The Bolthole county-legal census · checked 2026-07-01
822 of America's 3,143 counties — 26% of the country — do not require a residential building permit in their unincorporated areas. No national agency tracks this, so we checked every county's own official sources, one by one. This is the complete list, each entry cited to the county's website.
Method: our scout checked official county sources (county websites, codes, planning departments) for all 3,143 counties. Every entry below cites the county’s own page. Rules change — treat this as a verified starting point, not legal advice. See also: Counties With No County-Wide Zoning →
822 counties in 28 states
The official Barbour County government site lists only Administration, Commission, Probate, Road & Bridge, and Solid Waste departments with no building/inspection department, co…
Barbour County, AL Official Website ↗Bibb County's official department directory lists no building department, inspector, or permit office, consistent with rural Alabama counties that do not administer county build…
Bibb County, Alabama - Official Site ↗Blount County's departments list includes no building inspection department or permit office, consistent with Alabama rural counties generally lacking building-code enforcement …
Blount County Commission - Departments & Services ↗Bullock County is a rural Alabama county with no county building/inspection department; building regulation applies within the municipalities (Union Springs, Midway) rather than…
Bullock County, Alabama (official county website) ↗The county government lists only Commission, Revenue, Probate, EMA, Sheriff and Road departments with no building/inspection department, consistent with Alabama rural counties t…
Butler County Government ↗Calhoun County's official department listing shows no county building department or building-permit function for unincorporated areas, consistent with rural Alabama counties tha…
Calhoun County Alabama - County Departments/Forms ↗Chambers County regulates subdivisions and nuisance/property-maintenance code but has no county residential building permit program in unincorporated areas; Alabama counties lac…
Chambers County, Alabama - Code Enforcement ↗The county's Zoning/Permitting page states Cherokee County does not have building permit requirements outside of incorporated areas (permitting is chiefly floodplain/911 address…
Cherokee County Commission - Zoning / Permitting ↗The official Chilton County department list includes no building department or building-permit office for unincorporated areas; permits/codes apply within incorporated towns only.
Chilton County, Alabama (official site) ↗Choctaw County's official list of departments includes no building, permit, inspection, or code-enforcement office; Alabama has no statewide residential building code and rural …
Choctaw County, Alabama - Official Website ↗Clarke County lists no building, planning, or zoning department; unincorporated construction is not permitted at the county level (municipalities like Grove Hill and Jackson reg…
Clarke County Commission Office ↗Clay County is governed by a five-member Commission with no county building or inspections department; Alabama counties generally lack authority to require residential building …
Clay County Alabama Chamber - Local Government ↗The Cleburne County Commission's duties cover budgets, roads, bridges and facilities with no building department; building permits are issued municipally (e.g., City of Heflin),…
Cleburne County Commission ↗County states there are no building codes or building permits in unincorporated Coffee County, except subdivision, floodplain, and Enterprise extraterritorial rules.
Coffee County Commission FAQ ↗The county's official department list includes no building department or building inspector; Alabama counties generally do not require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Colbert County Departments ↗The official Conecuh County office directory lists no building, permit, inspection, or code-enforcement department; Alabama has no statewide residential building code and rural …
Conecuh County Commission - Directory ↗Alabama has no statewide residential building code and Coosa County's government presents no county building/permit/inspection department, consistent with rural Alabama counties…
Coosa County Commission ↗No county building or permitting department is listed on the official Covington County site; Alabama counties generally lack building-code permit authority in unincorporated are…
Covington County, AL official website ↗Crenshaw is a rural Alabama county; no county building department or building-permit office could be identified on official sources, consistent with Alabama rural counties gener…
Atlas Alabama — Crenshaw County ↗Cullman County government lists no building department or building-permit function for unincorporated areas (only road/driveway permits and subdivision review), consistent with …
Cullman County Commission ↗Dale County's own posted notice on building/zoning codes indicates the county has no building codes or permits for unincorporated areas; permits apply only within incorporated m…
Dale County Commission - Building/Zoning Codes Notice ↗Alabama counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Dallas County's official departments list a road/bridge Engineering de…
Dallas County, AL - Engineering Department ↗County FAQ states there are no building permit requirements for property located in rural Elmore County (a floodplain development permit is required only within a floodplain).
Elmore County Commission - FAQs ↗The county's official departments are the Commission, Revenue/Tax, and Engineering/Road (roads outside city jurisdictions) with no building or inspection department, consistent …
Escambia County, AL Commission ↗The Gadsden/Etowah IDA states plainly: "No building permits are required in unincorporated portions of Etowah County"; municipalities generally do require permits.
Gadsden-Etowah IDA - Permits and Regulations ↗The county FAQ states plainly: "There are no building or permitting requirements in Fayette County," though incorporated towns/cities may have their own.
Fayette County (AL) FAQ ↗Franklin County has no county building, planning, or zoning department; building permits are handled only at the municipal level within incorporated cities, so unincorporated co…
Franklin County Development Authority - Licenses & Permits ↗Geneva County government lists no building-permit or inspection department; under Alabama law rural counties generally do not require building permits in unincorporated areas (p…
Geneva County Commission (official county website) ↗The Greene County Commission department directory lists no building department or building inspector; in unincorporated Greene County no county building code is enforced (regula…
Greene County Commission - Directory ↗Hale County lists no building inspection or permit department among its offices, consistent with Alabama counties generally lacking authority to require building permits in unin…
Hale County Commission official website ↗Henry County's official department directory lists no building department, building inspector, or permit office, consistent with rural Alabama counties that do not administer co…
Henry County, AL - Departments ↗County page states plainly: "Jackson County currently does not have zoning laws nor do we require building permits" in unincorporated areas outside municipalities.
Jackson County AL - Zoning and Building Permits ↗Lamar County (Vernon) is rural with no county building/inspection department; Alabama counties generally lack authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas absen…
Lamar County, Alabama - County Government ↗The official Lauderdale County (AL) government site lists no county building-permit/inspection department, and Alabama rural counties generally do not require building permits i…
Lauderdale County (AL) Government ↗The official Lawrence County departments list has no building department or permit office; the county reports no building-permit requirement in unincorporated areas except withi…
Lawrence County Commission - Departments ↗Unincorporated Limestone County has no county building department or building-inspection program; there is no county residential building permit outside municipal limits, though…
ParcelVision - Limestone County, Alabama Setbacks & Zoning ↗Lowndes County lists no county building department or building-permit program (only an enforcement office), consistent with Alabama rural counties that lack general authority to…
Lowndes County, AL - County Commission ↗Macon County's only code-enforcement arm, the Compliance Office, regulates nuisances (animal control, littering, noise, solid waste) and not building construction; the county ad…
Macon County, AL - Compliance Office ↗Marengo County's official site lists no building inspection or building permit department (only Sheriff, E-911, and the EDA), and rural Alabama counties generally do not require…
Marengo County, AL — Other Departments (official county site) ↗The official county site lists no building, planning, or permit department; consistent with rural Alabama counties, no county building permit is required in unincorporated areas…
Marion County AL - Official Website ↗Building permits in Monroe County are issued only by municipalities such as the City of Monroeville; the county has no building/planning department covering unincorporated areas.
City of Monroeville Building Department ↗The county engineer states development in unincorporated Morgan County requires only floodplain, sewage-disposal (septic), and driveway permits; the subdivision regulations refe…
Morgan County Engineer - Development in Morgan County ↗The Perry County Commission's official site lists no building-permit, inspection, or code-enforcement department, consistent with rural Alabama counties that do not require resi…
Perry County, AL (official county government site) ↗The official Pickens County government listing shows no building, permit, inspection, or code-enforcement department; Alabama has no statewide residential building code and rura…
Pickens County Alabama - Government ↗Under Alabama law (Ala. Code Title 34-14A), county commissions may adopt/enforce building codes in unincorporated areas only by ordinance; Pike County maintains no county buildi…
Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board - Building laws and codes (Ala. Code 34-14A-12) ↗The county's official departments list includes no building permit or inspection department; building permits/inspections in St. Clair County are handled by incorporated municip…
St. Clair County AL - Departments ↗The county's Permits & Zoning (Highway Dept) issues subdivision, floodplain, driveway/turnout, landscaping and logging permits but not residential building permits; unincorporat…
Talladega County Permits, Building & Development ↗The official county Engineering page states unincorporated Walker County has no building regulations and does not require building permits for structures.
Walker County AL Engineering Department ↗Washington County's official departments list includes no building or permitting department, consistent with rural Alabama counties that do not require building permits in uninc…
Washington County, Alabama - Departments ↗Wilcox County's official department roster includes no building/inspection or planning office, consistent with rural Alabama counties that do not require building permits in uni…
Wilcox County, Alabama - Official Website ↗Winston County's official site lists no building department or building-permit office, and Alabama counties lack general building-permit authority in unincorporated areas absent…
Winston County, Alabama - Official County Website (Departments) ↗The borough's permitting program (Title 40) covers only resource-development and commercial activities; no residential building permit is required and Alaska has no statewide bu…
Aleutians East Borough Permitting ↗Aleutians West is part of Alaska's Unorganized Borough with no borough government, so there is no area-wide building permit requirement outside incorporated cities such as Unala…
Alaska DCCED - Municipal Government Structure in Alaska ↗The Bethel Census Area is a statistical subdivision of the Unorganized Borough with no area-wide government, so no borough-level building permit is required outside incorporated…
Alaska Statutes AS 38.05.037 (Zoning regulations in the unorganized borough) ↗The Chugach Census Area lies in the Unorganized Borough with no borough government to require building permits, and Alaska has no statewide building code outside organized munic…
Alaska DCRA Municipal Government Structure in Alaska ↗Copper River is an unorganized-borough census area with no borough government; there is no area-wide building permit for single-family homes (state code applies only to certain …
Alaska DCCED - Municipal Government Structure in Alaska ↗Alaska has no statewide residential building code, and the Denali Borough's powers are limited to planning, platting, and zoning (Denali Borough Code Ch. 5.25) with no adopted r…
Denali Borough Planning Commission ↗The Dillingham Census Area lies within Alaska's Unorganized Borough, which has no area-wide borough government to require building permits; only the incorporated City of Dilling…
Alaska DNR - Unorganized Borough (platting authority) ↗The borough FAQ states building permits are only required within the cities of Fairbanks and North Pole; since the FNSB has not adopted a building code, permits are not required…
FNSB FAQ — Do I need a building permit? ↗Hoonah-Angoon is part of Alaska's Unorganized Borough, which has no area-wide borough government; outside incorporated cities there is no local authority issuing residential bui…
Alaska DCCED - Municipal Government Structure in Alaska ↗The KPB does not have structure building codes in its code and has no building inspector; single-family homes need no borough building permit. A State Fire Marshal permit is req…
Kenai Peninsula Borough Planning – Building/Construction Permit Information (rev. Mar 2025) ↗Kusilvak Census Area lies within Alaska's Unorganized Borough, which has no area-wide (borough) government to adopt or enforce building codes; no residential building permit app…
Alaska DCCED - Municipal Government Structure ↗The Borough requires a development permit only for privately owned projects that are not residential, so residential construction is exempt; there is no borough building code.
