Permits & licenses in Nashville–Davidson County.
Nashville–Davidson County sits inside Tennessee's two-layer arrangement: the State Fire Marshal's Office holds building code plans review and inspection everywhere it has not delegated them, and here it has — the local codes department issues the permit and runs the inspections. State-owned buildings, schools and licensed daycare facilities stay with the state either way.
- City and county are consolidated; Codes and Building Safety issues building and trade permits, inspects properties, and licenses building and trade contractors, through the ePermits system.
- Six satellite cities keep their own counters inside the county outline. In Goodlettsville the city's Building and Codes Department issues the building permit and performs the building and fire inspections, while plumbing, gas/mechanical and electrical permits still come from Metro Codes.
- Nashville/Davidson County is an exempt jurisdiction under the State Fire Marshal's Office; state-owned buildings, educational facilities and licensed daycare facilities remain with the state.
Talk to a permit specialist — for your Nashville–Davidson County project.
city & county seat: Nashville
Nashville–Davidson County · drawn from Census boundaries
What we clear here
- Building permits — new construction, fit-outs, renovations
- Trade permits — electrical, plumbing, gas, mechanical
- Use & occupancy and the inspections behind it
- Business & contractor licensing
- Signs, site work, and right-of-way
How it moves
Your package is reviewed against the current Nashville–Davidson County submission requirements before it's filed — forms, editions, scales, signatures. Then it's tracked in the queue and carried through comments. A resubmittal means the back of the line; the pre-filing review is there to help keep you out of it. The habit comes from volume: the team has processed 400+ permits annually across Maryland, D.C., and Virginia counters.
Straight answers
Who issues building permits in Nashville–Davidson County?
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County Department of Codes and Building Safety — with the trade, health, and fire reviews that attach depending on the project.
Does DaKa work in Nashville–Davidson County?
Yes — Nashville–Davidson County is one of the Tennessee markets we serve. Call (240) 344-5075, or send the project over, and we'll lay out your project's permits and licenses, in order, with what each review will take.
Talk to a permit specialist
Ten minutes on your project. You leave knowing the approvals it needs, in what order, and what each review will take. Or send the address, scope, and plans and we start from there.