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Roofing in Valley City, North Dakota

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Yes — a permit is required to replace a roof in Valley City, ND, issued by City of Valley City, North Dakota - Building Inspector. Valley City's Building Official is Michael Blevins on 701-426-8823 and its Fire Inspector is Lance Coit on 701-845-8127, both at 220 3rd Street NE, Valley City, ND 58072, with City hours Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. BUILDING INSPECTIONS ARE CONTRACTED OUT, which changes where the paperwork goes: the City's own plan-routing sheet states that "The building Inspection's Department receives and issues all applications for building permits for Valley City," and the current residential application is headed Midwest Inspection Services, 16553 37th ST SE Suite 5, Mapleton, ND 58059, phone 701-532-1078, fax 701-532-1608, with completed applications emailed to [email protected]. An older routing sheet still on the City site gives a Mapleton address of 302 1st Avenue SE, so use the address on the current form. THE APPLICATION. There are separate residential and commercial forms. The residential form asks for the project value and description, the owner, designer and general contractor with a North Dakota contractor licence number, and separately for the foundation, mechanical, plumbing and electrical contractors, the excavator and the yard grading contractor. Its type-of-improvement line offers New Construction, Addition, Remodel, Demolition, Move, Repair, Miscellaneous and Temporary, and it carries the warning that "this application is not a Building Permit, nor does it authorize the start of construction." WHAT TO SUBMIT. Two sets of clearly marked plans, one complete set of plans in PDF, one complete set of engineered truss spec sheets, two copies of a site plan showing address, lot, block and addition with all easements and driveways, and two copies of construction drawings showing elevations, dimensioned floor plans, foundation plan and a cross section detail of materials and R-values, all at a minimum scale of one eighth of an inch. Under Section 7-01-02 the Building Inspector may also require a site plan prepared by a licensed engineer, architect or surveyor. Plan review is quoted at one to two business days for a remodel. Permits must be paid, signed and picked up within seven days of the invoice or phone confirmation, and no inspections are performed until the permit is paid for and signed. Separate permits are required for HVAC, electrical and plumbing work. Under Section 7-01-04 no permit issues unless the plat is approved and recorded under Title 16 and the structure and use comply with Title 11 zoning. Valley City, North Dakota sits in one of the country's most hail-prone regions. This hub aggregates Valley City's roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements and impact-resistant material options — every fact linked to its sourced directory record.

Roofing permits & building code in Valley City

Roofing permit and contractor-licensing rules in Valley City are set locally by City of Valley City, North Dakota - Building Inspector. North Dakota licenses contractors at the state level under N.D.C.C. 43-07-02, which bars acting as a contractor on work costing more than $4,000 without a licence, and cities stack their own licensing on top of it — the city requirement is usually the one that bites first — while the State Building Code adopted under N.D.C.C. chapter 54-21.3 is administered locally, so a city may carry its own adopted edition and amendments — always confirm the current requirements with the authority before starting work.

