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Boulder City, Nevada Building Permit Guide

Everything contractors, builders and developers need to pull a Boulder City building permit — the controlled growth ordinance that limits new homes built for sale, multifamily housing and hotels, the city’s 2024 codes and own administrative code, online filing, fees and inspections.

Authority: Boulder City Community DevelopmentGrowth limit: 120 new dwellings a yearCounter: Mon–Thu 7:00–6:00, closed Friday
14,885 residents
Certified July 2025Deliberately small
Growth limit in the code
Controlled Growth Management PlanBoulder City Code 11-41
Own administrative code
2026 editionRead it first
11-hour days
7:00am to 6:00pmMon–Thu, closed Friday

Building permits inside Boulder City are issued by the Boulder City Community Development Department (Building and Safety) at 401 California Avenue, with applications made online. Boulder City holds 14,885 residents, and its permitting differs from the rest of the valley in one big way: under a voter-approved growth ordinance, the number of new dwellings and hotel rooms allowed each year is limited. Every permit carries a $40 issuance fee, the building permit fee comes from the valuation table in the city’s 2026 administrative code, and plan review is charged at 65% of that fee.

This guide covers the department and how to reach it, the code edition that governs a filing here, what permits cost and who may pull them, and how inspections are booked. Rules that apply everywhere in Nevada are summarized in each section, with a link to the full statewide explanation.

This guide covers work inside Boulder City limits. Surrounding land is unincorporated Clark County or federal land.

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Boulder City limits how many new homes and hotel rooms can be built each year. That is not a policy or a practice — it is codified. The Controlled Growth Management Plan (Boulder City Code Title 11, Chapter 41, approved by voters at the November 1996 election) caps allotments at 120 dwellings and 35 hotel rooms per construction year (1 July to 30 June), allows no more than 30 dwellings for a single development in a year, and no more than 90 dwelling units or reservations for any one developer. It applies to houses built for sale, apartments, multifamily condominiums and hotels. An owner-builder’s own home skips the allotment application but is counted against the year’s total (one per owner-builder every three years, with 30 allotments reserved for owner-builders in the first six months), and lots that existed when the chapter took effect are outside it. Establish the current allotment and where you stand with the City Planner (702-293-9282) before you commit to a schedule or a land purchase.

What requires a building permit in Boulder City?

Under the Boulder City Code and the city's adopted construction codes, a permit is required before most construction, alteration, demolition, repair, relocation, change of occupancy and trade work begins inside city limits.

Permit required

  • New homes, additions, remodels and accessory buildings; commercial new construction, remodels and foundation-only work
  • Patio covers, swimming pools and spas, signs, demolition, and grading or excavation
  • Fences with permanent foundations or over 4 feet high, and retaining walls over 24 inches from the top of the footing
  • Electrical, mechanical, plumbing and gas line work, service changes and upgrades, and temporary power
  • Residential and commercial photovoltaic systems, including projects in the Energy Resource Zone
  • Manufactured or mobile home set-ups in a park, and conversions to real property

Exempt in the city handout

  • One-story detached tool or storage sheds and playhouses up to 200 square feet at a single-family home (zoning review still applies)
  • Wood, vinyl or chain-link fences without permanent foundations and not over 4 feet high (zoning review still applies)
  • Detached decks up to 200 square feet and no more than 30 inches above grade that do not serve the exit door
  • Painting, papering, paneling, floor coverings, cabinets, moldings and countertops
  • Re-roofing with material of the same or higher class and the same or lighter weight, where no sheathing is replaced
  • Same-size door and window replacements in dwellings with no framing changes, and stucco or drywall repairs up to 30 square feet
  • Replacing light fixtures in dwellings, replacing plumbing fixtures in the same location with no piping changes, and landscape irrigation

The exempt list comes from the city’s Work Exempt from Building Permits handout dated 21 May 2026, which marks several items, including small sheds, low fences and detached decks, as still needing zoning review. Fire sprinkler systems, hazardous material tanks and fuel tanks are off the building permit list only because the Fire Department permits them.

