> primarily stored at the county or equivalent level That's assuming there are any records at all. In states like Idaho and Montana, once you get out of the b

> primarily stored at the county or equivalent level That's assuming there are any records at all. In states like Idaho and Montana, once you get out of the bigger cities I very much doubt there are permits on file for most dwellings. Partly because few people care, and partly because the land owners resent any sort of "big government" telling them what they can and cannot do.