Trust center

Evidence earns trust.

Understand how our guidance is researched, what its limits are, and how we handle your information.

Official-source grounding

Every guide links back to the department publications that support its conclusions.

Jurisdiction, property type and conditions are part of the answer, not fine print.

Commercial interests do not determine a permit conclusion or suppress a correction.

Our research workflow, human accountability and source review standards.

Source priority, rights, conflicting evidence and publication limits.

How to report a problem with a guide or an official source.

Information handling, purposes, disclosures and privacy rights.

Actual browser storage and the controls available to you.

The terms that apply when using Permit Answers.

Our accessibility approach and how to report a barrier.

The boundaries of our independent permit information service.

Editorial separation and how commercial content must be labeled.