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Permit records in Mendocino County, CA

5 permitting authorities are cataloged in Mendocino County. PermitProof searches 2 of them automatically against the official source; each of those has its own page, linked below. The other 3 are listed here with what the catalog records for each: the reason no automated search runs, what was found when the source was researched, the official source where one is recorded, and the records-request route where one has been verified.

Unincorporated areas of the county are permitted by County of Mendocino, not by the city whose name a mailing address carries. Incorporated cities each file with their own authority.

Where a search cannot establish something, the report says so in that row - it never fills a field in, and it never reports “no permits found” without certified evidence.

Every permitting authority in Mendocino County

Fort Bragg

No certifiable search

This jurisdiction's permit portal is online, but no certifiable permit search could be established against what it returns.

The catalog records the linked source as an Accela Citizen Access portal that the city announced as new. When it was checked in late July 2026, the portal was public and required no login, but a Building search across an eleven-year date range returned no records, the record-type list had no options, and the property index still held vendor demo data, which the catalog reads as an unfinished rollout rather than a block. The catalog also records that Mendocino County's eTRAKiT portal carries addresses inside the city.

Official source

Point Arena

Records request

This jurisdiction does not publish permit records online. They have to be requested from the city or county directly, usually by phone or email.

When the source was researched, the City of Point Arena was recorded as routing permit applicants through City Hall and then into the Mendocino County process; no online permit search portal was found for the city.

Address published by the jurisdiction: admin@pointarena.ca.gov — as published on the jurisdiction’s own page.

Read this before sending: the city's own planning page states that building permits are secured with the County of Mendocino rather than with the city. Ask Mendocino County Planning and Building first; use this city address for zoning and planning-side records.

Phone published by the jurisdiction: 707-882-2122.

Department page: https://pointarena.ca.gov/government/departments/planning-permitting/

Willits

Official source linked

The catalog records the linked source as an iWorQ citizen portal, identified from its landing page on a triage pass and not checked against a real address or permit record; iWorQ is not a portal family PermitProof's automated search currently supports.

Official website

What the tags mean

Records request · 1
This jurisdiction does not publish permit records online. They have to be requested from the city or county directly, usually by phone or email.
No certifiable search · 1
This jurisdiction's permit portal is online, but no certifiable permit search could be established against what it returns.
Official source linked · 1
PermitProof does not have an automated search for this jurisdiction yet. The catalog records an official source link, shown beside the name.

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