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State Emergency Rule suspending the Washington Wildland Urban Interface Code

November 2021 Flood Damage Emergency Permits
Due to the November 2021 flood, we understand that one or more of your buildings may have suffered damage or required repairs.
Skagit County has waived the fees for these emergency flood permits.
More information: No Cost Flood Damage Application

Contact Us

General questions:
PDS@co.skagit.wa.us or reception line, 360-416-1320.

Specific questions:
PDS Staff Directory

Physical and Mailing Address
1800 Continental Place
Mount Vernon WA 98273

Reception Counter
M-F: 8:00am – 4:30pm
Phone: 360-416-1320

Permit Counter
M-W, F: 8:00am – 3:30pm
Th: 9:00am – 3:30pm

Inspection Line
360-416-1330

Payments (by phone)
M-W, F: 8:00am – 3:30pm
Th: 9:00am – 3:30pm

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UPDATE: SUBMIT APPLICATIONS ONLINE

Starting February 7^th, 2022, customers will now be able to send larger files through our GovService portal with confidence that their application has been received. Applications sent to PDS email will be accepted until end of day February 14th, 2022. After that date, customers will be directed to the online portal. For more information, review the Application Submittals section in General Information.

General Information

Questions about creating/managing an online account? Instructions

Please review our Electronic Document Submittal Guidelines for more PDF formatting information.

We will review the applications in the order they come in. Please make sure you have a complete application or appeal, otherwise it will not be processed. You will be contacted by our department for payment if the application is deemed complete or you will be given a list of additional items required for completeness. At this time, we can only process payments by credit card over the phone (new online service coming soon!). An application will not be deemed complete without receipt of payment. Staff review will not occur until payment is paid.