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Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Dolores, CO?

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Town of Dolores - Building Department

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Dolores, CO, issued by Town of Dolores - Building Department. The Building Department page quotes Town Code Sec. 15.04.030, "Building permits—General requirement": "The Town of Dolores is currently enforcing the 2021 International Building code and its family of codes via Ordinance #555 series 2021 approved and adopted November 8, 2021... The building code and this chapter prohibits any person, firm or corporation from erecting, constructing, enlarging, altering, repairing, improving, moving or demolishing, any building or structure without first obtaining a separate building permit for each building or structure from the Town Clerk as authorized by the town board." The Town's separate "When is a building permit required?" FAQ sheet, built around the adopted code's Section 105.1/105.2 permit and exemption language, includes a "Common questions" list stating directly: "Do I need a permit to replace my roof? a. YES." That sheet also confirms permits ARE required to move/add a wall, build a deck, sheetrock a room, or enclose a garage, and are NOT required for painting, flooring/carpet replacement, or like-for-like window replacement. To request a building permit application, the page directs applicants to call the Town at 970-882-7720 ext. 5 or email the Town; a Permit Fee Calculator is linked from the fee schedule page. The Town's own pages state no Town-level contractor license or registration requirement.

Roof code checklist: Dolores, CO

ItemAnswerCode citeSourceVerified
Permit to replace a roofYesWhen-is-a-building-permit-require...2026-07-17
Repair permit thresholdPublishedWhen-is-a-building-permit-require...2026-08-08
Layer limit / roof-overNot published
Deck & sheathingNot published
Drip edgeNot published
Ice & water shieldNot published
Mid-roof inspectionNot published
Impact-resistant (Class 4) roofingNot published
Wind design criteriaNot published
Adopted codePublishedSec. 105.1townofdolores.colorado.gov2026-07-17
Contractor license / registrationNolibrary.municode.com2026-08-03
Sales & use taxPublishedtax.colorado.gov2026-08-25

Each row comes from the sourced record on this page; full wording is in the table below. "Not published" means no official source for that item was found when the record was last verified.

Jurisdiction
Town of Dolores, Colorado
Jurisdiction type
city
Address
601 Central Avenue, Dolores, CO 81323
Contact
  • url: https://townofdolores.colorado.gov/doing-business/building-department
  • phone: 970-882-7720
Roofing permit required
Required
Contractor registration required
Not required
Permit process note
The Building Department page quotes Town Code Sec. 15.04.030, "Building permits—General requirement": "The Town of Dolores is currently enforcing the 2021 International Building code and its family of codes via Ordinance #555 series 2021 approved and adopted November 8, 2021... The building code and this chapter prohibits any person, firm or corporation from erecting, constructing, enlarging, altering, repairing, improving, moving or demolishing, any building or structure without first obtaining a separate building permit for each building or structure from the Town Clerk as authorized by the town board." The Town's separate "When is a building permit required?" FAQ sheet, built around the adopted code's Section 105.1/105.2 permit and exemption language, includes a "Common questions" list stating directly: "Do I need a permit to replace my roof? a. YES." That sheet also confirms permits ARE required to move/add a wall, build a deck, sheetrock a room, or enclose a garage, and are NOT required for painting, flooring/carpet replacement, or like-for-like window replacement. To request a building permit application, the page directs applicants to call the Town at 970-882-7720 ext. 5 or email the Town; a Permit Fee Calculator is linked from the fee schedule page. The Town's own pages state no Town-level contractor license or registration requirement.
Adopted code
"The Town of Dolores is currently enforcing the 2021 International Building code and its family of codes via Ordinance #555 series 2021 approved and adopted November 8, 2021," per Town Code Sec. 15.04.030 as quoted on the Building Department page. The Town's separate FAQ sheet reproduces ICC Section 105.1 (permit required for construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, demolition, or occupancy change) and Section 105.2 (work exempt from permit) verbatim as the basis for its permit-trigger guidance. The full ordinance text was not itself published on the Town's site; the page directs residents to call Town Hall at 970-882-7720 to request a copy.
Repair permit threshold
The Town does not set a dollar-value or size threshold that exempts roof repairs from permitting. The Town's own "When is a building permit required?" guidance sheet states directly and unconditionally, in its "Common questions" list, "Do I need a permit to replace my roof? a. YES" -- with no cost or square-footage threshold attached to that answer. The same sheet reproduces the adopted code's Section 105.2.2 "Repairs" exemption, which scopes its permit exemption for "ordinary repairs" by the type of work performed (excluding any repair that cuts into a wall or partition, or affects a structural beam, load-bearing support, or means of egress) rather than by a dollar value. No repair-cost or repair-value threshold of any kind appears anywhere in the document.
Sales & use tax
7.3% combined (state 2.9% + Town of Dolores 4% + Montezuma County Health Service District 0.4%; no general Montezuma County sales tax -- the county does not appear on DR 1002's state-collected county table, and DR 1002 states any county not listed "does not have a sales tax"; no other district applies). The January 2026 DR 1002 prints Dolores's city row at 4% and the Health Services District table prints "Montezuma County / Montezuma County Limits / 0.40%". This corrects an earlier 6.80% figure built on the 3.50% city rate printed in the June 2019 edition. The Town's own Municode-codified sales tax chapters (Sec. 3.04.060, one percent from Ord. 329, 1982; Sec. 3.06.030, an additional one and one-half percent from Ord. 376, 1990) sum to an older 2.5% local rate that the codified text has never updated, so the state publication is used as the current figure.