Lake and Peninsula Borough Planning/Permits ↗The State of Alaska and Mat-Su Borough have not adopted the International Residential Code, so there is no residential building code or residential building permit borough-wide;…
MSB - Adopted Building Codes 2021 Code Cycle ↗The Nome Census Area sits within Alaska's Unorganized Borough, which has no area-wide borough government to adopt or enforce a building code, so no building permit is required o…
Unorganized Borough, Alaska (Wikipedia summarizing AK governance) ↗Prince of Wales-Hyder is part of Alaska's unorganized borough with no borough government, so there is no area-wide building permit requirement outside incorporated cities.
Alaska DCRA - Municipal Government Structure in Alaska ↗The census area lies in Alaska's unorganized borough, which has no area-wide borough government to require building permits outside incorporated cities (e.g., Delta Junction, Ea…
Alaska DCCED - Municipal Government Structure in Alaska ↗Yukon-Koyukuk is part of Alaska's Unorganized Borough, which has no borough government and therefore no area-wide building permit or code enforcement; permits exist only within …
Alaska DCCED - Municipal Government Structure in Alaska ↗Arkansas County's government lists no building/inspection department; residential building permits are handled by municipalities (DeWitt, Stuttgart), so no county permit applies…
Arkansas.gov - Arkansas County ↗Ashley County lists no building/inspection department among its offices; Arkansas' statewide code is nominally in force but the county operates no residential building permit pr…
Ashley County - County Officials ↗Baxter County's government site lists no building-permit or building-inspection department for unincorporated areas (only a facilities 'Buildings & Grounds' unit), consistent wi…
Baxter County AR - Government Website ↗Boone County's official county services/department listing includes no building-permit or inspections department; consistent with rural Arkansas counties, no county residential …
Boone County AR Government - County Services ↗Bradley County's official state portal lists only Assessor and Collector, with no county building-inspection department, consistent with Arkansas rural counties that do not requ…
Arkansas.gov Bradley County Portal ↗The official Arkansas.gov county directory lists only Assessor and Collector offices for Calhoun County, with no building or code-enforcement office; Arkansas has no statewide r…
Arkansas.gov - Calhoun County ↗No county building department or building-inspector office exists at the Carroll County level; building-code enforcement is handled by municipalities (e.g., Berryville, Eureka S…
Arkansas.gov - Carroll County ↗The official Arkansas.gov county directory lists no building or code-enforcement office for Chicot County, and Arkansas has no statewide residential building code for unincorpor…
Arkansas.gov - Chicot County ↗Clark County's listed offices include no building, inspections, or planning department; building permits/codes apply only within incorporated cities such as Arkadelphia.
Clark County Arkansas - Official County Government Website ↗In the county Code of Ordinances (Chapter 13, Article I - Building), the Building section is marked "Reserved," indicating the county has not adopted building regulations or a b…
Clay County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13 (Urban/Rural Development) ↗Cleveland County is a rural Arkansas county whose official listing shows no building, planning, or permitting department; consistent with Arkansas rural counties, no county buil…
Arkansas.gov - Cleveland County ↗Craighead County has no planning board and its Office of Emergency Management issues only Floodplain Development Permits (required only in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas); no g…
Craighead County - Floodplain (Office of Emergency Management) ↗Crawford County's official department list shows no building, permit, or inspection office; in rural unincorporated Arkansas the county does not issue residential building permi…
Crawford County, Arkansas - County Officials/Departments ↗Cross County's official county offices listing includes no building or code-enforcement department, consistent with rural Arkansas counties that do not require building permits …
Cross County AR Government - County Offices ↗Dallas County's official listing shows only Assessor and Collector offices with no building or code-enforcement department, so the rural county issues no county building permit …
Arkansas.gov - Dallas County Offices ↗The official Arkansas.gov Desha County directory lists only Assessor and Collector offices — no county building/permit or planning department — consistent with Arkansas rural co…
Arkansas.gov – Desha County directory ↗No county building, permit, inspection, or code-enforcement department is listed for Drew County; Arkansas rural counties generally impose no building permit in unincorporated a…
Arkansas.gov - Drew County ↗The county has no general building-permit department; only floodplain development permits are administered at the county level, with building codes enforced by municipalities.
Faulkner County, AR - Government ↗Franklin County's official government site lists no building department, building inspector, or permit office; rural Arkansas counties generally do not require county building p…
Franklin County Arkansas Government - Departments ↗Fulton County's official site lists no building, permit, or inspection office, consistent with rural Arkansas counties that do not issue residential building permits in unincorp…
Fulton County AR Government ↗Grant County's official departments list includes no building/inspection office (only Floodplain administration); Arkansas' statewide code is nominally in force but the county o…
Grant County, AR - Officials & Departments ↗The county government lists no building-inspection/permitting department; in unincorporated Greene County there is no county residential building permit, with construction subje…
Greene County AR – Official County Website (Departments) ↗Hempstead County's official site lists no county building department or permit program; building permitting is handled by municipalities such as the City of Hope, consistent wit…
Hempstead County, Arkansas (official county site) ↗Hot Spring County's official site lists no county building department or inspection office, consistent with rural Arkansas counties that do not require county building permits; …
Hot Spring County, Arkansas - Official Site ↗Howard County's listed offices are all elected constitutional offices with no county building/permit department; rural Arkansas counties generally do not require building permit…
Arkansas.gov - Howard County ↗Arkansas counties generally do not require residential building permits in unincorporated/rural areas, and Independence County lists no building or code-enforcement department; …
Arkansas.gov - Independence County ↗Izard County lists no building permit or building inspection department among its offices, consistent with rural Arkansas counties not requiring building permits in unincorporat…
Izard County (AR) Government ↗Arkansas's statewide fire/building code is enforced locally by a building department, and the official state county directory for Jackson County lists no county building, inspec…
Arkansas.gov - Jackson County Directory ↗Johnson County lists no building, planning, or code-enforcement department; consistent with rural Arkansas practice, no county residential building permit is administered for un…
Johnson County AR (county departments) ↗Lafayette County's listed offices are limited to fiscal and court functions with no building/inspection department; Arkansas' statewide code is nominally in force but the county…
Lafayette County - Arkansas.gov ↗No county building-permit or inspection office appears on the state's Lawrence County portal (only Assessor and Collector listed); rural Arkansas counties generally do not requi…
Arkansas.gov - Lawrence County ↗Rural/unincorporated Lee County has no county building department or building inspector listed; Arkansas rural counties generally do not require county building permits outside …
Arkansas.gov - Lee County ↗Arkansas rural counties generally do not enforce residential building codes or issue building permits in unincorporated areas; Lincoln County's official listing shows only asses…
Arkansas.gov - Lincoln County ↗Little River County lists no building, planning, or permit department among its departments; unincorporated rural areas have no county residential building permit/inspection pro…
Little River County - Departments ↗Logan County's official directory lists no building department, inspector, or permit office, consistent with rural Arkansas counties that do not administer county building permi…
Logan County, Arkansas - County Directory ↗The official Arkansas county portal lists no Lonoke County building or permits department, and Arkansas imposes no statewide residential building code on rural unincorporated ar…
Arkansas.gov - Lonoke County ↗Madison County's official department listing includes no building-permit, planning, or zoning office, consistent with Arkansas rural counties not requiring building permits in u…
Madison County, Arkansas - Official Website (offices/departments) ↗Marion County's department listing includes no building-permit, planning, or zoning office (only Emergency Management/E911, Road, Assessor, etc.), consistent with Arkansas rural…
Marion County, Arkansas - Official Website (departments) ↗Miller County's official government site lists no building or permit department; Arkansas has no statewide residential building permit in unincorporated areas, and permits are h…
Miller County, Arkansas official website ↗Monroe County (seat Clarendon) lists no building department and, like most rural Arkansas counties, has no county residential building-permit program in unincorporated areas.
Arkansas.gov - Monroe County (county offices) ↗The official Arkansas county portal lists only Assessor and Collector offices for Montgomery County with no county building or inspections department, consistent with rural Arka…
Arkansas.gov - Montgomery County offices ↗Nevada County (seat: Prescott) lists only Assessor and Collector offices with no county building department; Arkansas rural counties do not require building permits in unincorpo…
Arkansas.gov - Nevada County ↗Arkansas rural counties generally do not enforce residential building permits; Newton County's code has an Urban/Rural Development chapter whose text was not machine-readable, s…
Newton County AR Code of Ordinances, Ch. 13 Urban/Rural Development ↗Ouachita County's adopted Code of Ordinances (Chapter 13, Urban and Rural Development) covers roads and address numbering, not building permits; permitting/inspection occurs wit…
Ouachita County, AR Code of Ordinances (Municode) ↗Perry County has no county building/zoning department; Arkansas' statewide building code is nominally in force but no local office issues residential building permits in unincor…
Arkansas Department of Labor and Licensing - Building Codes ↗Arkansas building permits and code enforcement are administered by municipalities (e.g., Helena-West Helena); no county-level building permit program was found for unincorporate…
Arkansas.gov - Phillips County ↗Pike County's official site lists only constitutional offices (Judge, Clerk, Assessor, etc.) with no county building department or inspection program, consistent with rural Arka…
Pike County, Arkansas Official Website ↗No county building or permitting department is listed on the official Poinsett County site; rural Arkansas counties generally do not require a county building permit in unincorp…
Poinsett County, AR official website ↗Arkansas counties have no building-permit authority in unincorporated areas; Polk County has no county building department and permitting is handled only by cities such as Mena.
