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Construction closeout becomes confusing when one person’s proof is used to answer another person’s question. Louisville Metro’s current inspection page separates at least three roles: the permit holder, the inspector/building official, and the property owner or contracting party.
Three roles, three evidence questions
| Role | Primary question | Typical proof | Boundary |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permit holder | Has the required inspection been requested when the work is ready and accessible? | Permit number, approved plans at the job site, inspection request, appointment, and correction/reinspection history. | A request is not a pass; a permit holder’s statement is not the inspector’s result. |
| Inspector/building official | Does the inspected work comply with the applicable permit/code requirements at that stage? | Passed, Partial Pass, or Corrections Needed result; comments; follow-up inspection; permit-complete status; applicable Certificate of Occupancy or Letter of Acceptance. | An inspection does not settle every private scope, workmanship, warranty, invoice, lien, schedule, or payment issue. |
| Owner/contracting party | Was the agreed private scope delivered, documented, accepted, and financially closed? | Contract/scope, approved changes, invoices, payment receipts, warranties, manuals, lien releases when applicable, keys/access, and written acceptance/exception list. | Owner acceptance cannot replace a required public inspection or occupancy/acceptance document. |
What Louisville’s official page currently establishes
The Office of Construction Review says the permit holder is responsible for requesting required inspections. It identifies common results as Passed, Partial Pass, and Corrections Needed. It also says follow-up inspections continue as needed until the work is Passed, and that a project is complete when all inspections are passed and the permit status is marked complete, followed by the applicable Certificate of Occupancy or Letter of Acceptance.
A reusable closeout index
- Public identity: permit number, address, work type, permit holder, and current public status.
- Approved baseline: plans, scope, listed contractors, and permitted work.
- Changes: who requested each change; whether the inspector required revised drawings or permit revision; who approved private price/time changes.
- Inspection evidence: each stage, date, result, comment, reinspection, and final status.
- Occupancy/acceptance record: exact document, issuer, date, scope, and limitations.
- Private closeout: invoices, receipts, warranties, manuals, releases, unfinished items, and owner acceptance.
- Stop rule: do not merge “passed,” “paid,” and “accepted.” Pause when any required public or private record is missing or inconsistent.
What this article does not decide
It does not determine whether a particular project is code-compliant, contract-complete, safely occupiable, lien-free, warranted, or fully paid. The permit, approved plans, inspection records, governing code, contract, and qualified professional review may all matter.
What Di Tran Enterprise can contribute
Di Tran Enterprise can teach owners to preserve a two-layer closeout file: public permit/inspection proof and private contract/acceptance proof. It does not act as the building official, attorney, engineer, inspector, title professional, contractor, or insurer.
Official sources
- Louisville Metro Office of Construction Review — Request an Inspection
- Louisville Metro — Building Inspections
Official pages were indexed as current on November 2, 2026; direct command-line retrieval returned an access-policy response. Verify the live pages and exact project record before acting.
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