Six jobs are issued as express permits with no plans, for homes and businesses alike: water heater replacements, HVAC replacements, same-for-same service changes, gas tests, re-roofs where sheathing is replaced, and main breaker replacements. In an emergency the repair can be made first, provided the permit application reaches the Building Official by the next working day (Section 106.2.1 of the administrative code).

Which code edition applies

Boulder City adopts the regional Southern Nevada Amendments with its own changes. Under Ordinance 1878, adopted on 24 March 2026 and effective 16 April 2026, Title 5 of the Boulder City Code adopts the 2024 International Building, Residential, Existing Building, Swimming Pool and Spa and Energy Conservation Codes, the 2024 Uniform Plumbing and Mechanical Codes and the 2023 National Electrical Code, together with the city’s 2026 Building and Safety Division Administrative Code; the city fire code (Title 6) is based on the 2024 International Fire Code. Boulder City moved later than Las Vegas, Henderson and Clark County, which changed in January 2026.

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The city’s published design data are a snow load of zero, a frost depth of zero and Seismic Design Category D0, with wind exposure worked out site by site under ASCE 7. Title 5 also adds two local electrical rules: service equipment and meter sockets must be readily accessible to city personnel, and an additional grounding electrode must be tied to the city grid system where one is available (Boulder City Code 5-3-4).

Two state authorities sit alongside the local one and are frequently confused with it. The Nevada State Public Works Division permits and inspects work on state-owned land under NAC 341.045, and the Nevada State Fire Marshal adopts fire and related codes by reference under NAC 477.281. Neither replaces the Boulder City Community Development Department permit for ordinary private construction.

Nevada has no statewide building code for private construction: under NRS § 278.580(1) each city and county adopts its own, so the edition in force is a local question, and a handful of rural counties have adopted none. The one technical rule imposed statewide is seismic: NRS § 278.580(6) requires every local code to include the International Building Code’s seismic provisions and standards for investigating seismic hazards, including surface rupture and liquefaction. Where a building official has been appointed, building without a permit is unlawful (NRS § 278.610). Nevada’s codes and the seismic rule

Who handles permitting in Boulder City?

Boulder City permits its own limits. The surrounding land is unincorporated Clark County or federal land associated with Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam corridor, and the city itself controls a large land bank in the Eldorado Valley. Private land outside the limits is permitted by the Clark County Building and Fire Prevention Department in Las Vegas (702-455-3000). Residential septic systems anywhere in Clark County are permitted by the Southern Nevada Health District (702-759-0660), not by the city.

Boulder City permitting contact
DetailInformation
AuthorityBoulder City Community Development Department (Building and Safety)
Offices401 California Avenue, Boulder City, Nevada 89005
Phone702-293-9282
Emailbuildingpermits@bcnv.org (also the address for resubmittals)
Inspection requestsThe permit portal; if it is down, buildinginspections@bcnv.org or the hotline, 702-293-9327
Fire plan reviewBoulder City Fire Department, filed through the same portal; fire inspections 702-293-9339
Counter hoursMonday to Thursday, 7:00am to 6:00pm — closed Friday
ApplyOnline through the city permit portal (bouldercitynv-permit-portal.azurewebsites.net); contractors need a Boulder City business licence
JurisdictionBoulder City limits only
Growth controlAllotments for new dwellings (120 a year) and hotel rooms (35 a year) under Boulder City Code Title 11, Chapter 41
Population classA city within a county of 100,000 or more
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Boulder City’s counter day is long. Community Development is open Monday to Thursday from 7:00am to 6:00pm — 11 hours — and closed Friday. Applications submitted after office hours are processed using the next working day as the date received, and approved permits are issued one to two business days after the permit fee is paid.

Two further features of the city constrain development in ways the building code never touches. Section 140 of the Boulder City Charter requires a vote at a general election before the city sells any parcel of city land over an acre, and the city holds a very large land bank in the Eldorado Valley — so land release is a public, political process rather than a market one. And Boulder City prohibits gaming, which sets its commercial character apart from the rest of Clark County.

