he's getting it, and not get it. That's why it's ultimately up to the owner to make sure SOMEONE gets those permits before the work starts.