Association of Arkansas Counties - Polk County ↗Pope County's official department list includes no building, code-enforcement, or planning/zoning office; the county does not issue building permits in unincorporated areas (the…
Pope County Departments ↗Randolph County's official listing shows no county building-permit or inspection office; in Arkansas rural counties, building permits are generally required only inside municipa…
Randolph County (Arkansas.gov county portal) ↗The county's only land-development body is the Saline County Planning Board, which oversees subdivision rules and regulations; no county residential building-permit program was …
Saline County Planning Board ↗Scott County's listed offices are limited to Assessor and Collector with no county building department or inspector; Arkansas rural counties do not require building permits in u…
Arkansas.gov - Scott County ↗Searcy County (seat Marshall) lists no building department and, like most rural Arkansas counties, has no county residential building-permit program in unincorporated areas.
Arkansas.gov - Searcy County (county offices) ↗Sebastian County's official department listing includes no building-permit or code-enforcement office; Arkansas counties generally do not require building permits in unincorpora…
Sebastian County Government (official county site) ↗Sevier County has no county building/planning department; the official county directory lists only Assessor and Collector, and building rules are set by incorporated municipalit…
Arkansas.gov - Sevier County directory ↗Sharp County Code of Ordinances Chapter 13, Article I (Building) is marked 'Reserved,' meaning the county has adopted no building code or building-permit requirement.
Sharp County Code of Ordinances, Chapter 13 ↗Arkansas counties generally do not require residential building permits in unincorporated/rural areas, and St. Francis County lists no building or code-enforcement department; p…
Arkansas.gov - St. Francis County ↗Stone County's official county offices list shows no building department, permit office, or code enforcement; unincorporated Arkansas counties generally do not require residenti…
Stone County AR Government - County Offices ↗Official county/El Dorado economic development guidance states that building outside El Dorado city limits (unincorporated Union County) requires no building permit; compliance …
Go El Dorado - Codes, Permits & Ordinances ↗Van Buren County (seat Clinton) is a rural Arkansas county with no county building department; Arkansas rural counties generally do not require building permits in unincorporate…
Arkansas.gov - Van Buren County ↗The county does not enforce building codes or issue building permits for single-family homes in unincorporated/Rural Unincorporated Areas, though a zoning-compliance permit is i…
Washington County Permits & Regulations ↗The official White County government site lists no county building/permit department, consistent with Arkansas rural counties not requiring building permits in unincorporated ar…
White County (AR) Government ↗The State of Arkansas official county portal lists only Assessor and Collector offices for Woodruff County, with no county building or inspection department, consistent with rur…
Arkansas.gov - Woodruff County ↗The county government listing has no building permit or inspection office; rural unincorporated Arkansas counties generally do not require or enforce residential building permit…
Yell County AR - Government ↗Baca County is one of the Colorado counties without a local building department; the state Division of Housing regulates only factory-built/manufactured structures, and the coun…
Colorado Division of Housing - Jurisdictions without Building Departments ↗Dolores County has no building department; the Colorado Division of Housing lists it among jurisdictions without building departments, and county guidance cites only septic and …
Colorado Division of Housing - Jurisdictions without Building Departments ↗Kit Carson County appears on the Colorado Division of Housing list of jurisdictions without a building department, so the county does not issue/require a county building permit …
Colorado Division of Housing - Jurisdictions without Building Departments ↗Montezuma County has no building department, does not enforce building codes for residential construction, and does not issue Certificates of Occupancy; no county building permi…
Montezuma County - Building in Montezuma County ↗Prowers County has no building department and does not issue building permits; it is on the Colorado Division of Housing list of jurisdictions without building departments, and …
Colorado Division of Housing - Jurisdictions without Building Departments ↗Colorado has no statewide building code; unincorporated Yuma County does not administer a building code or building permit, requiring instead an Activity Notice and a Land Use P…
Yuma County - Land Use ↗The county's own Administration page states verbatim: "No building permits are required in Bacon County for areas outside the city limits of Alma."
Bacon County Government - Administration ↗The Wilcox County government's official department listing includes no building inspection, code enforcement, permits, or planning office, indicating the unincorporated county d…
Wilcox County Government - Departments ↗The county states 'the only building requirements in Idaho County for properties outside of city limits or city areas of impact are State requirements' - Idaho County has not ad…
Idaho County - Building/Living in Idaho County ↗Brown County publishes building-code and permit rules only for the City of Mt. Sterling; no county building code or building-permit program exists for unincorporated areas, cons…
Brown County - Code of Ordinances (Permits, Forms, and Zoning) ↗The county Department of Planning & Zoning issues only zoning use permits, not structural building permits; Champaign County is non-home-rule and has no adopted county building …
Champaign County Department of Planning & Zoning ↗The county's official departments and permits pages list no building department or building permit; only highway-related permits (truck, utility, culvert) are issued, consistent…
Clark County, IL — Permits ↗Clay County is a township-form, non-home-rule county whose listed offices include no building, permit, or code-enforcement department; Illinois imposes no statewide residential …
Clay County, Illinois - Official Website ↗The county Zoning page states Coles County does not operate under a county zoning framework and does not require building permits at the unincorporated level; state/federal law …
Coles County - Zoning ↗Crawford County government lists no countywide building department or building-permit program; under Illinois practice, non-home-rule rural counties generally do not require bui…
Crawford County, Illinois - County Government ↗County's official department list shows no building or code-enforcement office; consistent with Illinois having no statewide residential code mandate for non-home-rule rural cou…
Cumberland County, Illinois Official Website ↗Official county letter states building permits are not required in unincorporated areas of Effingham County, though municipal extra-territorial jurisdiction may apply near Effin…
Effingham County Highway Department No-Zoning Letter ↗Gallatin County's official department listing (Clerk, Highway, Treasurer, EMA, Coroner, Probation, Sheriff, States Attorney, Assessments, Circuit Clerk, County Board) includes n…
Gallatin County, Illinois - Departments ↗Greene County lists no building, zoning, or planning department; as a rural non-home-rule Illinois county it does not administer countywide residential building permits (permits…
Greene County IL Government ↗Hamilton County's official department list includes no building/zoning or permit office; as a non-home-rule Illinois county there is no statewide residential building-code manda…
Hamilton County, IL - County Departments ↗Illinois does not mandate a residential building code for non-home-rule counties; Hancock County's official site lists no building/permit department, consistent with rural IL co…
Hancock County, Illinois — official county website ↗Illinois has no statewide residential building-code mandate for non-home-rule counties and no Henderson County residential building-permit/inspection program was found; a county…
Henderson County IL - County Ordinances ↗Jackson County's official departments list includes no building, zoning, planning, or code-enforcement office; as a non-home-rule rural IL county it does not administer building…
Jackson County IL - Departments ↗No county building department or county-wide building permit requirement was found for unincorporated Jasper County; documented permitting is municipal only (City of Newton), co…
City of Newton / Jasper County IL - Forms, Applications & Permits ↗Illinois has no statewide residential building code; Morgan County's official department listing includes no county building department (only an advisory Regional Planning Commi…
Morgan County Departments ↗Pulaski County's official department listing includes no building or code-enforcement office; as a non-home-rule rural county, Illinois imposes no statewide residential permit m…
Pulaski County IL official website (departments) ↗The county department directory lists no building/permit department and the adopted county code book (Title IX General Regulations) contains no building-code chapter, consistent…
Richland County, Illinois - official site (departments/code book) ↗The county's department listing includes no building permit, inspection, or zoning office; non-home-rule rural Illinois counties generally do not require county residential buil…
Saline County IL - Official Website ↗Schuyler County lists no building/planning department and no county building-inspection program; as a non-home-rule rural Illinois county it has no countywide residential buildi…
Schuyler County IL - Departments ↗The county's list of offices (Clerk, Circuit Clerk, Treasurer, State's Attorney, Assessor, Sheriff, Health Department) includes no building, zoning, or code-enforcement departme…
Scott County, Illinois - Official Website ↗Illinois does not mandate a residential building code for non-home-rule rural counties, and Wayne County's official site lists no building/inspection department, so county build…
Wayne County, Illinois (official) ↗White County's official departments list includes no building, zoning, or permit office, consistent with Illinois rural non-home-rule counties that do not administer a residenti…
White County, IL - Departments ↗The Building and Zoning department states Woodford County is a non-building-code jurisdiction with no building code adopted, so no building permit is issued (zoning permits stil…
Woodford County Building and Zoning ↗The county's official department listing shows no building department or building commissioner and the Indiana 15 RPC hosts building codes only for incorporated towns (English, …
Crawford County, Indiana official county site ↗Dubois County lists no building, planning, or building-inspector department and has no county plan commission; Indiana's statewide Residential Code applies but county-level buil…
Dubois County IN - Departments ↗Gibson County's official department directory lists no building department, building commissioner, or area plan commission (only Floodplain Administration), and it repealed its …
Gibson County, Indiana - Departments ↗Greene County states that the only permit required from the County to build residential or commercial property is a septic permit; it does not issue a county residential buildin…
Greene County, Indiana - FAQ (Planning/Zoning/Permits) ↗The county's official FAQ states Pike County no longer requires a building permit, though the towns of Petersburg, Winslow and Spurgeon require permits within their jurisdictions.
Pike County, IN - FAQs (Building/Permits) ↗Iowa has no statewide residential building code, and Adair County's official ordinance index shows no adopted countywide building-code or building-permit ordinance (only airport…
Adair County, IA - County Ordinances ↗Appanoose County's official new-construction process requires a Zoning Certificate (in zoned areas) and a sewer permit but does not issue a county building-code permit, consiste…
Appanoose County, IA - New Construction ↗The county Land Use FAQ states building permits are not required in the unincorporated area of Benton County, though floodplain permits and state electrical permits may apply an…
Benton County Land Use FAQ ↗The county issues zoning compliance permits (not building permits) prior to construction; Iowa has no statewide residential building code and none was found adopted for unincorp…
Buena Vista County Zoning Department ↗Iowa has no statewide residential building code unless locally adopted; the Chickasaw County Land Use office administers only subdivision and floodplain regulation, with no coun…
Chickasaw County Land Use Office ↗The Davis County official site lists no building-permit or planning office; Iowa has no statewide residential building code absent local adoption, so no county building permit i…
Davis County IA - County Offices ↗Delaware County only issues zoning permits (setbacks/land use) and does not perform building code inspections; a zoning permit is required for new structures but there is no cou…
Delaware County Zoning FAQ ↗Iowa has no statewide residential building code unless locally adopted; Dickinson County's Zoning & Environmental Health office issues a Certificate of Zoning Compliance rather …
Dickinson County - Zoning & Environmental Health Applications ↗The county services directory states Hamilton County does not currently require building permits; Iowa has no statewide residential building code.
