City of Phoenix · AZ
Phoenix permit records are currently split between legacy PDD Online and SHAPE PHX. For legacy PDD records, SignedOff can retrieve the public permit status, address, project description, professional, and available inspection history or holds. New commercial and residential applications now move through SHAPE PHX while accepted legacy projects continue in PDD Online. If a legacy lookup indicates that a record has moved to SHAPE PHX, SignedOff returns that handoff instead of pretending it retrieved machine-readable current-system detail.
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200 West Washington StreetThe permit categories SignedOff tracks automatically across Phoenix PDD Online / SHAPE PHX.
Legacy PDD Online building records can publish a permit number, OPEN or other raw status, address, project description, professional, issue date, and available inspections.
Timeline: Varies; Phoenix does not publish one reliable timeline for every project here.
Legacy electrical records use their own type prefix and can be checked by exact number when they remain in PDD Online.
Timeline: Varies by scope.
Legacy plumbing records are also searchable by exact number in the PDD Online system when available.
Timeline: Varies by scope.
New commercial and residential applications use SHAPE PHX as of April 27, 2026. SignedOff currently provides an honest handoff when a legacy lookup reports migration rather than reverse-engineering current SHAPE detail.
Timeline: Varies; consult Phoenix for project-specific timing.
PDD Online may publish inspection rows and holds or conditions for a legacy permit. Their absence means no public row was returned, not that compliance is complete.
Timeline: Scheduled and completed dates vary.
Example Phoenix permit number:
BLD-26000008
Automatic status checks — SignedOff monitors Phoenix PDD Online / SHAPE PHX for Phoenix permits so you don't have to log in every week.
Email alerts when tracked public fields change, with the available detail determined by what Phoenix PDD Online / SHAPE PHX publishes for that record.
Downloadable PDF reports with QR codes for easy Phoenix job-site verification.
Phoenix does not publish one turnaround for every permit type. Timing depends on project scope, review track, inspections, and whether the record remains in legacy PDD Online or has moved to SHAPE PHX.
Phoenix is operating a transition boundary. Accepted legacy projects can continue in PDD Online, while new commercial and residential applications go to SHAPE PHX from April 27, 2026. Confirm which system holds your project before assuming a search failure.
PDD Online uses a type-and-number pattern such as BLD-26000008. Keep the prefix and digits together; the type identifies the search path and a similar prefix format can occur outside Phoenix.
Legacy PDD Online can expose an inspection list and holds or conditions. Those are public portal outputs, not a substitute for an inspector's official approval, the permit card, or direct City instruction.
The Phoenix PDD Online / SHAPE PHX is the authoritative source for single-permit lookups and the official status of record in City of Phoenix, reachable at https://apps-secure.phoenix.gov/PDD. Third-party permit monitoring services such as SignedOff check the published source on a recurring schedule to detect status changes and other available record updates. The exact fields vary by jurisdiction and record type, so the official source remains the place to confirm issuance, inspections, conditions, and close-out.
Building permit data for Phoenix is also available programmatically through the Phoenix Permit API, with structured status and data-freshness fields, plus additional fields where the jurisdiction publishes them.
For a single permit lookup or anything requiring official confirmation — issuance, occupancy sign-off, final inspection — the Phoenix PDD Online / SHAPE PHX is the source of record. Go directly to the City of Phoenix portal for those.
For ongoing monitoring across multiple Phoenix permits, a third-party service such as SignedOff reduces manual lookups and surfaces published status changes by email. The typical use case is a contractor, architect, or project manager with several active Phoenix jobs across different systems or stages where checking each official source daily is impractical.
Both tools draw from the same underlying permit record — the Phoenix PDD Online / SHAPE PHX is always the system of record; SignedOff is a monitoring layer on top of it.
Timing varies by permit type, scope, completeness, and review requirements. The public legacy status data does not support a single citywide timeline, so obtain project-specific guidance from Phoenix.
Start with the exact type-and-number identifier and check whether it is a legacy PDD Online record or a SHAPE PHX record. SignedOff queries supported legacy PDD data and gives a SHAPE PHX handoff for migrated records.
A representative legacy permit is BLD-26000008. Other examples can use prefixes such as ELEC or PLMB. Preserve the prefix and digits when you search.
Not yet. SHAPE PHX is a newer current-system portal, and SignedOff does not claim machine-readable current-detail coverage there. A migrated legacy result is clearly labeled as a SHAPE handoff.
When PDD Online returns them, SignedOff can retain inspection description, discipline, scheduled or completed date, result, and inspector fields. It does not invent inspection events when the portal returns none.
OPEN is the raw legacy PDD status returned for the record. It should be read with the permit's dates, inspections, holds, and City instructions rather than treated as a universal construction authorization statement.
Phoenix moved new commercial and residential applications to SHAPE PHX on April 27, 2026. Your project may be in the newer system even if related legacy work remains visible in PDD Online.
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