One would hope but when you go to pull permits on our house predating us, there's basically nothing. And most of our stuff isn't online either, even stuff we know we've pulled. I know city records are a mess (rumors of a "fire" back in the day) but I've also been in negotiations with contractors who are less than enthused to pull a permit - baffling and we don't hire them because isn't permitting included in the price we pay anyway? In Boston you can see permits going back decades so it's always weird to me that permitting seems "optional" around here. I'm assuming that state would have to inspect like the state had to inspect our solar system but maybe it's just a permit.