Hamilton County, Iowa — Services Directory ↗The county's official department list includes no building inspector or building department, consistent with Iowa having no statewide residential building code unless a county l…
Ida County, IA Departments ↗The county's official page states 'the County does not require building permits' in unincorporated Jefferson County (state/national codes may still apply).
Jefferson County Iowa - Questions ↗Iowa has no statewide residential building code unless locally adopted, and the county's official site lists no building department for unincorporated areas; no explicit county …
Keokuk County, Iowa (official site) ↗Lucas County's list of enacted ordinances contains no countywide building code or general building-permit ordinance; Iowa has no statewide residential building code absent local…
Lucas County Iowa - County Ordinances ↗The county's official ordinance list contains no county-wide residential building-permit ordinance, consistent with Iowa having no statewide residential building code unless loc…
O'Brien County Board of Supervisors - Ordinances ↗Iowa has no statewide residential building code unless locally adopted; the county administers a zoning compliance permit for construction rather than a building-code permit, an…
Palo Alto County Zoning and Solid Waste Department ↗The county's official ordinance list contains only Wind Turbine and Solar ordinances with no adopted building code or building-permit ordinance; Iowa has no statewide residentia…
Ringgold County Ordinances ↗Iowa has no statewide residential building code and Taylor County lists no building or inspection department among its offices, indicating no countywide building permit requirem…
Taylor County Departments ↗Union County lists no building/planning department and its ordinance index contains no county residential building code, consistent with Iowa having no statewide residential cod…
Union County, Iowa - Ordinances ↗The county's official permit page lists only highway, sewer, and blasting permits with no general building permit, and Iowa has no statewide residential building code unless loc…
Van Buren County, Iowa - Apply for a Permit ↗With the county zoning ordinance rescinded and Iowa having no statewide residential building code, no county building permit is required in unincorporated areas; certain trade p…
Washington County Planning & Development ↗Wayne County's services directory lists septic permits but no county building permit, consistent with Iowa having no statewide residential building code unless locally adopted; …
Wayne County - Where Do I Go For ↗The county staff directory lists no building or code-enforcement department; only a floodplain 'Development Permit' is referenced, consistent with rural Kansas counties that do …
Atchison County Staff Directory (departments list) ↗The official county site lists no building department, building code, or permit program, consistent with rural Kansas counties that do not require residential building permits.
Barber County, Kansas - Home ↗The county government lists no building/codes or planning department (only Public Works, Sanitation, Public Health, etc.); building permits and codes are handled by incorporated…
Bourbon County Kansas - Official Site (Departments) ↗Brown County's official forms list includes no county residential building permit (only a Road & Bridge move-building permit); rural Kansas counties commonly do not require coun…
Brown County KS - Forms ↗The official Chase County government site lists no planning, zoning, building-inspection, code-enforcement, or permit department, consistent with rural Kansas counties that requ…
Chase County, Kansas official website ↗Chautauqua County is a rural Kansas county with no county-wide building code, and Kansas has no statewide residential building code mandate for unincorporated areas.
Tiny Home Regulations in Kansas (Chautauqua County section) ↗Cheyenne County's government lists no building/permit office, and building permitting is handled at the municipal level (e.g., City of St. Francis); the rural unincorporated cou…
Cheyenne County, KS - Government ↗Cloud County's official departments listing includes no building-permit or code-enforcement office (building codes/permits exist only within cities such as Concordia), indicatin…
Cloud County, KS - official county government site ↗The county's official site lists no building-inspection or permit department, consistent with rural Kansas counties that do not require building permits in unincorporated areas …
Comanche County, Kansas official website ↗The county's official department list shows no building, planning, or zoning department for unincorporated areas, and no county building-permit program is documented; building p…
Edwards County, KS Official Website ↗Elk County's official department list includes no building/codes/inspection office; only Public Works issues construction permits, and those are for septic/lagoon systems, imply…
Elk County Kansas :: Departments ↗Ellsworth County's official department listing includes no building/permit office or code enforcement; residential building permits are handled at the municipal level (e.g., Cit…
Ellsworth County, KS - Official Website ↗Ford County's zoning regulations reference zoning-administrator permits (conditional use, manufactured home park) but no general residential building-code permit requirement was…
Ford County Zoning Regulations ↗Gove County's official departments listing includes no building-permit or code-enforcement office, consistent with the county having no adopted building codes for unincorporated…
Gove County - Departments (official county site) ↗Grant County's official departments list includes no building, planning, or code-enforcement office, indicating no countywide residential building permit outside the City of Uly…
Grant County, KS - Departments ↗The Unified Greeley County government lists only Clerk, Treasurer, Appraiser, Sheriff and Register of Deeds - no building or code-enforcement office - and Kansas has no statewid…
Unified Greeley County, KS - Official Website ↗Hodgeman County's official site lists no planning, zoning, or building-permit department, and Kansas does not mandate a residential building code in unincorporated areas.
Hodgeman County (official county website) ↗The county states it does not have building codes; Planning & Zoning only inspects outside-city properties for setbacks and occupancy, and residents are directed to cities for b…
Jefferson County Business/Building Regulations ↗The Jewell County department directory lists no building/codes department, consistent with rural Kansas counties that do not require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Jewell County, Kansas - County Directory ↗Lincoln County's official department list includes no building, codes, planning, or zoning department, indicating the unincorporated county does not administer residential build…
Lincoln County, KS - Departments ↗No county planning/zoning or building-permit office is listed among Logan County departments; building permits are handled at the City of Oakley level, not for the unincorporate…
City of Oakley - Logan County Departments ↗Marshall County's official website lists many departments (Appraiser, Health, Public Works, Road & Bridge, Solid Waste, etc.) but no building/zoning/planning department, consist…
Marshall County, Kansas — official county website ↗Meade County's official department list includes no building/codes office, consistent with rural Kansas counties that do not require residential building permits in unincorporat…
Meade County, KS - Departments ↗The county's department listing includes no building/codes office, consistent with rural Kansas counties that impose no residential building permit in unincorporated areas (city…
Mitchell County, KS - Official Website ↗Morton County's official site lists no county building or code-enforcement department, and Kansas has no statewide residential building code; general building permits are not re…
Morton County, KS official website (departments) ↗Neosho County's official department list contains no building/codes department; the county regulates only sanitation/environmental health, so no countywide residential building …
Neosho County, KS – Departments ↗Ness County's official department directory lists no building, codes, or permits department, indicating the rural county operates no county-wide building permit program.
Ness County, KS — Departments ↗Norton County's official department directory lists no building, permit, or code-enforcement department, consistent with rural Kansas counties that issue no countywide residenti…
Norton County KS - Departments ↗Osborne County's official departments list includes no building, permit, or inspection office, and the county issues no county-level residential building permits.
Osborne County - Departments ↗Ottawa County administers zoning permits but its official zoning regulations state that 'a zoning permit is not a building permit' and do not impose a county building code, so n…
Ottawa County, Kansas - Planning & Zoning ↗The county's official site states there are no defined regulations or permits required for construction or improvements within rural (unincorporated) Phillips County; only incor…
Phillips County, KS - Building Regulations & Permitting ↗Pratt County lists only zoning permits (Primary/Accessory Structure or Use) and no building-code building permit fee; a zoning permit rather than a building permit governs const…
Pratt County - Planning & Zoning Fees ↗Rawlins County's official departments listing shows no building, codes, or permitting office, consistent with rural Kansas counties that do not administer residential building p…
Rawlins County Departments ↗Reno County does not enforce or implement building codes and requires no building inspections in unincorporated areas; only a zoning permit is required for structures over 120 s…
Reno County - Your Home (Planning & Zoning) ↗Scott County government lists no county building/codes department; building permits are administered only within incorporated Scott City, so unincorporated county construction i…
Scott County, Kansas (county government) ↗The county's own department directory lists no building, codes, or inspections department, consistent with rural Kansas counties that do not require a county building permit in …
Sheridan County KS Department Directory ↗The Kansas Codes Collaborative (state KCC) inventory records Sherman County as having no adopted building codes, and no county building-permit program is documented; permits exi…
Kansas Codes Collaborative - Adopted Building Codes by County ↗Smith County's official site lists its departments (Health, Road and Bridge, Landfill, Appraiser, etc.) with no building-permit, inspection, or code-enforcement office, consiste…
Smith County, Kansas (official county website) ↗Rural Stanton County publishes no building-permit or building-inspection department; Kansas has no statewide residential building code for such counties.
Stanton County, KS official website ↗The county's official department list includes no building/inspection/planning department (only City of Colby issues building permits), consistent with rural NW Kansas counties …
Thomas County, KS - Departments ↗The county's official departments list shows no building, codes, or planning department, consistent with rural Kansas counties that do not require residential building permits.
Wallace County, KS - County Departments ↗The county's offices (Clerk, Appraiser, Attorney, Register of Deeds, Treasurer, Sheriff, Health) include no building or codes department, consistent with rural Kansas counties t…
Washington County, KS - County Departments ↗The official Wichita County government site lists no planning, zoning, building-inspection, or permit department, consistent with rural Kansas counties that require no countywid…
Wichita County, Kansas official website ↗County's own zoning page states its permit is a zoning permit and 'is not a building permit in that it does not control how or with what materials a structure is constructed,' i…
Wilson County, Kansas - Zoning Permit Instructions ↗The county's Construction, Permits & Inspection Contacts page lists 'Building Permits for Residential Construction & Remodeling' as 'Non Required' for the unincorporated county;…
Boyd County, KY - Construction, Permits & Inspection Contacts ↗The Kentucky DHBC county sheet (updated 4/2/2026) lists the Local Building Inspector as 'None'; only commercial construction requires a state DHBC building permit, so residentia…
Kentucky DHBC - Bracken County inspector sheet ↗Butler County's official FAQ states no building permit is required for single-family dwellings.
