Administrative overview · FIPS 46035
Davison County permit authority
The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.
Jurisdictional status
County
This county profile is the primary starting point for unincorporated-area permitting.
Responsible agency
Davison County Planning and Zoning Office
For a project in or near Davison County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.
Direct contact
605-995-8615 or 605-995-8640
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Davison County Planning and Zoning Office, Davison County Courthouse, 200 E. 4th Avenue, Mitchell, SD 57301
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
N/A for an administratively approvable building permit. Work must begin within 180 days. The county's current page states that a started project must be substantially complete within two years or the permit expires and further work requires a new permit; an extension may be requested for special circumstances.
Compliance workbench
Choose the next project decision.
Apply online
Open the verified digital gateway, application form, and review timeline.
Open guide →Fees & penalties
Understand fee schedules, enforcement exposure, and stop-work liabilities.
Open guide →Codes & exemptions
Read the code framework, minor-work exemptions, and inspection lane.
Open guide →Agency website
Visit the primary public source for current notices and contact changes.
Open guide →Source trail
Official sources for this profile
Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.
Project questions
Frequently asked questions for Davison County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Davison County Planning and Zoning Office is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
How should I begin an application?
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact 605-995-8615 or 605-995-8640 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
N/A for an administratively approvable building permit. Work must begin within 180 days. The county's current page states that a started project must be substantially complete within two years or the permit expires and further work requires a new permit; an extension may be requested for special circumstances.
How are inspections scheduled?
Call Planning and Zoning at 605-995-8615 or 605-995-8640. Applications are completed through the office, where staff plots the structure in the county GIS and verifies zoning dimensions and setbacks. The ordinance authorizes reasonable-time zoning inspections after credentials and a request for entry; no public structural inspection sequence or online scheduler is published.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
N/A. The county building permit is a zoning-compliance approval, and the current county page and ordinance do not identify an adopted structural IBC or IRC edition. State-regulated electrical and plumbing work remains subject to applicable South Dakota requirements. A permit is required before pouring concrete that will support a structure, installing infrastructure, or erecting, demolishing, moving, adding to, or changing the use of a permanent structure. Concrete for a driveway or similar flatwork does not require a building permit when no structure will sit on it. No general small-shed or cosmetic-work exemption list is published. Municipalities issue permits within their limits, and Mitchell administers permits within its one-mile extraterritorial-jurisdiction district.