Electrical work permit checklist — St. Louis, Missouri
Assembled from St. Louis’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?
St. Louis requires a permit for electrical work.
Ordinance 70802, which adopts the 2017 National Electrical Code for the City of Saint Louis, does not require an electrical permit for minor repairs, defined as: replacement of a convenience outlet, except where the existing outlet is of the ungrounded type when replaced with grounding type that requires new wiring to provide grounding connection, with replacement units having the same current carrying capacity as the existing outlet; a light switch with the same current carrying capacity as the existing switch; a light socket and holder; a light fixture, one maximum, installed on the same outlet box and having the same current rating; and, within a dwelling unit, a fan, blower, pump, or other fractional horsepower motors of the same horsepower rating and having the same electrical characteristics and current rating as the existing, limited to 240 volts. The ordinance separately excepts minor repair work including the replacement of lamps, fuses, or breakers up to 60 amps.
Loading the full checklist…
Sources
- electrical — permit rules ↗verified August 2026
Other permits St. Louis 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.
- Deck permit checklist
- Fence permit checklist
- Shed permit checklist
- Water heater permit checklist
- Re-roof permit checklist
- Retaining wall permit checklist
- General building work permit checklist
BuildSpec is a reference, not the authority having jurisdiction. Confirm requirements with St. Louis before you build.