Butler County, KY - FAQ ↗Carlisle County's official contacts page lists no building inspection, code enforcement, or permit office, indicating no local building inspection program; under Kentucky's fram…
Carlisle County, KY - County Contacts (official county site) ↗Kentucky DHBC county sheet lists 'Local Building Inspector: None' for Elliott County; only commercial construction requires a state building permit, so residential/one- and two-…
Kentucky Dept. of Housing, Buildings & Construction - Elliott County inspector sheet ↗Green County lists no building inspection or building permit department; with no local building inspection program, no county residential building permit is issued (the state re…
Green County, KY - Departments & Agencies ↗The Kentucky DHBC county sheet lists Harlan County with no local building inspector for residential construction; state inspector handles commercial.
KY DHBC - Harlan County Building Inspector Sheet ↗The Kentucky DHBC county contact sheet lists the Local Building Inspector as "None"; only commercial construction must obtain a building permit from the state Department of Hous…
Kentucky DHBC Jackson County building inspector contact sheet ↗The Kentucky DHBC county sheet lists Knott County's Local Building Inspector as 'None'; only commercial construction requires a state DHBC building permit, so residential/single…
Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction - Knott County local inspector sheet ↗Letcher County's list of government offices includes no building inspector or code-enforcement department; Kentucky exempts 1-2 family dwellings from mandatory state building-co…
Letcher County Government - Departments ↗Kentucky DHBC's county sheet indicates Lewis County has no local building inspector (commercial handled by the state Department), so residential building permits are not enforce…
Kentucky DHBC Building Inspectors by County ↗Kentucky DHBC's Magoffin County inspector sheet lists the Local Building Inspector as 'None' and directs only commercial construction to the state Dept. of Housing, Buildings & …
Kentucky DHBC — Magoffin County local building inspector sheet ↗Marion County government lists no building inspection or permitting office; building permits and zoning are administered only within the City of Lebanon, not the unincorporated …
Marion County, Kentucky (county government) ↗Kentucky DHBC county sheet states Montgomery County has no local building inspector for residential construction (commercial goes to the state Dept of Housing, Buildings & Const…
Kentucky Dept of Housing, Buildings & Construction - Montgomery County sheet ↗Kentucky's official DHBC county sheet for Morgan County lists 'Local Building Inspector: None,' meaning there is no local building permit/inspection for one- and two-family dwel…
Kentucky DHBC - Morgan County Inspector Sheet ↗The Kentucky DHBC county sheet lists no local building inspector; single-family dwellings are not locally inspected or permitted, and only commercial construction requires a sta…
Kentucky Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction – Nicholas County inspector sheet ↗Kentucky's Residential Code applies statewide, but Ohio County has no local single-family building inspection program, so one/two-family dwellings receive no building-permit ins…
Kentucky DHBC - Building Codes ↗Perry County's list of offices includes no building inspector or code-enforcement building-permit department; Kentucky exempts 1-2 family dwellings from mandatory state building…
Perry County, Kentucky - Official Website ↗The county Judge/Executive's Office states building permits are not required for residential construction in the county; commercial construction does require a permit.
Pulaski County, KY - Judge/Executive's Office ↗Kentucky DHBC's Robertson County inspector sheet lists the Local Building Inspector as 'None' and directs only commercial construction to the state Dept. of Housing, Buildings &…
Kentucky DHBC — Robertson County local building inspector sheet ↗Rockcastle County's officials list includes only an Electrical Inspector (state-mandated) and no building inspector or code-enforcement department; Kentucky exempts 1-2 family d…
Rockcastle County Fiscal Court - Elected Officials ↗Russell County is served by a State Building Inspector rather than a local building department, so single-family dwellings are not subject to local building permits/inspections …
KY Dept. of Housing, Buildings & Construction - Russell County inspector sheet ↗Taylor County's list of departments includes no building inspector or code-enforcement office; Kentucky exempts 1-2 family dwellings from mandatory state building-code enforceme…
Taylor County, Kentucky - Official Website ↗The county's development fact sheet requires a state building permit only for commercial construction and names a commercial building inspector; no county residential building p…
Cadiz-Trigg County Fact Sheet for Development ↗County FAQ states buildings built outside the Springfield city limits do not require a building permit.
Washington County, KY Government FAQ ↗The county's official general information page states building permits are required by Kentucky law only for commercial construction, so residential construction is not permitte…
Wayne County KY General Information ↗Webster County's official department list includes no building inspector or permit office; Kentucky's Residential Code applies statewide but with no local single-family inspecti…
Webster County Fiscal Court ↗Kentucky DHBC county sheet lists 'Local Building Inspector: None' for Wolfe County; only commercial construction requires a state building permit, so residential/one- and two-fa…
Kentucky Dept. of Housing, Buildings & Construction - Wolfe County inspector sheet ↗Aitkin County does not administer the Minnesota State Building Code, so no county building permit is required in unincorporated areas; the county does require land use permits f…
Aitkin County Land Use Permits ↗The county's applications/permits listing includes no general building permit; Environmental Services issues only shoreland land-use and sewage permits, indicating no county-wid…
Clearwater County MN - Applications, Permits, and Forms ↗Dakota County does not issue building permits; the county states building permits are issued by the city or township. The county administers only shoreland/floodplain permits in…
Dakota County - Building & Land Use Permits ↗Hubbard County does not administer a countywide building code; its FAQ states 'County land use permits are not required outside of shoreland areas,' with only E-911 address, sep…
Hubbard County Environmental Services FAQ ↗Jackson County's permits list contains only land-use/zoning permits (setback, conditional use, variance, sign, SSTS) and no building permit form or building-official/inspection …
Jackson County Minnesota - Permits, Applications and Forms ↗Lake County Planning & Zoning issues Land Use Permits (required for any permanent structure over 3' tall) rather than state-building-code building permits, and the FAQ reference…
Lake County Planning & Zoning FAQ ↗Outside the Twin Cities metro, state building code adoption is voluntary; Murray County's Zoning Division handles zoning certificates and septic permits but its listed permits d…
Murray County Zoning/Permits ↗The Forrest County Planning Department states it does not issue certificates of occupancy or administer building codes; the county regulates development through stormwater, floo…
Forrest County, MS Planning Department ↗The county's official site lists no building or code-enforcement office; as a small rural county it appears not to administer residential building permits, though Mississippi's …
Franklin County, MS official site ↗The county's official department list includes Emergency Management, Finance, Fire, Purchasing, Road, and Sanitation but no building or code-enforcement office, indicating no co…
Montgomery County, MS - Departments ↗Newton County's official department listing includes no building, permit, code-enforcement, or inspection office, consistent with a small Mississippi county that has not impleme…
Newton County, MS - Departments ↗Sharkey County's official department list includes only Emergency Management, Finance, Fire, Purchasing, Road, and Sanitation with no building/permit or code-enforcement office,…
Sharkey County, MS - County Departments ↗Yalobusha County's official departments list includes no building-permit or code-enforcement office, consistent with unincorporated areas having no county building permit requir…
Yalobusha County, Mississippi - Departments ↗Missouri's official county building code dataset shows Adair County has adopted no residential, commercial, or energy building code, and the county government lists no building/…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes dataset ↗County states it 'has no authority to issue building permits or occupancy permits'; Missouri State Data Portal lists no adopted residential building code for Andrew County.
Andrew County - Commissioner (zoning/permits statement) ↗Atchison County lists no building or planning/zoning department among its courthouse offices; Missouri non-charter rural counties without adopted planning & zoning generally can…
Atchison County - Local Government ↗Audrain County has no county planning/zoning and, as a non-charter rural Missouri county with no adopted building code, does not require a county building permit in unincorporat…
Audrain County FAQ and Related Links ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and the state's County Building Codes dataset lists no adopted residential/commercial/energy code for Barry County; as a non-…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗The State of Missouri's county building-codes dataset lists Barton County with no adopted residential, commercial, or energy building code, and this third-class rural county mai…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes dataset (data.mo.gov) ↗The official county website lists no building/permit or code-enforcement office; Missouri does not have a statewide residential code and non-charter (third-class) counties like …
Bates County Courthouse - Official County Website (department directory) ↗Missouri's official county building-codes dataset lists no residential, commercial, or energy building code for Benton County, and the county has no building/permitting departme…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗The Missouri Data Portal building-code inventory lists no adopted residential, commercial, or energy code for Bollinger County, consistent with a non-charter rural county that c…
County Building Codes for Missouri (data.mo.gov) ↗The county's official elected offices include no building department or building inspector, consistent with Missouri non-charter rural counties that generally cannot require bui…
Butler County, MO Elected Officials ↗The county states plainly: 'No occupancy permits or building permits are required in unincorporated areas of Callaway County' (incorporated cities/villages may have their own re…
Callaway County - Planning and Zoning Information ↗The county office directory lists no building or code-enforcement department (only Flood Plain Management and Storm Water Management); as a non-charter Missouri county it does n…
Cape Girardeau County - County Offices ↗Missouri has no statewide residential code; Carter County is a small non-charter (third-class) county with no adopted county building code, and such counties cannot require resi…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and non-charter rural counties generally cannot require building permits; the state's county building code dataset lists no c…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Chariton is a non-charter rural county with no county residential building code listed in the Missouri county building codes dataset; Missouri has no statewide residential code …
State of Missouri - County Building Codes dataset ↗Clark County is a non-charter rural county with no building code or building-permit ordinance among its adopted ordinances; Missouri has no statewide residential code.
Clark County, MO Ordinances ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and Cooper County is a third-class county with no countywide building code for unincorporated areas; building permits exist o…
Cooper County, Missouri official website ↗Crawford County's official site lists no building, code-enforcement or planning department; as a non-charter rural Missouri county it has no countywide building-permit authority…
Crawford County, Missouri - official county website ↗Dade County lists no building or planning department and, as a non-charter rural Missouri county, generally lacks authority to require residential building permits in unincorpor…
Dade County, Missouri - Government Offices ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and non-charter rural counties generally cannot require building permits; the state's building-code inventory shows no adopte…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes for Missouri (data.mo.gov) ↗Daviess County is a township-form, non-charter rural county; its official officials/offices listing shows no building department or inspector, and Missouri non-charter rural cou…
Daviess County, MO - Officials ↗DeKalb County is a non-charter rural Missouri county with no county building department or countywide building code; Missouri non-charter counties generally lack authority to re…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and Dent County's official office list includes no building or planning/zoning department, consistent with a rural county tha…
Dent County, Missouri official website ↗Missouri's official open-data building-code dataset lists no adopted energy or residential building code for Douglas County, and as a non-charter rural county it does not admini…
Missouri Open Data Portal (data.mo.gov) - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Dunklin County's official site lists no building department, inspector, or permit office; Missouri non-charter rural counties generally lack authority to require residential bui…
Dunklin County Missouri - County Offices ↗The State of Missouri's county building-code dataset shows Gasconade County has adopted no residential, commercial, or energy building code; as a non-charter rural county it doe…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri's official open-data County Building Codes dataset shows Gentry County has adopted no residential, commercial, or energy building code, and the county lists no building…
Missouri County Building Codes dataset (data.mo.gov) ↗Missouri's official statewide County Building Codes list shows no adopted building/residential code for Grundy County; as a non-charter rural county it does not require county b…
Missouri Division of Fire Safety / data.mo.gov – County Building Codes for Missouri (dated 07/01/2026) ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and the state's county building-code listing shows no adopted building code for Harrison County, so the rural county does not…
Missouri State Data - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Henry County has no countywide building code or permit program; planning/zoning (and any permitting) is handled independently at the township level (e.g., Windsor and Bogard tow…
Henry County, Missouri - Information (Planning & Zoning) ↗The county FAQ states plainly "There are no building codes in Hickory County," and this non-charter rural county issues no county building permits.
