Assess Permit Fees
  • 15 Jun 2024
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About assessing permit fees

In most jurisdictions' workflows, fees must be assessed and paid before a permit can be issued. In most workflows, when you update the status on a Permit Issuance step, you will be reminded to assess and take payment on fees first.
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Related resource: When a Workflow Step Requires Fee Assessment or Payment


How to Assess Fees

  • In the permit, click Fees in the left navigation
  • Click Actions, then Assess Fees
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Recommended Fees

By default, you will see Recommended fees first. If you don't see the fee(s) you need to assess under Recommended fees, switch to All:
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Tips on Assessing Fees

In the Assess Fees modal you can:

  • Select fees you want to assess
  • View fees by category
  • Expand or collapse categories to more easily view all of your fees available to assess
  • View Recommended fees based on the permit type that you are assessing fees on
  • You can switch to All fees to view or select any fee to assess
  • Use the Type-ahead search to quickly find a fee
  • Click Next to review fees and add optional notes
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  • Change the assessed fee date (optional)
  • Add a PO number (optional)
  • Review fees that you have selected
  • Add optional notes
  • Select to include notes in invoices and receipts (optional)
  • Click Back to add/remove fees

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Notes on Invoices or Receipts

When assessing fees, if you add a note and select Include notes in invoices and receipts, notes will be shown like this:

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Enter Payment After Assessing Fees

After assessing fees, you can: