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I have a building in San Francisco where I had a licensed contractor did
some major work. A permit was pulled, contractor did the work, I was shown a
final inspection (so I thought) from this contractor so final payment was
released. Now many years gone by and now trying to sell the property, my
real estate agent requested a (CCR?) report and to my dismay the San
Francisco building department stated no final permit was issued for this
work. Permit expired long ago, now what?

Sometimes cities do lose records of inspections and approvals -- do
you still have your copies of the inspection checklist and permit
paperwork? Go through your copies and see if you can find a final
inspection and approval.

(My advice, never throw those away -- I've run into houses that have
been standing for decades, building officials said they had no
records of permits, but the homeowner still had their copy of the
final so the county said "Oops, sorry for bothering you.")

If you can't find anything, then your best bet is to take all the
permit paperwork you do have, meet with your local building official,
and explain the situation. Only your local official will know how
the local bureaucracy deals with this sort of situation.

On the bright side, this is a very common situation, so any
reasonably large city will have a process in place, you won't be
reinventing the wheel.

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