Roofing permit
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Contractor registration
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Adopted building code
VALLEY CITY ADOPTS THE STATE CODE BY NAME AND EXPRESSLY FOLLOWS THE LATEST EDITION, so the edition in force here moves when the state's does. Valley City Revised Ordinances Section 7-01-06, Building Code, as most recently amended by Ordinance No. 1183 of 16 December 2025, reads in its entirety: "The city shall follow the North Dakota Building Code with its amendments to the latest International Code unless superseded by the Valley City Municipal Code." Section 7-01-05 gives the Building Inspector authority "to enforce the provisions of the State Building Code as adopted by the City of Valley City" and "to render interpretations of the State Building Code." Section 7-01-04 requires that "All work must be in conformance with the rules and regulations adopted in section 7-01-06, unless in conflict with this Code." WHAT THE STATE BUILDING CODE CURRENTLY IS. The 2026 North Dakota State Building Code Book states that "Effective January 1, 2026, the North Dakota State Building Code consists of the 2024 International Building Code (IBC), International Residential Code (IRC), International Mechanical Code (IMC), International Fuel Gas Code (IFGC), International Energy Conservation Code, and the International Existing Building Code as published by the International Code Council (ICC)," and adds "NO APPENDICES ARE ADOPTED." Under NDCC 54-21.3-03(6) a city that elects to administer and enforce a building code "shall adopt and enforce the state building code," but the state code "may be amended by cities, townships, and counties to conform to local needs." Valley City is listed as a code enforcing city by the North Dakota Department of Commerce. WHAT VALLEY CITY HAS SUPERSEDED. Chapter 7-01 of the Revised Ordinances, Buildings, was read in full - Sections 7-01-01 through 7-01-12, codified through Ordinance No. 1188 enacted 4 May 2026 - and it writes no construction standard of any kind for roofs. Its content is the permit requirement, application, fees, issuance, enforcement, the Building Inspector's duties, the code adoption itself, dangerous buildings and building numbering. TWO CODES THE CITY ADOPTS BEYOND THE STATE CODE. Section 7-01-06.1 adopts "The International Property Maintenance Code, as amended from time to time," which the North Dakota State Building Code does not include, and Section 8-01-07 adopts "The most recent editions of the National Electrical Code National Electrical Safety Code, and rules, regulations and standards adopted by the North Dakota State Electrical Board." Confirm the edition your permit is written to with the Building Inspector before ordering material to a code table.
Registration details
  • city_level: CITY LEVEL - a Valley City contractor licence is required, and its threshold is FOUR TIMES LOWER THAN THE STATE'S. Valley City Revised Ordinances Section 8-01-02 provides that "No person shall engage in the professions defined in section 8-01-01 within the city unless such person has first procured a license as provided herein and has obtained an appropriate state license, if applicable," and closes: "A Contractor, as defined in section 8-01-01, is not required procure a license under this chapter when the cost, value, or price per job is less than or equal to the sum of $1,000.00." So the City licence is owed on any job over $1,000, while the state licence is owed only above $4,000. Section 8-01-01 defines a contractor in the same terms as state law - "any person engaged in the business of construction, repair, alteration, dismantling, or demolition of ... buildings ... and every other type of structure, project, development, or improvement coming within the definition of real or personal property ... and includes subcontractor, public contractor, and nonresident contractor" - so roofing is inside it without being named, and a roofing subcontractor is covered on its own account. Applications go in writing on forms from the City Auditor, must be submitted each year on or before a date the Auditor sets, and a licence "shall expire within one year from the date of issuance unless sooner revoked" and is nontransferable. Section 8-01-06 requires public liability insurance filed with the City Auditor and covering the full term of the licence, of "not less than $100,000.00 for personal injuries to, or death of, one person; and, subject to such limit for one person, an amount not less than $300,000.00 for injuries or death of more than one person; and for damage to property of any person an amount not less than $100,000.00." Fees follow the schedule the City Commission adopts by resolution. Valley City publishes a Licensed Contractors list on its Building Inspector page, and the residential permit application asks for the general contractor's North Dakota contractor licence number.
  • state_level: STATE LEVEL - a threshold, not a flat requirement, and the threshold is per job. NDCC 43-07-02(1) provides that "A person may not engage in the business nor act in the capacity of a contractor within this state when the cost, value, or price per job exceeds the sum of four thousand dollars nor may that person maintain any claim, action, suit, or proceeding in any court of this state related to the person's business or capacity as a contractor without first having a license as provided in this chapter." Roofing is not named in the chapter, but it falls inside the definition of contractor at 43-07-01(1), which covers "any person engaged in the business of construction, repair, alteration, dismantling, or demolition of ... buildings" and expressly "includes subcontractor." The classes are VALUE TIERS rather than trades - class D is capped at one hundred thousand dollars on a single contract project, class C at three hundred thousand, class B at five hundred thousand, and a class A licence "is subject to no limitation as to the value of any single contract project" - so there is no roofing classification at either level. The registrar is the Secretary of State; an application must be accompanied by a certificate of liability insurance and a statement from North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance that coverage is in place, and the licence year runs "March second through March first." Working unlicensed above the threshold is a class A misdemeanour, and the unlicensed contractor cannot bring a court claim in North Dakota arising from the work, including a claim to be paid.
Permit process
Valley City's Building Official is Michael Blevins on 701-426-8823 and its Fire Inspector is Lance Coit on 701-845-8127, both at 220 3rd Street NE, Valley City, ND 58072, with City hours Monday to Thursday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. BUILDING INSPECTIONS ARE CONTRACTED OUT, which changes where the paperwork goes: the City's own plan-routing sheet states that "The building Inspection's Department receives and issues all applications for building permits for Valley City," and the current residential application is headed Midwest Inspection Services, 16553 37th ST SE Suite 5, Mapleton, ND 58059, phone 701-532-1078, fax 701-532-1608, with completed applications emailed to [email protected]. An older routing sheet still on the City site gives a Mapleton address of 302 1st Avenue SE, so use the address on the current form. THE APPLICATION. There are separate residential and commercial forms. The residential form asks for the project value and description, the owner, designer and general contractor with a North Dakota contractor licence number, and separately for the foundation, mechanical, plumbing and electrical contractors, the excavator and the yard grading contractor. Its type-of-improvement line offers New Construction, Addition, Remodel, Demolition, Move, Repair, Miscellaneous and Temporary, and it carries the warning that "this application is not a Building Permit, nor does it authorize the start of construction." WHAT TO SUBMIT. Two sets of clearly marked plans, one complete set of plans in PDF, one complete set of engineered truss spec sheets, two copies of a site plan showing address, lot, block and addition with all easements and driveways, and two copies of construction drawings showing elevations, dimensioned floor plans, foundation plan and a cross section detail of materials and R-values, all at a minimum scale of one eighth of an inch. Under Section 7-01-02 the Building Inspector may also require a site plan prepared by a licensed engineer, architect or surveyor. Plan review is quoted at one to two business days for a remodel. Permits must be paid, signed and picked up within seven days of the invoice or phone confirmation, and no inspections are performed until the permit is paid for and signed. Separate permits are required for HVAC, electrical and plumbing work. Under Section 7-01-04 no permit issues unless the plat is approved and recorded under Title 16 and the structure and use comply with Title 11 zoning.

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Impact-resistant roofing materials for Valley City hail

Valley City, North Dakota sits in one of the country's most hail-prone regions. For hail exposure, the highest impact rating a roof covering can earn is UL 2218 Class 4. These cataloged material categories reach Class 4:

Class 4 impact-resistant materials

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Browse every option on the Class 4 impact-resistant materials hub, and read the Class 4 impact-resistant shingles buyer's guide. Many insurers offer premium credits for a documented Class 4 roof — confirm terms with your carrier.

Local permitting authority

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