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Nevada legislates by population class, and Boulder City is on the high side of the line. Rather than naming jurisdictions, the Legislature writes population thresholds — and two of them bite here. NRS § 278.581 requires every county of 100,000 or more, and each city within it, to adopt construction and energy codes governing the energy-efficient design of residential, commercial and industrial structures and the installation of energy-efficient mechanical, lighting and power systems. A jurisdiction of this size that had adopted no building code at all would still have to adopt these by ordinance and provide for their enforcement, including by interlocal agreement with another local government’s officers.

NRS § 278.577 uses the same 100,000 threshold to regulate the people reviewing your plans. A jurisdiction of this class must publish a list of approved certifying organisations, require the building official, plan reviewers and inspectors to hold certification from one of them, set continuing-education requirements of at least 45 hours every three years, and prohibit uncertified persons from filling those roles. An uncertified employee may act only under the supervision of a certified one, and for no more than one year. The reviewer looking at your drawings is credentialed by statute.

In 2025, building permits issued in Boulder City authorized 19 new privately owned housing units, 15 of them single-family homes, according to the U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey.

Permit types

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Residential permits

Because the growth ordinance limits new dwellings, work on existing homes — renovation, additions and replacement — is a large part of residential permitting here, and with it the International Existing Building Code and change-of-occupancy questions. Historic considerations attach to parts of the original townsite built for the Hoover Dam workforce; in a historic area, Community Development can delay approval of a demolition permit for up to 45 days (Boulder City Code 11-27-6).

The Building and Safety page carries 27 submittal checklists by project type, from residential additions, custom homes and production homes to patio covers, fences and retaining walls, pools and photovoltaic systems; the city notes it is updating them for the 2024 code cycle. An owner-builder permit is only for an owner who lives at the residential property and acts as their own contractor; the city publishes an Owner Builder Affidavit of Exemption for it. A demolition application needs a site plan showing what goes and what stays, plus an approved copy of the Clark County air quality permit application for the demolition.

Manufactured housing is split between the city and the State. Boulder City permits detached accessory structures over 120 square feet on a manufactured home lot, continuous footings (including conversions to real property), awnings and carports with a live load over 20 pounds per square foot, and utility connections for new homes on residential lots. The Nevada Manufactured Housing Division permits and inspects water heater and air conditioning replacements, utility hook-ups of moved homes to existing park pedestals, and lightweight metal awnings, carports, steps and porches (Section 122 of the administrative code).

Commercial permits

Commercial work covers tourism and hospitality serving the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead visitor economy, retail and service development, and light industrial and solar activity associated with the Eldorado Valley. The absence of gaming shapes the hospitality sector into something quite different from the rest of Clark County. Hotel rooms need a growth allotment; other commercial development does not, but land availability and the city’s land disposal rules still bear on larger projects.

No business may open in an existing building or space until the Building Official has inspected it and issued a Certificate of Business Occupancy ($60); the certificate stays valid until the use, the owner or the location changes, and home-based businesses are outside the fee. A shell building can be closed out with a Certificate of Completion. Commercial grid photovoltaic projects are priced on their own table: one all-inclusive permit at $6,000 per megawatt (AC), with expedited plan review a flat $1,000.

Some Nevada requirements sit in NRS Chapter 278 rather than in the adopted codes, and several are conditions on issuance: before a permit is issued to place a manufactured home that is not new, for example, the owner must surrender its certificate of title (NRS § 278.02095(4)). A jurisdiction may require sprinklers in a new home under 5,000 square feet of livable space only after an independent cost-benefit analysis and a finding at a public hearing, or a public-hearing determination about firefighter response time (NRS § 278.586). Recent laws require every city and county to allow by-right multifamily or mixed-use housing on commercially zoned land and to offer an expedited process for attainable housing, and, from 1 July 2026, require counties of 100,000 or more people and cities of 60,000 or more to allow accessory dwelling units. Statewide conditions and recent laws in Nevada

Boulder City permit costs and fees

Boulder City fees are set in Sections 110 and 111 (Tables A to J) of the city’s Building and Safety Division Administrative Code (Boulder City Code 5-1-3), with separate plan review, trade and fire components. A non-refundable plan review deposit is due once a submittal is accepted, and the balance after approval. The same administrative code sets expiry and extension provisions.

