Electrical Permit Exemption List
An electrical permit shall not be required for the following:
- Portable motors or other portable appliances energized by means of a cord or cable having an attachment plug end to be connected to an approved receptacle when that cord or cable is permitted by the Electrical Code.
- Repair or replacement of fixed motors, transformers or fixed approved appliances of the same type and rating in the same location.
- Temporary decorative lighting.
- Repair or replacement of current-carrying parts of any switch, contactor or control device.
- Reinstallation of attachment plug receptacles, but not the outlets therefore.
- Repair or replacement of any overcurrent device of the required capacity in the same location.
- Repair or replacement of electrodes or transformers of the same size and capacity for signs or gas tube systems.
- Taping joints.
- Removal of electrical wiring.
- Temporary wiring for experimental purposes in suitable experimental laboratories.
- The wiring for temporary theater, motion picture or television stage sets.
- Electrical wiring, devices, appliances, apparatus or equipment operation at less than 25 volts and not capable of supplying more than 50 watts of energy.
- Low-energy power, control and signal circuits of Class II and Class III as defined in the Electrical Code.
- A permit shall not be required for the installation, alteration or repair of electrical wiring, apparatus or equipment or the generation, transmission, distribution or metering of electrical energy or in the operation of signals or the transmission of intelligence by a public or private utility in the exercise of its function as a serving utility.
