Welcome to Howard County, Maryland's Citizen Portal
Scheduled Maintenance
Notification: As part of our
commitment to provide exceptional reliability and service to our customers,
Howard County DILP will be enhancing its infrastructure by installing new
servers and updating software to increase capacity and support for our website. As a result, the Howard County Citizen Portal
and Inspection Scheduling Dial-Up Systems will be down for scheduled
maintenance between 11:00 am Friday, 01/29/2021 and 8:00 a.m. Monday, 2/1/2021. Please plan your online and inspections dial
up transactions accordingly. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you.
If you are applying for Outdoor Restaurant Seating you must register as a user by clicking "Register for an Account" at the top of the screen. Click here for additional information regarding Outdoor Restaurant Seating requirements.
Please Note: Permit applications for Capital Projects and permit applications requiring Food Service approval from the Howard County Health Department are not available for online submission at this time. If you have questions, please contact Donald Mock at 410-313-3948. Thank you.
We are pleased to offer our citizens, businesses, and visitors access to government services online, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Howard County is fulfilling our promise to deliver powerful e-government services and provide valuable information about the community while making your interactions with us more efficient, convenient, and interactive. We trust this will provide you with a new, higher level of service that makes living and working in our community a more enjoyable experience. Please pay attention to changes in this web site as we increase access to additional services in the near future.