Civic · 6 pages · 12 min

Why a certificate of occupancy is the end of a build in law

A certificate of occupancy allows people to occupy a finished building after final checks, closing the build in law.

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From the opening

A certificate of occupancy is the building official's statement that a structure may be occupied because the required final inspections are done and the use matches the approval. In law it closes the build, because the permission to construct has finished its job and a separate permission to occupy stands in its place. The opening covers occupancy is its own permission, final inspections come before the paper, and the stated use is part of it.

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Inside

  • Occupancy is its own permission
  • Final inspections come before the paper
  • The stated use is part of it
  • A sale closing does not issue it
  • Where the idea stops applying
  • A distinction worth keeping

Sources

  • Certificate of occupancy
  • Change of occupancy review