All fees paid to the City of Saint Louis for building permits are non-refundable.
Only the application fee is payable at the time the building permit application is filed. The permit fee will be required when final approvals have been received and the building permit is ready to be issued by the Building Division - Permit Section. The application fee and the permit fee may be paid by cash, check, or money order only, made payable to the City of Saint Louis. The Permit Section will be glad to provide details about the cost of the building permit for your proposed project. It should be noted that all information concerning building permit cost is based upon the application and permit fee schedules in place at the time of this publication.