State Building Permits
Texas - 2026 Building Permit Guide
Permit authority, application process, fees, and requirements for every county and city in Texas. Select your county to find your local permit guide.
254 Counties 1477 Jurisdictions Updated March 2026
Texas Counties
Anderson County 4 jurisdictions → Andrews County 2 jurisdictions → Angelina County 7 jurisdictions → Aransas County 4 jurisdictions → Archer County 7 jurisdictions → Armstrong County 2 jurisdictions → Atascosa County 7 jurisdictions → Austin County 8 jurisdictions → Bailey County 2 jurisdictions → Bandera County 2 jurisdictions → Bastrop County 4 jurisdictions → Baylor County 2 jurisdictions → Bee County 2 jurisdictions → Bell County 13 jurisdictions → Bexar County 27 jurisdictions → Blanco County 4 jurisdictions → Borden County 1 jurisdiction → Bosque County 8 jurisdictions → Bowie County 11 jurisdictions → Brazoria County 22 jurisdictions → Brazos County 5 jurisdictions → Brewster County 2 jurisdictions → Briscoe County 3 jurisdictions → Brooks County 2 jurisdictions → Brown County 5 jurisdictions → Burleson County 4 jurisdictions → Burnet County 10 jurisdictions → Caldwell County 5 jurisdictions → Calhoun County 4 jurisdictions → Callahan County 5 jurisdictions → Cameron County 17 jurisdictions → Camp County 3 jurisdictions → Carson County 5 jurisdictions → Cass County 10 jurisdictions → Castro County 4 jurisdictions → Chambers County 6 jurisdictions → Cherokee County 11 jurisdictions → Childress County 2 jurisdictions → Clay County 7 jurisdictions → Cochran County 3 jurisdictions → Coke County 4 jurisdictions → Coleman County 4 jurisdictions → Collin County 31 jurisdictions → Collingsworth County 3 jurisdictions → Colorado County 4 jurisdictions → Comal County 5 jurisdictions → Comanche County 4 jurisdictions → Concho County 3 jurisdictions → Cooke County 9 jurisdictions → Coryell County 7 jurisdictions → Cottle County 2 jurisdictions → Crane County 2 jurisdictions → Crockett County 1 jurisdiction → Crosby County 4 jurisdictions → Culberson County 2 jurisdictions → Dallam County 3 jurisdictions → Dallas County 32 jurisdictions → Dawson County 5 jurisdictions → Deaf Smith County 2 jurisdictions → Delta County 3 jurisdictions → Denton County 5 jurisdictions → DeWitt County 5 jurisdictions → Dickens County 3 jurisdictions → Dimmit County 4 jurisdictions → Donley County 4 jurisdictions → Duval County 4 jurisdictions → Eastland County 7 jurisdictions → Ector County 2 jurisdictions → Edwards County 2 jurisdictions → El Paso County 8 jurisdictions → Ellis County 16 jurisdictions → Erath County 4 jurisdictions → Falls County 6 jurisdictions → Fannin County 14 jurisdictions → Fayette County 8 jurisdictions → Fisher County 4 jurisdictions → Floyd County 3 jurisdictions → Foard County 2 jurisdictions → Fort Bend County 20 jurisdictions → Franklin County 3 jurisdictions → Freestone County 7 jurisdictions → Frio County 3 jurisdictions → Gaines County 3 jurisdictions → Galveston County 14 jurisdictions → Garza County 2 jurisdictions → Gillespie County 2 jurisdictions → Glasscock County 1 jurisdiction → Goliad County 2 jurisdictions → Gonzales County 5 jurisdictions → Gray County 4 jurisdictions → Grayson County 15 jurisdictions → Gregg County 6 jurisdictions → Grimes County 7 jurisdictions → Guadalupe County 13 jurisdictions → Hale County 6 jurisdictions → Hall County 5 jurisdictions → Hamilton County 4 jurisdictions → Hansford County 3 jurisdictions → Hardeman County 3 jurisdictions → Hardin County 6 jurisdictions → Harris County 35 jurisdictions → Harrison County 7 jurisdictions → Hartley County 3 jurisdictions → Haskell County 7 jurisdictions → Hays County 10 jurisdictions → Hemphill County 2 jurisdictions → Henderson County 20 jurisdictions → Hidalgo County 17 jurisdictions → Hill County 15 jurisdictions → Hockley County 7 jurisdictions → Hood County 7 jurisdictions → Hopkins County 5 jurisdictions → Houston County 6 jurisdictions → Howard County 4 jurisdictions → Hudspeth County 2 jurisdictions → Hunt County 15 jurisdictions → Hutchinson County 5 jurisdictions → Irion County 2 jurisdictions → Jack County 3 jurisdictions → Jackson County 4 jurisdictions → Jasper County 4 jurisdictions → Jeff Davis County 2 jurisdictions → Jefferson County 8 jurisdictions → Jim Hogg County 1 jurisdiction → Jim Wells County 4 jurisdictions → Johnson County 11 jurisdictions → Jones County 7 jurisdictions → Karnes County 5 jurisdictions → Kaufman County 12 jurisdictions → Kendall County 3 jurisdictions → Kenedy County 1 jurisdiction → Kent County 2 jurisdictions → Kerr County 3 jurisdictions → Kimble County 2 jurisdictions → King County 1 jurisdiction → Kinney County 3 jurisdictions → Kleberg County 3 jurisdictions → Knox County 5 jurisdictions → La Salle County 3 jurisdictions → Lamar County 8 jurisdictions → Lamb County 7 jurisdictions → Lampasas County 5 jurisdictions → Lavaca County 5 jurisdictions → Lee County 3 jurisdictions → Leon County 8 jurisdictions → Liberty County 10 jurisdictions → Limestone County 7 jurisdictions → Lipscomb County 5 jurisdictions → Live Oak County 3 jurisdictions → Llano County 4 jurisdictions → Loving County 1 jurisdiction → Lubbock County 8 jurisdictions → Lynn County 5 jurisdictions → Madison County 4 jurisdictions → Marion County 2 jurisdictions → Martin County 4 jurisdictions → Mason County 2 jurisdictions → Matagorda County 3 jurisdictions → Maverick County 2 jurisdictions → McCulloch County 3 jurisdictions → McLennan County 11 jurisdictions → McMullen County 1 jurisdiction → Medina County 6 jurisdictions → Menard County 2 jurisdictions → Midland County 2 jurisdictions → Milam County 6 jurisdictions → Mills County 3 jurisdictions → Mitchell County 4 jurisdictions → Montague County 4 jurisdictions → Montgomery County 15 jurisdictions → Moore County 4 jurisdictions → Morris County 6 jurisdictions → Motley County 3 jurisdictions → Nacogdoches County 6 jurisdictions → Navarro County 20 jurisdictions → Newton County 2 jurisdictions → Nolan County 4 jurisdictions → Nueces County 5 jurisdictions → Ochiltree County 3 jurisdictions → Oldham County 3 jurisdictions → Orange County 9 jurisdictions → Palo Pinto County 6 jurisdictions → Panola County 5 jurisdictions → Parker County 18 jurisdictions → Parmer County 4 jurisdictions → Pecos County 3 jurisdictions → Polk County 6 jurisdictions → Potter County 3 jurisdictions → Presidio County 3 jurisdictions → Rains County 4 jurisdictions → Randall County 6 jurisdictions → Reagan County 2 jurisdictions → Real County 3 jurisdictions → Red River County 7 jurisdictions → Reeves County 4 jurisdictions → Refugio County 5 jurisdictions → Roberts County 2 jurisdictions → Robertson County 5 jurisdictions → Rockwall County 7 jurisdictions → Runnels County 4 jurisdictions → Rusk County 8 jurisdictions → Sabine County 3 jurisdictions → San Augustine County 3 jurisdictions → San Jacinto County 4 jurisdictions → San Patricio County 8 jurisdictions → San Saba County 3 jurisdictions → Schleicher County 2 jurisdictions → Scurry County 2 jurisdictions → Shackelford County 4 jurisdictions → Shelby County 6 jurisdictions → Sherman County 3 jurisdictions → Smith County 9 jurisdictions → Somervell County 2 jurisdictions → Starr County 5 jurisdictions → Stephens County 2 jurisdictions → Sterling County 2 jurisdictions → Stonewall County 2 jurisdictions → Sutton County 2 jurisdictions → Swisher County 4 jurisdictions → Tarrant County 42 jurisdictions → Taylor County 7 jurisdictions → Terrell County 1 jurisdiction → Terry County 4 jurisdictions → Throckmorton County 3 jurisdictions → Titus County 5 jurisdictions → Tom Green County 2 jurisdictions → Travis County 18 jurisdictions → Trinity County 3 jurisdictions → Tyler County 5 jurisdictions → Upshur County 9 jurisdictions → Upton County 3 jurisdictions → Uvalde County 3 jurisdictions → Val Verde County 2 jurisdictions → Van Zandt County 9 jurisdictions → Victoria County 2 jurisdictions → Walker County 4 jurisdictions → Waller County 7 jurisdictions → Ward County 7 jurisdictions → Washington County 3 jurisdictions → Webb County 2 jurisdictions → Wharton County 4 jurisdictions → Wheeler County 4 jurisdictions → Wichita County 7 jurisdictions → Wilbarger County 2 jurisdictions → Willacy County 4 jurisdictions → Williamson County 13 jurisdictions → Wilson County 7 jurisdictions → Winkler County 4 jurisdictions → Wise County 13 jurisdictions → Wood County 6 jurisdictions → Yoakum County 3 jurisdictions → Young County 4 jurisdictions → Zapata County 1 jurisdiction → Zavala County 2 jurisdictions →
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