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Permit records in San Mateo County, CA

20 permitting authorities are cataloged in San Mateo County. PermitProof searches 10 of them automatically against the official source; each of those has its own page, linked below. The other 10 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.

No separate unincorporated county authority is cataloged for San Mateo County yet; the cities below 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.

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Every permitting authority in San Mateo County

Belmont

Login wall

This jurisdiction's permit portal requires an account and sign-in before any records can be searched, so PermitProof cannot search it for you.

The catalog records the portal as eTRAKiT. When the source was researched, the permit search redirected to a mandatory public login on every path tried, both by direct link and through the site menu, with no guest search available - unlike most other eTRAKiT installations on the same hosting service.

Official source

Brisbane

Official source linked

The catalog records the portal as a Clariti Permit Portal running on Salesforce, with a public address search that does not require a login, but it is not a platform PermitProof's automated search supports. The platform was identified from the landing page only, without a live address search.

Official website

Burlingame

Login wall

This jurisdiction's permit portal requires an account and sign-in before any records can be searched, so PermitProof cannot search it for you.

The catalog records the portal as eTRAKiT, moved from its earlier host to CentralSquare's csqrcloud platform; the old address no longer responds. At the last check recorded in the catalog, the new host was reachable but placed a login in front of the search, the same combination recorded for several other cities on that platform.

Official source

Colma

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, no online search portal was found; the catalog records the town's building services page as describing phone, email, and in-person contact only.

Records requests by email: citymanager@colma.ca.gov — as published on the jurisdiction’s own page.

Records or permit counter: (650) 997-8300.

Department page: https://www.colma.ca.gov/departments/building/

East Palo Alto

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 only online system found was the city's NextRequest public records request system, which is linked below; no live permit search interface was identified.

Records requests go through the records-request page the jurisdiction publishes.

Records requests by email: cityclerk@cityofepa.org — as published on the jurisdiction’s own page.

Records or permit counter: 650.853.3100.

Department page: https://www.cityofepa.org/building

Half Moon Bay

Official source linked

The catalog records the portal as Cloudpermit, which is not a platform PermitProof's automated search currently supports. The platform was identified from the landing page only, without a live address search.

Official website

Millbrae

Official source linked

The catalog records the portal as eProcess360, which is not a platform PermitProof's automated search currently supports. The platform was identified from the landing page only, without a live address search.

Official website

Pacifica

No online source recorded

When the source was researched, the city's website referred repeatedly to an online permit portal, but the catalog could not identify the software behind it in that pass and records no portal address for it.

Portola Valley

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, no searchable permit database was found for the town; the catalog records the town's own site as describing email and in-person permit applications only.

Records requests go through the records-request page the jurisdiction publishes.

Records requests by email: pvtownclerk@portolavalley.net — as published on the jurisdiction’s own page.

Department page: https://www.portolavalley.net/departments/planning-building-department

San Bruno

No online source recorded

The catalog records the city's primary permit system, as of July 2024, as MGO Connect (MyGovernmentOnline), which is not a platform PermitProof's automated search supports. An older eTRAKiT site also still loads but, when researched, appeared to hold only historical records; the catalog does not record which of the two is the live source.

What the tags mean

Login wall · 2
This jurisdiction's permit portal requires an account and sign-in before any records can be searched, so PermitProof cannot search it for you.
Records request · 3
This jurisdiction does not publish permit records online. They have to be requested from the city or county directly, usually by phone or email.
Official source linked · 3
PermitProof does not have an automated search for this jurisdiction yet. The catalog records an official source link, shown beside the name.
No online source recorded · 2
PermitProof does not have an automated search for this jurisdiction yet. The catalog does not yet hold an online source link for this jurisdiction.

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