# District of Columbia — Building permit expiry, progress and renewal rules by jurisdiction For District of Columbia, source type is adopted code; permit type is building permit — extension of permit; extension rule is extensions of time not to exceed 180 days per extension. Not more than four extensions of time will be granted to any permit. The code official may issue an extension for a period of 365 days upon demonstration of need at the time of extension application, but, in no event, shall the aggregate extensions of time exceed two years; code citation is 105.5.1 Extension of Permit, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11. - **Jurisdiction:** District of Columbia _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Source type:** adopted code _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Permit type:** building permit — extension of permit _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Extension rule:** extensions of time not to exceed 180 days per extension. Not more than four extensions of time will be granted to any permit. The code official may issue an extension for a period of 365 days upon demonstration of need at the time of extension application, but, in no event, shall the aggregate extensions of time exceed two years _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Code citation:** 105.5.1 Extension of Permit _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 105.5.1 Extension of Permit A permit may be extended upon written request, prior to expiration and upon a showing of good cause. The code official is authorized to grant extensions of time not to exceed 180 days per extension. Not more than four extensions of time will be granted to any permit . The code official may issue an extension for a period of 365 days upon demonstration of need at the time of extension application, but, in no event, shall the aggregate extensions of time exceed two years. ## Source - https://up.codes/s/expiration-of-permit Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11. Part of [Building permit expiry, progress and renewal rules by jurisdiction](https://referencesource.org/building-permit-validity-and-renewal/).