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Boulder City permit fees: 2026 Building and Safety Division Administrative Code, Sections 110 and 111 (Ordinance 1878, in force 16 April 2026)
ItemFee
Issuance fee, every permit$40
Building permit, valuation $1 to $500$27
Valuation $501 to $1,000$36
Valuation $1,001 to $2,000$45
Valuation $2,001 to $25,000$45 for the first $2,000, plus $9 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
Valuation $25,001 to $50,000$252 for the first $25,000, plus $6.50 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
Valuation $50,001 to $100,000$414.50 for the first $50,000, plus $4.50 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
Valuation $100,001 and up$639.50 for the first $100,000, plus $3.50 for each additional $1,000 or fraction
Plan review for buildings, pools and signs65% of the permit fee, paid as the non-refundable deposit once the submittal is accepted
Expedited plan review2 times the normal plan review fee
Electrical, plumbing and mechanical work on a building permit18%, 16.5% and 15% of the building permit fee, with no separate plan review fee
Trade permit filed on its ownUnit fees in Tables C, D and E; where plans are reviewed, plan review is 35% of the Table A fee
Water heater replacement$50, issuance fee included
Solar photovoltaic permit (not commercial grid)$260: $200 permit and $60 plan review
Temporary power$290: $40 issuance and a $250 utility connection fee
Demolition$85 up to 1,000 square feet; $115 for 1,001 square feet or more, issuance fee included
Plan review of revisions$45 per half hour
Re-inspection$90, charged from the third re-inspection of the same inspection type
Overtime inspection (Friday or Saturday)$90 per hour, 2-hour minimum
Same-day or after-hours inspection$90 per hour, 1-hour minimum
Permit transfer or cancellation$80
Electronic media access fee (internet), Table H$20 per permit
Work started without a permitAn investigation fee equal to the permit fee

Valuation covers labor and materials even when the owner does the work, and the Building Official sets the final figure. The code fixes the valuation of common residential work per square foot: $112.65 for a wood-framed house with air conditioning, $65 for a room addition, $44.63 for a garage, $20 for a wood patio cover, carport or storage shed, $10 for a metal patio cover or carport, $90 per square foot of water surface for a pool or spa, and $6.50 for a block fence. Those are valuations, not fees.

A 300-square-foot wood patio cover, for example, is valued at $6,000. Table A gives $45 for the first $2,000 plus $9 for each additional $1,000, four of them here, so the permit fee is $81. Plan review at 65% is $52.65 and issuance is $40, a total of $173.65 before any electrical fee. Table H also lists a $20 electronic media access fee per permit.

New construction also pays development charges collected with the permit: the residential construction tax (1% of valuation or $1,000 per dwelling, whichever is less, with a $250 minimum under Boulder City Code 11-42-3), the transportation privilege tax ($1,000 per house, $1 per square foot of commercial development), the Clark County Desert Conservation Program fee ($550 per acre plus a $25 residential or $50 commercial compliance report fee) and the city’s own land disturbance fee ($100 per acre, 1-acre minimum). City utility connection fees start at $2,500 for an electric service up to 200 amps, $1,800 for a 4-inch residential sewer connection and $7,450 for a 3/4-inch water meter.

Permit fees and utility connection fees are refunded in full where no work has started, and the plan review fee is refunded in full only if the application is withdrawn before any review is done. An application is treated as abandoned 180 days after filing unless it is being pursued or a permit has issued; the Building Official can grant two extensions of up to 90 days each. A permit lapses if work does not start within 180 days, if work stops for 180 days, or if 180 days pass after an inspection with no further inspection activity.

