Free permit lookup and monitoring
What is the status of your permit?
Don't let a missed follow-up stall your permit. Check its status, then turn on free daily monitoring and reminders when it's time to follow up.
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 noiseGet updates when the public record changes and reminders when it's time to follow up.
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, updates when the record changes, and reminders when it's time to follow up.