Hickory County, Missouri - FAQ ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and non-charter rural counties like Holt cannot require building permits; the county lists no building/permitting department.
Holt County Courthouse - County Offices ↗Howell County's official site lists only constitutional offices (Commission, Clerk, Assessor, etc.) with no building department, and Missouri non-charter rural counties generall…
Howell County Missouri (official county website) ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code; the State of Missouri county building-codes dataset does not list Iron County as having adopted building codes, and as a non…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes dataset ↗Unincorporated Johnson County has no county building codes, permits, inspections or occupancy certificates; only incorporated cities require permits (Missouri has no statewide r…
Johnson County MO EDC - Licensing/Permits ↗The State of Missouri county building-codes dataset shows Knox County has adopted no residential or energy building code, and as a small non-charter rural county it lacks statut…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Laclede County has no building inspection/permit department among its listed county offices; Missouri non-charter rural counties generally cannot require residential building pe…
Laclede County MO - County Departments ↗The county planning & zoning page states no building permits are required by the county in the unincorporated parts of the county.
Lawrence County MO Planning & Zoning ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and Lewis is a non-charter rural county with no building/code-enforcement department; the state building-codes dataset lists …
Missouri Data Portal — County Building Codes dataset ↗The county states no permits are required from the County, including occupancy and building permits, in unincorporated areas.
Lincoln County, MO - Planning & Zoning ↗Missouri's official county building-codes dataset lists Linn County with no residential or energy building code; as a non-charter rural county it does not require residential bu…
Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and Macon County (a non-charter county) has no building department; the county states construction in unincorporated areas fo…
Macon County Commission ↗County department directory lists no building/permit department and the Missouri State Data Portal shows no adopted residential building code for Madison County; consistent with…
Madison County, MO - Departments ↗The official county website lists no building/permit or code-enforcement office; Missouri has no statewide residential code and non-charter (third-class) counties like Maries ge…
Maries County, Missouri - Official County Website (department directory) ↗The county publishes an official 'No Planning or Zoning' letter; building permits are not required in unincorporated areas of the county.
McDonald County Ordinances ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and the state's official county building-code dataset lists no residential or commercial code adopted for Mercer County; as a…
Missouri Department of Economic Development - County Building Codes dataset (data.mo.gov) ↗Missouri's statewide county building-code dataset lists no adopted building code for Miller County (a non-charter county), and the county government lists no building/inspection…
Missouri Open Data - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗The State of Missouri county building-codes dataset lists Mississippi County with no adopted energy, residential, or commercial code; Missouri has no statewide residential code …
State of Missouri Data Portal — County Building Codes for Missouri ↗The State of Missouri's County Building Codes dataset lists no adopted residential, commercial, or energy building code for Moniteau County jurisdictions; as a non-charter rural…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes dataset ↗State of Missouri's County Building Codes dataset lists no energy, building, or residential code adopted for Morgan County; county pages regulate only floodplain, sewage, and dr…
State of Missouri Open Data (data.mo.gov) - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗The State of Missouri county building-codes dataset lists New Madrid County with no adopted residential/commercial/energy building code, and this rural non-charter county has no…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes dataset (data.mo.gov) ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and the state's county building-code dataset shows Newton County has adopted no residential, commercial, or energy building c…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri has no statewide residential code and Nodaway is a non-charter county with no countywide building department; unincorporated construction must meet state construction/s…
Nodaway County, MO - Official Site ↗Missouri has no statewide residential code and Oregon County, a rural non-charter county, has no county building code or code enforcement, so no countywide residential building …
Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Osage County has no county building code or permit requirement in unincorporated areas (county clerk document titled 'Osage Co. No Zoning or Building'); Missouri's state buildin…
Osage County Clerk (official) - 'Osage Co. No Zoning or Building' ↗Missouri's official state building-code dataset lists Ozark County (FIPS 153) with no adopted building or residential code, and as a non-charter rural county it does not adminis…
Missouri Open Data (data.mo.gov) - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri's statewide county building-code dataset lists Pemiscot County with no adopted building or energy code, and the county's own site shows no building department; as a non…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Perry County is a non-charter, non-zoned Missouri county that has not adopted a residential building code for unincorporated areas; the state's county building-code dataset list…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and non-charter rural counties generally cannot require building permits; no county building department/permit was found for …
Pettis County Planning/Zoning ↗The State of Missouri county building-code dataset lists Phelps County (FIPS 161) with no adopted energy, residential, or commercial building code; the county has no building/pl…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri's official statewide County Building Codes dataset lists no adopted building code for Pike County, consistent with rural non-charter Missouri counties that generally ca…
Missouri Data - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗The State of Missouri county building-codes dataset lists no adopted residential, commercial, or energy code for Polk County, and the county's own permits page issues only merch…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri's official county building-codes dataset lists no residential, commercial, or energy building code for Pulaski County; Missouri non-charter counties generally cannot re…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗The State of Missouri County Building Codes inventory lists no residential, commercial, or energy building code adopted for Putnam County (all fields dashed), consistent with ru…
Missouri State Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Randolph County's published list of ordinances contains no building code or building-permit ordinance; consistent with Missouri law, non-charter rural counties generally lack au…
Randolph County Ordinances ↗Missouri has no statewide residential code and the state's county building-code dataset shows Reynolds County has adopted no residential, commercial or energy building code, so …
Missouri Data - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and Ripley County (a rural non-charter county) has adopted no county-wide building code; building permits are required only w…
State of Missouri Data Portal, County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Saline County lists no building inspection/permit department; Missouri non-charter rural counties generally cannot require residential building permits (permits apply within cit…
Saline County MO - County Government ↗The Missouri state open-data 'County Building Codes' dataset (dated 07/01/2026) lists no residential, energy, or commercial building code adopted for Schuyler County, so unincor…
data.mo.gov - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri's official statewide County Building Codes list shows no adopted building/residential code for Scotland County; as a non-charter rural county it does not require county…
Missouri Division of Fire Safety / data.mo.gov – County Building Codes for Missouri (dated 07/01/2026) ↗Scott County's Office of County Development is an economic-development function with no building-inspection role; as a non-charter rural Missouri county with no statewide reside…
Scott County MO - Office of County Development ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code, and the state's County Building Codes dataset lists no building or energy code for Shannon County; as a non-charter rural co…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Missouri has no statewide residential building code and Shelby County (a rural non-charter county) has adopted no county-wide building code; building permits apply only within i…
State of Missouri Data Portal, County Building Codes for Missouri ↗St. Clair is a non-charter rural county with no countywide building code (not listed in the Missouri county building codes dataset; no county building/zoning department), so bui…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes dataset ↗The Missouri state data portal's County Building Codes dataset lists no residential, energy, or commercial building code adopted for Stoddard County, and Missouri has no statewi…
Missouri State Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗The Missouri state building-code inventory lists no energy, residential, or commercial building code for Sullivan County (FIPS 211); unincorporated Sullivan County has no county…
Missouri Data Portal – County Building Codes for Missouri ↗State of Missouri county building-code dataset lists no energy, residential, or commercial building code adopted for Texas County; Missouri non-charter rural counties generally …
State of Missouri - County Building Codes for Missouri (data.mo.gov) ↗Missouri's official open-data County Building Codes dataset shows Vernon County has adopted no residential, commercial, or energy building code, so no countywide building permit…
Missouri County Building Codes dataset (data.mo.gov) ↗Missouri's state County Building Codes dataset lists no adopted residential, commercial, or energy building code for Washington County; as a rural non-charter county it does not…
State of Missouri - County Building Codes dataset ↗Missouri has no statewide residential code and the state's county building-code dataset shows Wayne County has adopted no residential, commercial or energy building code, so thi…
Missouri Data - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗The county's Permits and Licenses page lists only marriage, ATV, auctioneer, liquor and business licenses with no building permit; as a non-charter rural Missouri county it has …
Webster County, Missouri - Permits and Licenses ↗The State of Missouri Data Portal's County Building Codes inventory lists no residential, energy, or commercial building code for Worth County, and Missouri non-charter rural co…
State of Missouri Data Portal - County Building Codes for Missouri ↗Wright County is a non-charter rural Missouri county whose official courthouse department list includes no building department or building-inspection office; under Missouri law …
Wright County MO - County Government / Courthouse Departments ↗Beaverhead County is not on Montana's certified local building-code list, so unincorporated single-family/duplex construction falls to the State Building Codes Bureau, which doe…
Montana DLI Certified City, County and Town Programs ↗Montana exempts single-family residences from the state building permit unless a local government requires one by ordinance; no certified local building-code program was found f…
Montana DLI Building Codes Program - Building Permit FAQ ↗Blaine County is not on the Montana DLI list of certified local building code jurisdictions; such areas fall under the State Building Codes Bureau, which does not enforce buildi…
Montana DLI Certified City, County and Town Programs ↗Broadwater County is not a certified local building-code jurisdiction on the Montana DLI list, so unincorporated areas fall under the State Building Codes Bureau, which does not…
Montana DLI Certified City, County and Town Programs ↗Under Montana law a building permit is not required for a single-family residence unless a local jurisdiction adopts one; unincorporated Carbon County has no county building-cod…
Montana DLI Building Codes - Building Permit FAQ ↗Montana has no statewide residential building code enforcement in rural counties unless locally adopted, and Carter County's official site lists no building/inspection departmen…
Carter County, MT official website (Departments) ↗The Cascade County Planning Department states it does not enforce building codes; building code enforcement rests with the Montana DLI Building Codes Program, and no county resi…
Cascade County FAQ - Does the Planning Department enforce building codes? ↗Montana's state building code exempts single-family dwellings from building permits outside certified local jurisdictions, and Chouteau County is not on the Montana DLI list of …
Montana DLI Building Codes Bureau - Building Permit FAQ ↗Custer County is not a certified building-code jurisdiction (Montana DLI list), so single-family residential in the unincorporated county has no building-code permit/inspection;…
Montana DLI Building Codes - Certified City/County/Town Programs ↗Montana has no statewide residential building code enforcement in rural counties unless adopted; Daniels County Planning administers subdivision and zoning only, with no local b…
Daniels County Planning ↗Most of Dawson County is unzoned and a Zoning Compliance Permit is only needed for construction within the two citizen-driven zoned districts (Highland Park, Forest Park); singl…
Dawson County Planning - Zoning ↗Montana does not enforce a residential building code in unincorporated rural counties unless locally adopted; Fallon County has no county building-permit department (Planning ha…
Fallon County MT - Planning Department ↗Fergus County has no certified county building-code program (only the City of Lewistown is certified); all other areas fall under the State Building Codes Bureau, and Montana la…
Montana DLI Certified City, County and Town Programs ↗Flathead County has no building department and does not regulate building codes; building permits are administered by the Montana Department of Labor & Industry, not the county.