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Nevada lets each city and county fix its own schedule of permit fees (NRS § 278.580(2)), revised on its own cycle, so ask Boulder City for the schedule in force on your filing date. How Nevada permit fees work

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Trade permits and who may pull them

In Boulder City, electrical, plumbing and mechanical work that is part of a building project is covered by the combination building permit and charged as a percentage of its fee; a separate trade permit is for a stand-alone job. Nevada licenses contractors at state level through the Nevada State Contractors Board under NRS Chapter 624 and NAC Chapter 624; there is no separate local contractor licence, though a local business licence and registration with the department are commonly required before a permit will issue.

Permit required

  • Electrical service upgrades, panel replacement, new circuits, solar PV and battery storage
  • Water heater replacement, repiping, gas line work, backflow and sewer or water connections
  • Furnace, air conditioning and heat pump change-outs, ductwork and commercial kitchen hoods
  • Fire alarm, sprinkler and suppression systems, and hood suppression on commercial work

Typically exempt

  • Replacing a fixture, switch, receptacle or light where no wiring or piping is altered
  • Clearing a stoppage without replacing or rearranging concealed piping
  • Routine filter, thermostat and minor component service
  • Appliance repair that does not alter the gas, electrical or venting connection

Boulder City is not part of the Las Vegas Valley multi-jurisdictional business licence, so a contractor needs a Boulder City business licence before its name appears in the portal’s contractor list, and permits are issued only to contractors whose Nevada licence covers the work. Subcontractors doing electrical, plumbing or mechanical work under a combination building permit file the city’s Subcontractor Registration Form to be listed on the permit. Fire sprinkler, fire alarm and other fire protection plans go to the Boulder City Fire Department through the same permit portal.

Every Nevada contractor licence carries a monetary limit, printed on it, on what the licensee may contract for on a single site for a single client (NRS § 624.220), and a bid or contract must fit both that limit and the licence classification. Raising the limit is a written application to the Board, so plan for it before bidding. Contractor licensing in Nevada

How to apply for a Boulder City building permit

1. Establish permit availability before anything else

New homes built for sale, multifamily housing and hotels need a growth allotment; confirm the allotment and the process first.

2. Read the locally adopted administrative code

Application, expiry, extension, fee and appeal procedures sit there rather than in the model code alone.

3. Design to the 2024 codes in force since 16 April 2026

The 2023 National Electrical Code and the Southern Nevada Amendments apply with them, and the city’s design data are a zero snow load, zero frost depth and Seismic Design Category D0.

4. Check land status and disposal rules on larger projects

The city charter restricts sales of city-owned land above 1 acre without a public vote.

5. File online through the city permit portal

Use the checklist for your project type and register with the email tied to your Boulder City business licence. Staff check the submittal for completeness, then an automated email asks for the non-refundable plan review deposit; review starts once payment is confirmed. Comments arrive in one email after every department has finished, and resubmittals go to buildingpermits@bcnv.org as a complete plan set with revisions clouded and a written narrative.

6. Pay the balance and book inspections in the portal

An approval email gives the remaining permit fee balance, and the permit is issued one to two business days after payment. Inspections are then booked in the same portal.

In Nevada the building official must notify the designer’s state licensing board when plans are substantially incomplete, or when plans for the same project are rejected at least three times (NRS §§ 278.587 and 278.589), so submit a complete, coordinated set the first time. Land-use decisions can be appealed to the board of adjustment and to the governing body, with onward appeal to the district court (NRS §§ 278.310 and 278.3195). Plan sets, completeness and appeals in Nevada

Inspections in Boulder City

Typical checkpoints include footing and foundation, underground trades, rough framing, rough electrical, plumbing and mechanical, insulation and energy, fire systems where applicable, final trade inspections, final building and occupancy. Renovation and change-of-occupancy work on the older townsite stock adds existing-building documentation and structural verification.

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Inspections are booked in the permit portal, which confirms the slot at once, offers morning or afternoon visits, takes bookings for the next business day and up to 14 days ahead, and lets a Monday inspection be booked over the weekend. If the portal is unavailable, email buildinginspections@bcnv.org or call the hotline on 702-293-9327 with the date and AM or PM preference, the address, the inspection type, the permit numbers and a contact; those requests must arrive before 3:30pm for the next regular business day, and a Thursday request is scheduled for Monday.

