The County Assessor’s Office can provide the original Building Permit number. Building and Safety may be able to look it up by the permit number.

Usually setbacks can be obtained from a current plot plan.

The Architect information may be found on the Building Permit.

Building and Safety does not maintain copies of Plumbing or Electrical plans.

The application form for a Los Angeles City Research Report is available from the Los Angeles City Department of Building and Safety website.

Los Angeles Research Reports may be issued to an entity/company with the legal right to the product and the accompanying Technical Test Reports and Engineering Assessment. Test Reports shall bear the name of the applicant, unless a release letter accompanies the test report(s).

Complete an Application for Renewal and Clerical Modification of General Approval as directed in the instructions available at dbs.lacity.gov. The fee is listed on the application based on the type of product approval previously obtained.

The evaluation time frame is based on the complexity of the product. Contact the Engineering Research Section for the current status. The process to obtain a Los Angeles City Research Report consists of the following steps:

The LARR may be used only for projects permitted under the Code version specified on the LARR.

Your products are approved for the Code version only listed on both the Evaluation Report and the LARR Approval Letter. If either product approval document does not list the current version of the Building Code, you will need to have these updated.