Permitting Authorities / Rogers County Building Safety & Inspection Services (Planning Commission)
Do you need a permit to replace a roof in Rogers County, OK?
Adopted codeRogers County Building Safety & Inspection Services (Planning Commission)
The permitting authority for unincorporated Rogers County, Oklahoma. The Building Safety & Inspection Services division of the Rogers County Planning Commission issues building permits and performs plan reviews and inspections for structural, electrical, plumbing, and mechanical work countywide, and jointly administers building code and licensing standards with the City of Claremore under the City of Claremore-Rogers County Metropolitan Area Planning Commission.
Jurisdiction
Rogers County, Oklahoma
Jurisdiction type
county
Address
200 S. Lynn Riggs Blvd, Claremore, OK 74017
Contact
- url: https://www.rogerscounty.org/195/Building-Code-Enforcement
- phone: 918-923-4874
- email: [email protected]
Permit portal
Permit process note
Rogers County's FAQ "Do I need a building permit?" states: "Building permits are required for all areas of Rogers County for residential and commercial permanent structures." Appendix G (Building Codes, Licensing & Responsibilities) to the City of Claremore-Rogers County Metropolitan Zoning Ordinance states, under "Permit Required": "Any owner or authorized agent who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, demolish or change the occupancy of a building or structure, or to erect, install, enlarge, alter, repair, remove, convert or replace any electrical, gas, mechanical or plumbing system, the installation of which is regulated by this ordinance, or to cause any such work to be done, shall first make application to the City/County building office and obtain the required permit," noting "Some work maybe exempt for the building permit as provided by adopted code." Applications are submitted through the county's GovWell permit portal. The Building & Code Enforcement page lists Randy Jones as Deputy Director of Building Safety & Inspection Services.
Inspection requirements
Appendix G states, under "Inspection Required": "Work shall not be done beyond the point indicated in each successive inspection within the adopted code without first obtaining the approval of the building official. The building official, upon notification, shall make the requested inspections and shall either indicate the portion of the construction that is satisfactory as completed, or shall notify the permit holder or an agent of the permit holder wherein the same fails to comply with this code. Any portions that do not comply shall be corrected and such portion shall not be covered or concealed until authorized by the building official."
Adopted code
Appendix G (Building Codes, Licensing & Responsibilities) to the City of Claremore-Rogers County Metropolitan Zoning Ordinance, dated 01/02/2016, adopts jointly for Rogers County and the City of Claremore: International Residential Code, 2009 Edition; International Building Code, 2015 Edition; International Existing Building Code, 2015 Edition; International Mechanical Code, 2015 Edition; International Plumbing Code, 2015 Edition; International Fuel Gas Code, 2015 Edition; National Electric Code, 2014 Edition; and International Fire Code, 2015 Edition — each "or the latest edition thereof adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission."
Drip edge
Required — Drip edge is required at eaves and rake edges of shingle roofs (IRC R905.2.8.5). Oklahoma's operative text is the OUBCC 2018 IRC Permanent Rule -- "the statewide minimum code for residential building construction for one- and two-family dwellings and townhouses in Oklahoma pursuant to 59 O.S. Sec. 1000.23" -- whose amended R905.2.8.5 requires a drip edge at eaves and rake edges (with a shingle-mold exception). The joint City of Claremore-Rogers County Metropolitan Zoning Ordinance, Appendix G (adopts the IRC 2009 'or the latest revision thereof adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission' — currently the 2018 edition per the county's own FAQ), read in full, does not alter R905.2.8.5, so the state-minimum requirement stands. About drip edge
Impact-resistant roofing
Not required — Appendix G (Building Codes, Licensing & Responsibilities) to the City of Claremore-Rogers County Metropolitan Zoning Ordinance, dated 01/02/2016, read in full (11 pages, Sections G01 through G05). Section G01.A adopts the International Residential Code, 2009 Edition, jointly for Rogers County and the City of Claremore, "or the latest revision thereof adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission," with exactly two locally added amendment items: (a) Section 506.2.3 Vapor retarder -- accepted vapor barrier for Rogers County specifically -- and (b) Pole Barn Homes. Neither item touches Chapter 9 (Roof Assemblies), and no other section of Appendix G addresses roof coverings, fire classification, or impact resistance. No UL 2218, Class 4, or impact-resistance provision appears anywhere in the 11-page document. The Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission's own IRC 2009 Permanent Rule (OAC Title 748, Chapter 20, Subchapter 5, Sections 748:20-5-1 through 748:20-5-23, effective 7-15-11) -- the state rule matching the IRC edition actually named in Appendix G -- corroborates this: it amends IRC 2009 Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 15, 24, 25 through 31, 34, and 40 by section number but contains no amendment section for Chapter 9, so Chapter 9 (Roof Assemblies) is adopted without modification under the Commission's own catch-all provision at 748:20-5-4, and it likewise contains zero UL 2218, Class 4, or hail provisions.
