Free permit lookup and monitoring
What is the status of your permit?
See what is happening now, then turn on free monitoring for meaningful changes and eligible follow-up reminders.
Check your permit for free
Understand your permit status
Build Eastside supports Bellevue, Kirkland, and Seattle. Bellevue and Kirkland results come from public MyBuildingPermit records; Seattle results come from the city’s official permit datasets. Learn how to read the public record.
Independent public-record lookup. Build Eastside is not affiliated with MyBuildingPermit or any government agency. The official city record controls.
- No account requiredSee the current public record before deciding whether to sign up.
- Free daily monitoringActive permits are checked daily, and monitoring ends when the permit is issued.
- Useful emails, not daily noiseEmails are sent only for meaningful public-record changes or eligible follow-up reminders.
What happens next
Get the answer first. Decide about monitoring second.
- 01Check the public record
We retrieve the status and available review activity published by the jurisdiction.
- 02See who may need to act
The dashboard turns the record into clear next steps when the source data supports it.
- 03Monitor it for free
Create a free account for daily checks until issuance. Emails are limited to meaningful changes and eligible follow-up reminders.