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The building permit authority for the Town of Dolores, Montezuma County. The Town runs its own building permit process — applications go to the Town Clerk's office rather than to Montezuma County — enforcing the 2021 International Building Code family under Ordinance #555, Series 2021. The Town's own FAQ sheet explicitly states that replacing a roof requires a permit.

Hail reports near Dolores, CO

Reports, last 24 months
2
Largest, last 24 months
1.00 in Jul 21, 2026
Most recent
Jul 21, 2026 1.00 in
Reports, last 5 years
2
2 most recent reports, last 5 years
DateHail sizeDistance
Jul 21, 20261.00 inunder 1 mi
Jul 21, 20261.00 in9 mi SSW

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database and daily storm reports (reports since the start of the current year are preliminary), within 10 miles of Dolores, CO (Census point). Data through Oct 7, 2026, not updated since. A report is an observation, not a damage record.

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Roofing questions: Dolores, CO

Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Dolores, CO?

Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Dolores, CO. The Town does not set a dollar-value or size threshold that exempts roof repairs from permitting. The Town's own "When is a building permit required?" guidance sheet states directly and unconditionally, in its "Common questions" list, "Do I need a permit to replace my roof? a. YES" -- with no cost or square-footage threshold attached to that answer. The same sheet reproduces the adopted code's Section 105.2.2 "Repairs" exemption, which scopes its permit exemption for "ordinary repairs" by the type of work performed (excluding any repair that cuts into a wall or partition, or affects a structural beam, load-bearing support, or means of egress) rather than by a dollar value. No repair-cost or repair-value threshold of any kind appears anywhere in the document.

Do roofing contractors need a license or registration in Dolores, CO?

No.

What building code does Dolores, CO use?

"The Town of Dolores is currently enforcing the 2021 International Building code and its family of codes via Ordinance #555 series 2021 approved and adopted November 8, 2021," per Town Code Sec. 15.04.030 as quoted on the Building Department page. The Town's separate FAQ sheet reproduces ICC Section 105.1 (permit required for construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, moving, demolition, or occupancy change) and Section 105.2 (work exempt from permit) verbatim as the basis for its permit-trigger guidance. The full ordinance text was not itself published on the Town's site; the page directs residents to call Town Hall at 970-882-7720 to request a copy.