Deck permit checklist — Los Angeles, California
Assembled from Los Angeles’s own published permit rules. Every line below is quoted from a city document and linked to it. Nothing here is generated, estimated, or inferred from another jurisdiction.
Do you need a permit?
Los Angeles requires a permit for a deck.
When a permit is not required
No building permit is needed for platforms, walkways and driveways that rise 30 inches or less over the ground beside them and have no basement or story underneath.
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Sources
- deck — permit rules ↗verified August 2026
Other permits Los Angeles publishes rules for
Listed because the city publishes a separate rule for each type — not because this project necessarily triggers one. Whether it does depends on your scope of work.
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BuildSpec is a reference, not the authority having jurisdiction. Confirm requirements with Los Angeles before you build.