Phoenix Permit Lookup — Direct Portal Deep-Link
Phoenix PDD Permit Search is the official City of Phoenix portal for residential and commercial building permits, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and pool/solar permits. It pulls from the same database PDD plan-checkers and inspectors use. We deep-link you straight to the source of record.
Opens on apps-secure.phoenix.gov — official City of Phoenix domain.
What you can look up
PDD Permit Search supports address, permit number, and parcel APN queries. Each parcel record surfaces every permit ever pulled with applicant name, contractor name and ROC license number, valuation, and inspection results. Phoenix does an unusually good job of surfacing the contractor’s ROC (Arizona Registrar of Contractors) license number directly on the permit — cross-reference it at azroc.gov to verify license status, bond, and complaint history. The portal also exposes the project’s plan-review correction cycles, which tells you how complicated the engineering was. For pre-2010 records, paper microfilm at the PDD records counter on Washington Street still has the deepest archive.
How to read Phoenix permit codes
Phoenix permits start with a discipline prefix and a year/serial: BLDG (building), MECH (mechanical / HVAC), ELEC (electrical), PLUM (plumbing), SHED (accessory structures), POOL (swimming pools and spas), SOL (solar PV), SIGN, WALL (perimeter walls and fences over 6 feet). Phoenix uses a separate OTC (Over The Counter) permit pathway for minor work — water heater swap, HVAC replacement, re-roof — issued same-day without plan review. Status fields read as Issued, Final, Expired, or Voided. Phoenix’s expiration rules are stricter than most western cities — a permit expires after 180 days without an inspection, so an open permit older than that is technically dead and the work needs a re-issue. Inspections are coded by stage: FOOT (footing), ROUGH, FRAME, FINAL, with outcomes Approved, Corrections, or Not Ready.
Red flags to watch for
Phoenix’s top red flag is unpermitted pool work— Maricopa County’s pool barrier code is strict, and unpermitted pools (or barrier-noncompliant pools) generate code-enforcement actions and insurance complications. Search the parcel for POOL permits before believing a listing description. Second: improper roof permits on AC condenser replacements — homeowners and unlicensed handymen sometimes drop a new HVAC condenser without the MECH permit, which voids manufacturer warranties and creates a code issue. Third: open BLDG permits with multiple Corrections inspections — five corrections on a framing inspection signals either a difficult house or a contractor who didn’t read the plans. Fourth: shed and ramada permits used as ADUs— Phoenix doesn’t formally permit detached ADUs the way LA does, so contractors sometimes pull a SHED permit and run plumbing/electrical inside without a separate permit. That’s an enforcement case. Fifth: HOA-protected neighborhoods where exterior modifications need HOA approval that PDD Permit Search will never show — verify HOA records separately.
Questions LA homeowners actually ask
Phoenix PDD only covers parcels inside Phoenix city limits. Unincorporated Maricopa County uses the County Planning & Development portal at maricopa.gov. Adjacent cities — Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Glendale, Chandler, Peoria — each maintain their own permit systems. Confirm jurisdiction by parcel before searching.
AskBaily does not scrape Phoenix PDD
We have no Phoenix PDD database mirror, no scraped permit cache. The deep-link above is the entire integration — the homeowner reads the City of Phoenix record on the City of Phoenix system. That is the only way to know what is actually on file.
Last reviewed 2026-04-24.