Many towns and cities now make building permit files available online and at no cost. That doesn’t mean you’ll necessarily be able to understand everything in the file or that what’s online is complete. But it is a help!

Here’s the link for the city of San Jose’s site:

https://www.sjpermits.org/permits/permits/general/generalquery.asp

Online permits may be viewed in many other Silicon Valley areas too. Just do a websearch for your city or town!

Tags: building permits, disclosures, property condition

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