Electrical work permit checklist — Alexandria, Virginia
Assembled from Alexandria’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?
Alexandria requires a permit for electrical work.
The Virginia Construction Code (13VAC5-63-80, Section 108.2) exempts items including installation of wiring and equipment that operates at less than 50 volts, except where located in a plenum, penetrating fire-rated or smoke-protected construction, or serving listed fire protection and life-safety systems, and replacement of general-use snap switches, dimmer and control switches, 125-volt 15- or 20-ampere receptacles, luminaires and ceiling fans in Groups R-3, R-4 and R-5 and in Group R-2 where serving a single dwelling unit.
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Sources
- electrical — permit rules, electrical — fee schedule ↗verified August 2026
Other permits Alexandria 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 Alexandria before you build.