Building, zoning, right-of-way & fire
Keep projects moving between inspections
Permit fees, plan review, impact fees, re-inspection charges and contractor registrations — payable online the moment they're assessed, so a permit is never waiting on a check to clear.
Reported outcomes
- Fee posting to the permitting system
- Real timeFee posting to the permitting system
- Payments for volume contractors
- ConsolidatedPayments for volume contractors
- Revenue separation at deposit
- Fund-levelRevenue separation at deposit
The problem
What permit desks are actually dealing with
Before the features, the operational reality. If these don't sound familiar, the rest of this page probably isn't for you.
- 01
Permits wait on payment logistics
A contractor drives across the county to hand over a check, and an inspection slips a day for reasons that have nothing to do with the work.
- 02
Fees change during the project
Plan review revisions, re-inspections and impact fees are assessed after intake, so a single up-front payment never covers the job.
- 03
Contractors juggle dozens of permits
Volume builders need account balances and consolidated payments, not one checkout per permit number.
- 04
Revenue splits across funds
Building, fire, water and impact fees post to different funds and must be separated cleanly at deposit.
The solution
How Government Window handles permit fee payments
Configured to your business rules, integrated with your system of record, and reconciled the way your office already works.
Pay-by-permit-number lookup
Contractors and homeowners search by permit, parcel or address and see every open fee tied to the project.
Contractor accounts and escrow balances
Registered contractors maintain a balance the department draws against, or pay several permits in one consolidated transaction.
Pay links assessed on demand
When staff adds a re-inspection or plan review fee, the system can send an emailed or texted pay link — payment lands before the crew is back on site.
Fund-level revenue separation
Each fee type carries its fund and account code through to the reconciliation file, so distribution is automatic.
Counter and field payments
POS readers at the permit desk and mobile payments in the field use the same rules and post to the same ledger.
Instant receipts for the jobsite
Emailed and printable receipts contractors can show an inspector, tied to the permit record.
Payment channels
Channels permit desks turn on first
Integrations
Connected to the systems you already run
With 100+ solution integrations delivered and 40+ third-party systems connected in production, most implementations for permit desks are a configuration rather than a development project.
Permitting and land management systems Community development platforms GIS parcel data Financial and ERP systems
Questions
Questions we hear most about permit fee payments
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