The first two re-inspections of an inspection type are free. After the final inspection the Building Official issues the Certificate of Occupancy, and a temporary certificate can be issued for a set period where part of a building can be occupied safely.

Do not cover work before the required inspection has been approved. Keep the issued permit, the approved plans, energy documentation, product listings, special-inspection reports and your correction responses available on site.

Boulder City permit search and official resources

Permit records and inspection history are held by the issuing authority, which is why establishing jurisdiction matters for research as well as for filing: a search of the wrong authority’s records returns nothing and proves nothing. If you are buying, refinancing or taking on an existing building, ask Boulder City Community Development Department what it holds for the parcel and whether any permit was left without a final inspection. An open or expired permit on a property is one of the most common and least expected obstacles at closing, and it surfaces long after the work was done.

Two statutory transparency provisions help here. NRS § 278.02329 requires the governing body to publish its list of land-use applications on its website and to update that list monthly, and NRS § 278.02327 governs how an application is checked for completeness before it is accepted at all. Between them they mean the front of the process is more visible than most applicants realise — and that an application returned as incomplete has a defined route back in rather than an informal one.

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In Nevada, verify the code edition against the jurisdiction and the date — not against the region. Because adoption is local and permissive, neighbouring authorities routinely sit on different editions, and the same authority sits on different editions before and after its own effective date. Published summaries of adopted codes are compiled from voluntary returns and go stale; a jurisdiction’s own handouts sometimes lag its adopting ordinance by months. The ordinance governs. One call to the department, tied to your specific filing date, settles a question that otherwise costs a correction cycle.

These are the primary sources behind this guide. Codes, fee schedules and portal procedures change, and in Nevada a jurisdiction’s own published packet can lag an adoption by months — the adopted ordinance governs, not an un-updated handout. Confirm the position for your filing date.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Boulder City really limit the number of new homes?

Yes. The Controlled Growth Management Plan (Boulder City Code Title 11, Chapter 41) limits allotments to 120 dwellings and 35 hotel rooms each construction year. An owner-builder’s own home skips the application but still counts against the yearly total.

How do I find out this year’s residential permit allotment?

Ask the City Planner at Community Development (702-293-9282) before committing to a land purchase or a construction schedule.

Does the cap apply to commercial projects?

No, apart from hotels. The ordinance covers dwellings and hotel rooms; other commercial development needs no allotment.

Which code edition applies in Boulder City?

The 2024 codes and the 2023 National Electrical Code with the Southern Nevada Amendments, and the city’s 2026 Building and Safety Division Administrative Code, adopted by Ordinance 1878 and in force since 16 April 2026.

What are the Boulder City counter hours?

Monday to Thursday, 7:00am to 6:00pm, and closed Friday — an 11-hour day.

How much is a building permit in Boulder City?

Every permit has a $40 issuance fee. The building permit fee comes from Table A of the 2026 administrative code, from $27 for work valued up to $500 to $639.50 for the first $100,000 plus $3.50 per additional $1,000, and plan review adds 65% of that fee. A 300-square-foot wood patio cover valued at $6,000 comes to $173.65.

Do I need a permit for a shed, fence or re-roof in Boulder City?

A one-story detached storage shed up to 200 square feet at a single-family home, and a wood, vinyl or chain-link fence without a permanent foundation and not over 4 feet high, need no building permit but still need zoning review. Re-roofing with the same or a lighter material needs no permit unless sheathing is replaced, in which case it is an express permit with no plans.

How do I schedule an inspection in Boulder City?

Through the permit portal, for the next business day or up to 14 days ahead. If the portal is down, email buildinginspections@bcnv.org or call 702-293-9327 before 3:30pm for a visit on the next working day; a Thursday request is scheduled for Monday.

Can a homeowner pull a permit in Boulder City?

Yes, as an owner-builder, but only if you own and live at the residential property and act as your own contractor. The city publishes an Owner Builder Affidavit of Exemption for these applications.

Who permits a septic system near Boulder City?

The Southern Nevada Health District, which permits and inspects residential septic systems throughout Clark County (702-759-0660, septics@snhd.org).

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