Flathead County - Building Information ↗Gallatin County issues no building permits; Montana's state building code exempts residential buildings of fewer than five dwelling units, so single-family homes need no state b…
Montana DLI Building Codes Program - Permits & Exemptions ↗Montana's state building code exempts residential buildings with fewer than five dwelling units, and this remote county (pop. ~1,200, seat Jordan) has no certified local buildin…
Montana DLI - Building Codes and Permits ↗Glacier County is not on the Montana DLI list of certified local building-code jurisdictions, so it falls under the state Building Codes Bureau, which does not require permits f…
Montana DLI - Certified City, County and Town Building Code Programs ↗Golden Valley County (seat Ryegate) lists no building department or building-permit program on its official site; consistent with Montana, rural counties do not enforce a reside…
Golden Valley County, Montana ↗Granite County states it does not have a building permit program and that building permits are not required by the county for structures (commercial buildings may need a state p…
Granite County Planning Department ↗Hill County does not enforce a county building code for single-family homes in unincorporated areas (Montana exempts single-family dwellings from the state code absent local ado…
Hill County Planning Department ↗Jefferson County is not a certified local building code jurisdiction, so the State Building Codes Bureau is the authority having jurisdiction; the county itself does not run a b…
Montana DLI - Certified City, County and Town Programs ↗Montana's state Building Codes Program exempts "residential buildings containing less than five dwelling units" and only requires permits within a certified local government pro…
Montana DLI - Building Permits ↗Under Montana law, single-family/residential buildings of fewer than five dwelling units in unincorporated areas are exempt from the state building permit; Lewis and Clark Count…
Montana DLI Building Codes - Is a State Building Permit Needed? ↗Montana does not enforce a residential building code in unincorporated rural counties unless locally adopted; Liberty County lists no building-permit department, so no county bu…
Montana DLI Building Codes Bureau - Building Permits ↗Single-family residences are exempt from the state building permit by law, and Lincoln County has no certified county building code program (only the City of Libby is certified,…
Montana DLI - Certified City, County and Town Programs ↗Montana enforces no statewide residential building code in rural unincorporated areas unless locally adopted; McCone County's site lists a Land Planning department but no buildi…
McCone County (official site) ↗Meagher County has no certified local building program (falls under State Building Codes Bureau), and Montana exempts single-family residences from state building permits outsid…
Montana DLI Building Codes Program - Building Permit FAQ ↗Mineral County has no certified local building code program, so it falls under state jurisdiction where single-family residential construction is not subject to building-permit …
Montana DLI - Certified City, County and Town Programs ↗Musselshell County (and Roundup) is not among Montana's certified local building-code jurisdictions, so it falls under the State Building Codes Bureau, which does not enforce a …
Montana DLI Building Codes Program - Certified Government Programs ↗Unincorporated Park County is not a certified building-code jurisdiction (only the City of Livingston is certified), and Montana exempts residential buildings of fewer than five…
Montana DLI Building Codes Bureau - Certified Government Programs ↗Montana exempts single-family residential buildings (fewer than five dwelling units) from the state building permit in areas outside certified jurisdictions, and Petroleum Count…
Montana Building Codes Bureau - State Building Permit ↗Phillips County and Malta are not on Montana's list of certified local building-code jurisdictions, and the state exempts residential buildings with fewer than five dwelling uni…
Montana DLI - Certified City, County and Town Building Code Programs ↗No county building permit program is offered; the Planning Board handles only subdivision plats and certificates of survey, consistent with Montana having no statewide residenti…
Powder River County Planning Board ↗Prairie County has no local building department or code-enforcement program; Montana does not require residential building permits in unincorporated rural counties that have not…
Montana Department of Labor & Industry - Building Codes Program ↗Under Montana law no building permit is required for a single-family residence unless a local jurisdiction adopts one; Ravalli County's Planning Department issues zoning/land-us…
Montana DLI Building Codes - Building Permit FAQ ↗Roosevelt County has no building department and is not on the MT DLI certified list, so unincorporated areas fall under the State Building Codes Bureau, which does not enforce r…
MT DLI Certified City, County and Town Programs ↗The County Planner page states "Building and electrical permits are not required through Rosebud County, but may be required by the State of Montana."
Rosebud County - County Planner ↗Montana does not enforce a statewide residential building code in rural counties unless locally adopted; Sheridan County's only land-use instrument is a Growth Policy that the c…
Sheridan County, MT - Planning ↗The county's forms/permits page lists no residential building permit; as a rural Montana county Sweet Grass has not adopted a countywide building code, so no county building per…
Sweet Grass County Forms/Permits ↗Montana exempts single-family dwellings from state building permits outside certified local jurisdictions, and Teton County has not adopted a local building-code ordinance (its …
Montana DLI Building Codes Program - Building Permit FAQ ↗Toole County has no local building-code enforcement program; under Montana's framework rural counties do not require residential building permits unless a local code is adopted,…
Toole County - Environmental Health and Sanitarian ↗Montana does not enforce a statewide residential building code in rural counties unless locally adopted; Treasure County maintains only a Growth Policy (advisory under MT law) a…
Treasure County, MT - Planning ↗"Valley County does not issue countywide building permits." A state building permit is required only for non-exempt buildings, and "residential buildings containing less than fi…
Valley County Planning - Permits (PDF) ↗Wheatland County's official department listing includes no building department; Montana does not enforce a residential building code in rural unincorporated areas unless a count…
Wheatland County, Montana - Departments ↗Montana does not require a state building permit for a single-family residence unless the site is within a local government program that requires one by ordinance, and no local …
Montana Dept. of Labor & Industry, Building Codes Permit FAQ ↗Yellowstone County does not issue building permits outside Billings city limits, and Montana state law exempts residential buildings with fewer than five dwelling units outside …
Montana DLI - Is a State Building Permit Needed? ↗Banner County has no zoning regulations; in Nebraska, county building/zoning permits are tied to zoned areas, so an unzoned county issues no county building permit.
Banner County Nebraska - FAQs ↗Blaine County's official site lists 14 offices with no building department, permit office, or inspector, indicating no county building-permit program in unincorporated areas.
Blaine County, Nebraska - Our Offices ↗Boone County's Planning & Zoning office requires a county Zoning Permit for construction in unincorporated areas but issues no county building permit / building-code inspection;…
Boone County Planning & Zoning - Forms & Permits ↗The county has no building department and no adopted zoning, and its Planning Commission is only now developing a comprehensive plan, so no county residential building permit pr…
Butler County Planning Commission ↗Dixon County's official site lists no planning/zoning or building department; in Nebraska only zoned counties issue building/zoning permits, and no county zoning program is evid…
Dixon County, Nebraska - County Government ↗Platte County is not zoned and has no countywide building permit; outside city/village extraterritorial jurisdiction there are no county permit requirements.
Platte County Planning & Zoning ↗The county's Planning & Zoning Forms/Permits page states permits are "None at this time, to be determined," indicating no county residential building permit is currently required.
