Administrative overview · FIPS 56043
Washakie 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
State Fallback
This profile identifies a handoff outside the county’s ordinary structural permitting lane.
Required jurisdiction check
Confirm the controlling local or state authority before filing.
The record is marked State Fallback. That means the county profile should be treated as a routing brief: incorporated municipalities, a state building department, or a state fire marshal may control plan review, permits, and inspections. Contact the named agency below and verify the parcel’s jurisdiction before paying a fee or scheduling field work.
Responsible agency
Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety
For a project in or near Washakie 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
307-777-7288; state plan review: 307-673-1461; Washakie County Planning Office: 307-347-6778
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Wyoming Department of Fire Prevention and Electrical Safety, 320 West 25th Street, 3rd Floor, Cheyenne, WY 82002; local Planning Office: 1001 Big Horn Avenue, Worland, WY 82401
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
The State accepts or rejects a plan-review submission within five business days. Review of a complete accepted submission is completed within 21 business days; after requested additional information is received, review is completed within ten business days or the original 21-business-day period, whichever is greater.
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 Washakie County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
This record is marked State Fallback. Confirm whether a city, state agency, or other local authority controls the parcel before filing.
How should I begin an application?
Begin with the online permit gateway listed in the application guide. If the portal does not recognize the address or project type, contact 307-777-7288; state plan review: 307-673-1461; Washakie County Planning Office: 307-347-6778.
How long might review take?
The State accepts or rejects a plan-review submission within five business days. Review of a complete accepted submission is completed within 21 business days; after requested additional information is received, review is completed within ten business days or the original 21-business-day period, whichever is greater.
How are inspections scheduled?
State-reviewed projects receive construction-stage fire and life-safety inspections; contact Washakie County's assigned state fire inspector, Jason Brost, at 307-431-1976. For a guaranteed state electrical inspection, obtain the wiring permit and contact assigned electrical inspector Patrick Street at 307-421-0437. Coordinate any County planning, subdivision or septic site review with the Washakie County Planning Office at 307-347-6778.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
For state-regulated construction, Wyoming enforces the 2024 International Fire Code, 2024 International Building Code, 2024 International Fuel Gas Code, 2024 International Mechanical Code and 2024 International Existing Building Code; the 2026 National Electrical Code is effective July 1, 2026. Washakie County's accessible Planning materials publish subdivision/development and small-wastewater administration but do not establish a general County structural building code or inspection program; the City of Worland separately enforces its municipal codes inside city limits. State Fire Marshal plan review is limited to listed project classes: government-owned or leased buildings, schools, public-access buildings over 5,000 square feet, child-care centers for more than ten children, multistory buildings, assembly occupancies, qualifying alterations or changes of occupancy, fire-protection systems, alternative-energy installations, certain tanks and dispensing facilities, commercial kitchen hoods, spray finishing, and RV/camp/mobile-home park site plans. Ordinary private one- and two-family construction that does not meet a listed trigger is outside that state fire/life-safety plan-review list, but state electrical permits and Washakie County subdivision, floodplain, access and septic requirements may still apply.