Check the equipment approval letter. Every approval letter indicates the models that are included. You may check the approval letters on the "LA Research Reports" page.

To open a new public record request, please contact the LADBS Custodian of Records via email at
ladbs.custodianofrecords@lacity.org.  In the subject line, please indicate that it is a Public Records Act Request. 
In the body, please include the property address, the specific documents you are requesting, and your contact information.

Find all the forms to make a data request on our Service Requests forms page.

The areas that provide records include the Plan Check and Inspection System (PCIS) and Code Enforcement Information System (CEIS).

The forms package includes:

• Request to Purchase PCIS/CofO/CEIS Data
• Instructions for Obtaining PCIS/CofO/CEIS data
• Record layout for Building Permit data from PCIS
• Record Layout for Building Permit Data with CofO Data from PCIS
• Record Layout for Mechanical and Electrical Permit Data from PCIS
• Record Layout for Code Enforcement Cases from CEIS
• Record Layout for Customer Service Request from CEIS

Please contact the designer of the pre-approved standard plan to inquire about fees. Please see the link, ‘For further information on this standard plan click here.’ listed under each plan.

Homeowners wishing to use a standard plan must coordinate directly with the plan author for access and to understand any associated costs

Building and Safety addresses issues for single-family residential, commercial, industrial and vacant buildings inside the City of Los Angeles. You can report a code violation online, or call 3-1-1 to request an investigation

During the regular plan check submittal process, an additional set of plans is collected and routed for Green Building section for review and approval process, if required.

Our goal is to assign an application in approximately 5 weeks to one of our engineers and an additional 3-7 weeks (depending on the complexity of the submittal) for the evaluation to be completed, a draft copy of the research report to be written, and the final copy of the research report signed. If the substantiating data is incomplete, such as missing test reports, testing not conducted by an approved testing agency, incomplete or missing engineering calculations, etc., the time to obtain a Los Angeles City Research Report may take longer. 

Expedite report review is available pursuant to section 98.0422 of the Los Angeles City Municipal Code. The amount of the fee for this service is in addition to the normal review fee and is equal to one-half of the review fee.

The intent of the expedite service is to reduce the time to assign your application from approximately 5-weeks to 2- weeks. 

For an estimate of the current assignment time for the expediting service you may call the Building Research Section at (213) 202-9812.

A claim for refund of fees paid to the Department of Building and Safety must be filed:

1. Within one year from the date of payment of the fee (L.A.M.C. Section 22.12 & 22.13)
2. Within one year from the date of expiration of extensions on building or grading permits granted by the Department of Building and Safety (L.A.M.C. Section 98.0420).

At the time of filing:

1. For single family or duplex submittal, one set if the job is not in a hillside area, and two sets if it is.
2. For apartment or commercial project submittal, two sets of plans are required. If it is a Title 19 project, a third set is required for Fire Department review.

• At permit issuance
  1. For residential project permit issuance, two sets of plans if the job is not in a hillside area, and three sets if it is.
  2. For commercial project permit issuance, two sets of plans are required.