A permit is just a permit to work on the project, not a contract to be responsable for finishing the work, at least where i'm from thats how it works, True you are responable for the quility if (IF) the final inspection is finished on the permit you pull, and any work done is the same as if you did the work yourself.
My example of pulling permit for someone else.
I pulled a permit for a aquintance to do some work on a rented farm house that he was living at, and he would do the work, right off the bat the power pole was a small long fence post basicly(for a loop over a driveway)and when I got there and was able to wiggle the pole and bear huge it and pull it out of the ground, needless to say I didn't call for a inspection on the permit number that I pulled. Also the Inspector did contact me about the job and I told him the story and another permit would have to be pulled bye some one else, just let my permit exspire. my point is that a permit is not a contract.

[This message has been edited by highvoltageguy (edited 05-16-2005).]