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title: "How YesPermit Works: From Your Project to an Approved Permit"
description: "How YesPermit prepares your building permit: you describe the project, we research your city’s rules, draw the plans, prepare the forms, then revise until approved."
url: https://yespermit.com/how-it-works/
updated: 2026-10-13
language: en-US
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# How it works

You tell us what you want to build. We turn your city’s rules into a permit file you can submit.

All-in, until approved Save $100

$399 $499

Fall 2026 launch price, valid through November 30, 2026. One payment, taxes included.

[Get my permit · $399](https://yespermit.com/all-in/)

**Approved or your money back** Full refund if the city refuses your permit for a written requirement we should have caught. [Read the conditions](https://yespermit.com/guarantee/)

Prefer to handle the city yourself? [Permit Kit only, $349](https://yespermit.com/permit-kit/)

## The four steps

1. **Order and tell us about the project.** Pay once, then answer a five-minute form: the address, what you are building, rough dimensions, HOA or not, and a few photos if you have them.
2. **We research your city’s rules.** Our permit team finds the rules that apply at your address and cites each one with its link and the date we checked it.
3. **You receive a ready-to-file permit file.** Site plan, dimensioned drawings, the documents list, the filled-in form, where to file it and the published fee.
4. **You file. We handle the comments.** With All-in, we review the file before you submit, then revise it after each comment from the city until it is approved.

## What you receive

A complete file, not a generic checklist.

Illustration of what your permit file contains. Your own file is prepared for your address.

- **Your city’s rule, researched for your address**: The code section that applies, with its link and the date we checked it.
- **A site plan**: Your lot, the house, the project and its distances to your property lines.
- **Dimensioned drawings of the project**: Prepared for the permit application.
- **The documents list**: Everything your city asks for, in one checklist.
- **The form, filled in, and where to file it**: Online portal or counter, with the address and the steps.
- **The published fee**: From your city’s own fee schedule, with the link.
- **An HOA request template**: If your home is in a homeowners association, its approval is separate from the city’s.

[Get my permit · $399](https://yespermit.com/all-in/)

## What we do not do

So you know exactly where we stop.

- We are not architects, engineers or attorneys, and we do not make structural calculations.
- We do not decide on your permit: the city or county does.
- We do not pay the city’s fees for you: they are paid to the city.
- We do not build: you, or the contractor you hire, do.

## Common questions

### Who submits the application?

In most places the homeowner files the application, online or at the counter. Your file tells you exactly where and how your city takes applications, and everything is ready to send.

### Are you architects, engineers or lawyers?

No. YesPermit prepares permit applications: research of the rules, site plan, drawings for permit submission, forms. We do not do structural calculations and we do not give legal advice. When your city or your project requires a licensed architect or engineer, we tell you before we start.

### What if my project needs an engineer?

Some do, for example decks and structures in high-wind or heavy-snow areas, or tall retaining walls. If your city requires stamped drawings for your project, we tell you at the start. If we cannot prepare your file, you are refunded in full.

### What do you need from me?

The project address, what you want to build and roughly how big, whether the home is in an HOA, and photos of the spot if you can. If your city needs a survey or a document only you can get, we tell you which one.

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Source page: https://yespermit.com/how-it-works/ · YesPermit, sold by LACANGEL GROUP SAS, 1 rue Marguerin, 75014 Paris, France. Prices in US dollars, taxes included. YesPermit prepares permit applications; it is not an architect, engineer or law firm, and the city or county decides on every permit. Site summary for AI assistants: https://yespermit.com/llms.txt