Applications

Applications should be filed using the city's online ePermits system. For those choosing to submit hard copies, use the PDF below.

• Electrical Permit Application
• Deephaven & Woodland Electrical Permit Application

Fees

• Permit Fees

Required solar form and checklist

• Residential Solar Electric System
• Solar PV Inspections Checklist

Other resources

• 2020 NEC labeling requirements
• Fact sheet: Solar photovoltaic (SV) systems and the state building code
• Fact sheet: Solar photovoltaic (SV) systems and the 2020 Minnesota residential code

The Board of Electricity has adopted the 2023 National Electrical Code (NEC) with an effective date of July 1, 2023. Therefore:

Electrical permits filed before July 1, 2023, must comply with the 2020 NEC.

• 2020 Electrical inspection checklist for one-family dwellings

Electrical permits filed on or after July 1, 2023, must comply with the 2023 NEC.

• 2023 Electrical inspection checklist for one-family dwellings
• 2023 National Electric Code changes

Only a licensed, bonded and insured electrical contractor, and its employees, may perform electrical work on commercial buildings, apartments, condominiums and some townhomes. 

In specific cases where electrical work may be performed by a homeowner, the homeowner may apply for the electrical permit. In signing and submitting a permit application, a homeowner acknowledges that they own and occupy the home where work will be conducted, and they will personally and physically will perform all of the electrical work, including the lay out of that work.

Generally, the State of Minnesota requires that all electrical work must be performed by licensed, bonded and insured electrical contractors and their employees.

In specific cases, and within strict limitations, electrical work may be performed by a homeowner on the property they have homesteaded. An owner may not do electrical work in condominiums, apartments, mobile homes, recreational vehicles or a portion of a building that is rented, leased or occupied by others.

Electrical work may require a variety of inspections:

• A “rough-In” inspection must be conducted before insulation, sheet-rock, paneling or other material covers any wiring. Except for final connection to switches, receptacles and lighting fixtures, all ground wires and other wires in boxes must be spliced and pigtailed prior to the rough-in inspection. Underground wiring must be inspected before a trench is backfilled. If wiring is concealed in any manner prior to the rough-in inspection, the person responsible for concealing the wiring is also responsible for any cost associated with uncovering the wiring and for any cost associated with replacing the covering materials.
• A “final” inspection is required when electrical work is completed and prior to use or the space becoming occupied.
• It is the responsibility of the electrical permit applicant to schedule all required inspections with the building inspections division.
• It is the responsibility of the electrical permit applicant to provide accessibility to the structure being inspected.