Roof layer limit / recover
Oklahoma's operative residential code is the OUBCC 2018 IRC Permanent Rule (effective 9-14-22), whose amended R908.3.1.1 Roof re-cover states: "A roof re-cover shall not be permitted where any of the following conditions occur: (1) Where the existing roof or roof covering is water soaked or has deteriorated to the point that the existing roof or roof covering is not adequate as a base for additional roofing[;] (2) Where the existing roof covering is slate, clay, cement or asbestos-cement tile[;] (3) Where the existing roof has two or more applications of any type of roof covering[; and] (4) Where the existing roof has one or more application of asphalt shingles[,] additional applications of asphalt shingles shall not be permitted." Condition 4 -- added by the OUBCC amendment -- is a de facto one-layer cap on asphalt-shingle re-roofs statewide. The joint City of Claremore-Rogers County Metropolitan Zoning Ordinance, Appendix G (adopts the IRC 2009 edition "or the latest revision thereof adopted by the Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission" -- currently the 2018 edition per the county's own FAQ), read in full, does not amend R908.3.1.1, so this state-amended rule stands unmodified for unincorporated Rogers County.
Deck & sheathing requirements
The OUBCC 2018 IRC Permanent Rule (effective 9-14-22) amends R905.2.1 Sheathing requirements to read: "Asphalt shingles shall be fastened to solidly sheathed decks. Solidly sheathed decks shall be defined as sawn lumber boards or structural panels that provide a solid holding power for fasteners that do not have deficit conditions (gaps greater than those allowed by the roof covering manufacturer's installation instructions, warped, split, cracked, deteriorated or rotten boards)." The identical "solidly sheathed" definition is added in parallel to the deck-requirement sections for other coverings (concrete/clay tile at R905.3.1, metal shingles at R905.4.1, roll roofing at R905.5.1, slate at R905.6.2, wood shingles/shakes at R905.7.1/R905.8.1). Appendix G, read in full, does not amend R905.2.1, so this state-amended definition stands unmodified for unincorporated Rogers County.
Sales & use tax
Unincorporated Rogers County combined rate is 6% (state 4.5% + Rogers County 1.50%). Incorporated cities within the county (Claremore, and parts of Owasso and Catoosa) each add their own city rate on top of this county-plus-state figure -- see those cities' own records; this value covers unincorporated county land and the county-tax component only. Oklahoma taxes roofing contractors as consumers/users: they pay sales tax on materials, supplies, and equipment at the point of purchase from the vendor, and do not separately charge the homeowner sales tax on labor or the finished job (Oklahoma Tax Commission Rule OAC 710:65-7-13(a): "Contractors are defined by statute as consumer/users and must pay sales tax on all taxable services and tangible personal property, including materials, supplies, and equipment purchased to develop, repair, alter, remodel, and improve real property."). No construction use tax collected at building-permit issuance was found in OTC or city sources -- Oklahoma's local sales tax is OTC-administered and collected by material vendors at the point of sale, not assessed by the permitting authority at permit issuance.
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Sources
- rogerscounty.org verified 2026-07-31
- oklahoma.gov verified 2026-07-19
- oklahoma.gov verified 2026-07-18
- rogerscounty.org verified 2026-07-17
- rogerscounty.org verified 2026-07-17