# Bay County, FL Permit Search: Building Permit Lookup | Permit Press Look up Bay County, FL building permits: the official portal, Panama City permits and office contacts. Not yet in the Permit Press live feed. Source: https://permit.press/permit-search/bay-county-fl Bay County Building Safety Division issues building permits for unincorporated Bay County. Panama City issues its own permits inside city limits. This guide links each official permit search and explains how to look up a record. Place: Bay County, Florida (FL). Not yet in the Permit Press live feed. Guide reviewed 2026-10-19. Permit Press is an independent research service, not a government website. ## Who issues permits - Bay County Building Safety Division: unincorporated Bay County (850-248-8350) - City of Panama City: inside city limits ## Official sources - [Bay County Portal permit search](https://portal.baycountyfl.gov/Permit/Locator): Apply for building permits and search active permits; the county posts a PDF guide to the search. - [Bay County Building Safety Division](https://www.baycountyfl.gov/155/Permits): Office page. Phone 850-248-8350. - [Bay County Portal home](https://portal.baycountyfl.gov/): Online permit application and tracking. - [Public records / lien search request](https://baycountyfl.justfoia.com/publicportal/home/newrequest): Linked from the Building Safety permits page. ## How to search permits 1. Find the permitting authority: Check whether the address is inside Panama City, which issues its own permits. Otherwise the permit belongs to Bay County Building Safety Division. 2. Open the official permit search: Open Bay County Portal permit search. Apply for building permits and search active permits; the county posts a PDF guide to the search. 3. Search by address or permit number: Search with the street address or the permit number where the portal offers those fields, then open the record for its status, inspections and documents. 4. Ask the office about older records: If a permit is missing online, ask Bay County Building Safety Division (850-248-8350) how to request it. Older permits are not always in online systems. ## Municipalities - City of Panama City: Building Services Division (Development Services), 501 Harrison Ave., 850-872-3025; apply and schedule inspections in Cloudpermit. [Permit portal](https://us.cloudpermit.com/gov/login?go=%2Fgov%2Fdashboard) ## Good to know - Building Safety is open Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m., with walk-in permit technicians and no appointment needed. ([source](https://www.baycountyfl.gov/155/Permits)) - Public records and lien search requests go through the county's JustFOIA portal. ([source](https://www.baycountyfl.gov/155/Permits)) - The county posts annual and monthly building permit reports on its permits page. ([source](https://www.baycountyfl.gov/155/Permits)) ## Questions ### How do I search building permits in Bay County, Florida? Use Bay County Portal permit search at https://portal.baycountyfl.gov/Permit/Locator. Apply for building permits and search active permits; the county posts a PDF guide to the search. For an address inside a city that issues its own permits, use that city's portal instead. ### Who issues building permits in Bay County? Bay County Building Safety Division issues permits for unincorporated Bay County. City of Panama City issues its own permits inside city limits. ### What is the phone number for the Bay County building department? Bay County Building Safety Division: 850-248-8350, 840 W 11th Street, Panama City, FL 32401. Listed on the office's website when this guide was reviewed on 2026-10-19. ### Does Panama City issue its own building permits? Yes. City of Panama City issues building permits inside its city limits. Building Services Division (Development Services), 501 Harrison Ave., 850-872-3025; apply and schedule inspections in Cloudpermit. Start at https://us.cloudpermit.com/gov/login?go=%2Fgov%2Fdashboard (Cloudpermit). ### Is Bay County in the Permit Press live feed? Not yet. Permit Press does not collect Bay County permit records today, so this guide points to the official sources. You can ask to be notified when Bay County is added. ### Is Permit Press the official Bay County permit website? No. Permit Press at permit.press is an independent public-record research service. 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