Richardson County Planning & Zoning - Forms, Permits and Regulations ↗County regulates via a Zoning Permit (no construction without an approved zoning permit) but no county building code or building-permit/inspection program was found for unincorp…
Thayer County Zoning Permit Application ↗Eureka County has adopted no building codes and has no building department or permit process; the regional development authority listing states "No Building Permits Required," a…
Northeastern Nevada Regional Development Authority - Eureka County ↗Belknap County does not administer building permits; the county's departments are Corrections, County Attorney, Human Services, Registry of Deeds, Youth Services, Nursing Home a…
Belknap County, NH - Departments ↗Carroll County government has no building department (only Commissioners, Sheriff, Public Works, etc.); building permits in NH are handled at the town/municipal level, not by th…
Carroll County, NH - Departments ↗Cheshire County does not administer building permits; its department directory includes no building, planning, or code-enforcement office. Building permits are a municipal (town…
Cheshire County, NH - Departments ↗Bottineau County's official department listing includes no building, zoning, or planning office, consistent with rural North Dakota counties that adopt no county building code; …
Bottineau County - Departments ↗North Dakota's building code is adopted and enforced only by jurisdictions that elect to; rural areas without local enforcement are not required to follow it and no Griggs Count…
North Dakota Commerce — Building Codes ↗Pembina County's official department listing includes no building department, building inspector, or building-permit office, indicating no countywide residential building-permit…
Pembina County - Departments ↗Ramsey County does not administer countywide building permits; planning and zoning (including any building permits) are implemented by individual cities and townships, so uninco…
Ramsey County, ND — Planning & Zoning ↗Rolette County's official site lists no building department, building inspector, or building-permit program, consistent with North Dakota rural counties that do not adopt a buil…
Rolette County official website ↗North Dakota has no statewide residential building code; Sargent County's land-use regulation is handled at the township level per ND DEQ county-zoning records, and the county d…
North Dakota DEQ - Sargent County Zoning records ↗North Dakota has no statewide building code and permitting is handled at the county level; the ND Association of Counties official directory lists no building/permit department …
North Dakota Association of Counties - Sioux County Officials Directory ↗Ohio's Residential Code is enforced only by jurisdictions with a certified residential building department, and Adams County's official county-offices directory lists no buildin…
Adams County Government - County Offices ↗The county planner's office enumerates the county's only land-use controls as Subdivision and Floodplain regulations, with no county residential building department; under Ohio'…
Athens County OH — Regional County Planner ↗The county's rural-building guidance routes new homes through the Health Department (septic) and township trustees (zoning) with no county residential building permit; Ohio's Re…
Auglaize County - Building in Rural Auglaize County ↗Belmont County has no certified residential building department; the county-serving Mid-East Ohio Building Department is a state-certified commercial-only department that explic…
Mid-East Ohio Building Department (serves Belmont County) ↗Carroll County's official list of agencies/departments includes a Regional Planning Commission and Engineer (subdivision/permits) but no county building department or building-i…
Carroll County Ohio - Agencies and Departments ↗Unincorporated Coshocton County has no certified residential building department; the Mid-East Ohio Building Department serving the county is commercial-only and explicitly has …
Mid-East Ohio Building Department (serving Coshocton County) ↗No certified residential building department serves Crawford County's unincorporated areas; the Richland County Building Department covers Crawford County for commercial work on…
Richland County (OH) Building Department FAQs ↗Only the City of Defiance operates a Building Inspection Department; outside city limits there is no county residential building department, and inquiries are directed to the To…
City of Defiance - Building Inspection (jurisdiction) ↗County states there are no building codes, zoning, or building permits in the unincorporated area (only floodplain/subdivision rules); a Building Notice to the Auditor under ORC…
Gallia County OH Planning - Permits ↗The Mid-East Ohio Building Department (which covers Guernsey County) states it has NO authority over one-, two-, or three-family dwellings, and no certified county residential b…
Mid-East Ohio Building Department ↗Hardin County's official department listing shows no county building/inspection department; with no certified residential building department, one- and two-family dwellings in u…
Hardin County OH - Official Website ↗Highland County's official government office listing shows no county residential building department or inspector (only a Planning Commission and the city of Hillsboro operates …
Highland County Ohio Commissioners - Government offices ↗Hocking County has no certified county residential building department; outside Logan City the Health Department only issues a septic-tied 'building placement permit' and review…
Hocking County Health Department - Building Permits ↗The county's building authority (East Central Ohio Building Authority) states that detached one, two, or three family dwellings do not fall within its jurisdiction; such homes m…
East Central Ohio Building Authority - Step-by-Step Guide ↗Huron County maintains only a COMMERCIAL building department (via SafeBuilt/Richland County); the County Engineer does no building permits or zoning, and residential one/two/thr…
Huron County Engineer - Permits and Regulations ↗Ohio's Residential Code is enforced only by state-certified county building departments; Jackson County's Planning Commission performs only floodplain review ($50) and no county…
Jackson County Ohio — Planning Commission ↗The county's official Steps Required to Build a Home lists township zoning, site evaluation, driveway, stormwater, and septic/well permits but no county residential building per…
Knox County, OH - Steps Required to Build a Home ↗The Lawrence County Building Department (at Lawrence SWCD) is the permit authority for commercial applications only and explicitly states 'This does not include residential stru…
Lawrence County Commercial Building Department (Lawrence SWCD) ↗Meigs County has no certified county residential building department; for unincorporated/township property the county requires only a Notice of Building Improvement / New Constr…
Meigs County Tax Map Office - FAQ ↗Ohio's Residential Code is enforced only where a certified residential building department has jurisdiction; no county residential building department is evident for rural Monro…
Monroe County, OH - county government site ↗The Morgan County Engineer states development in unincorporated areas requires only floodplain, sewage-disposal (septic), and driveway permits; no county residential building pe…
Morgan County Engineer — Development ↗Morrow County has no state-certified building department and states the Ohio residential building code is not currently being enforced within the county.
Morrow County, OH - Zoning FAQs ↗The Mid-East Ohio Building Department serving Muskingum County is a state-certified COMMERCIAL department and states it has no authority over one-, two-, or three-family dwellin…
Mid-East Ohio Building Department ↗The Southeast Ohio Building Department serves Noble County only for commercial permits; no county residential building permit is required in unincorporated areas (no certified c…
Noble County (OSU Extension) — Zoning and Building Permit Process ↗Perry County has no certified residential building department; the Mid-East Ohio Building Department that serves Perry County is a commercial-only department and states it does …
Mid-East Ohio Building Department (serves Perry County - commercial only) ↗The Ross County Building Department FAQ states "No residential permits are required in Ross County" (unincorporated areas); the county has no certified residential building depa…
Ross County Building Department - FAQ ↗The county building department is a Commercial/Industrial Building Code Department only; Sandusky County has no certified county residential building department, so it does not …
Sandusky County Commercial/Industrial Building Code Department ↗Scioto County has no county residential building department; the Residential Code of Ohio is enforced by municipalities such as Portsmouth, while unincorporated land use is hand…
Scioto County Engineer - Zoning Standards ↗Since June 1, 2023 Seneca County contracts SAFEbuilt only for commercial and industrial building permits; the county has no residential (one-to-three-family dwelling) building d…
Seneca County - Building Department Forms ↗Ohio's Residential Code is enforced only where a certified residential building department exists; the county's new-home process cites only septic and private-water permits, and…
Van Wert County General Health District - New Home Construction ↗Vinton County has no certified county residential building department; the county's own economic-development materials describe it as having few regulations, and residential per…
Vinton County - Development ↗Adair County's official offices list no building or permit department; Oklahoma's Uniform Building Code is enforced by municipalities and rural counties do not issue general res…
Adair County Courthouse - Official Site ↗The county office directory lists no building department, inspector, or planning/zoning office, consistent with rural Oklahoma counties that do not require building permits in u…
Alfalfa County - Offices ↗Oklahoma county building-permit authority in unincorporated areas is tied to an adopted county zoning/building program under Title 19; Atoka County maintains no such county prog…
Oklahoma Statutes Title 19 sec. 19-868.11 (Zoning by board of county commissioners) ↗The official county site lists no planning, zoning, or building department; consistent with rural Oklahoma counties, no county residential building permit is administered in uni…
Beaver County OK - Offices ↗Beckham County's permits page lists only right-of-way, pipeline, road-crossing and utility permits, with no residential building permit, consistent with rural Oklahoma counties …
Beckham County OK - Permits ↗The county's official department directory lists no building inspector or building department (only floodplain administration); building codes/permits are handled by incorporate…
Blaine County (OKCounties.org) - Departments ↗The county's official site lists no building department or permit office (only a Floodplain Management Program), consistent with rural Oklahoma counties not requiring building p…
Bryan County, OK Official Website ↗OUBCC states counties do not enforce the building code in unincorporated areas (only trade codes via the Construction Industries Board and commercial code via the State Fire Mar…
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission - FAQs ↗Carter County's government site lists county offices but no building-inspection, permitting, or planning department, consistent with Oklahoma's framework in which rural unincorp…
Carter County OK - Board of Commissioners / County Government ↗Cherokee County lists no building-permit, building-inspection, planning, or zoning department; the only county building-related permit is a floodplain development permit require…
Cherokee County, Oklahoma - Departments ↗Cleveland County's official site lists no county planning, building, or code-enforcement department; consistent with Oklahoma practice, unincorporated county areas generally hav…
Cleveland County OK official website (departments) ↗Coal County's official site lists no building, planning, or zoning department and no building-permit program, consistent with Oklahoma rural counties that do not enforce residen…
Coal County, Oklahoma - official county site ↗Oklahoma has no statewide mandatory residential building permit; state building codes apply only where a jurisdiction adopts and enforces them, and rural Cotton County has no co…
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission - FAQs ↗Craig County has not adopted county zoning or a county building-code program (its 2024 ballot measure to create a planning commission/board of adjustment failed), so no county r…
News On 6 - Craig County Rejects Zoning Proposal ↗Per the county FAQ: "At the present time, Creek County is not issuing building permits or doing inspections for areas in unincorporated Creek County."
Creek County - Planning & Zoning FAQs ↗Custer County's Planning and Zoning office states no building permits are required in unincorporated areas of the county; only right-of-way encroachment permits and floodplain d…
Custer County Planning and Zoning ↗Delaware County's official departments listing includes no building or code-enforcement department, consistent with rural Oklahoma counties that do not require building permits …
Delaware County OK - Departments ↗Dewey County is a very rural western-Oklahoma county with no county building-code program identified; Oklahoma counties have no permit authority in unincorporated areas absent a…
Oklahoma Attorney General - County/Township Zoning & Permit Authority FAQ ↗Oklahoma has no statewide mandatory residential building permit; state building codes apply only where a jurisdiction adopts and enforces them, and rural Ellis County has no cou…
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission - FAQs ↗The Garfield County Commissioner's permits page lists only driveway/road-crossing, floodplain, and courthouse-grounds permits, with no general building permit for unincorporated…
Garfield County Commissioner - Permits ↗Grady County's official department listing includes no building-inspection, building-permit, or planning/zoning office, consistent with Oklahoma rural counties generally not req…
Grady County Government Departments ↗Grant County's official offices list includes no building, planning, or permitting department; as a rural Oklahoma county it does not issue building permits in unincorporated ar…
Grant County, Oklahoma - Offices & Departments ↗Greer County's official offices list includes no building/permit department; consistent with Oklahoma practice, the unincorporated county does not issue building permits (munici…
Greer County official offices directory (OKCounties.org) ↗Oklahoma building codes are adopted/enforced by municipalities; Harmon County has no county building or inspection department, so unincorporated areas do not require a county bu…
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission - Jurisdictions ↗Harper County's government offices list no county building/permit/inspection department, consistent with rural Oklahoma counties not requiring a building permit in unincorporate…
Harper County, OK - County Services Directory ↗Oklahoma building codes are adopted at each jurisdiction's option and no adopted county building code or central permitting office was found for unincorporated Haskell County.
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission ↗Hughes County has no county building/inspection department; in Oklahoma the building code is enforced by municipalities and adopting counties through the OUBCC framework, and ru…
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission - Jurisdictions ↗Jefferson County is a rural Oklahoma county with only constitutional offices and no local building department; under Oklahoma's framework, single-family residential construction…
Oklahoma Attorney General - Counties and Townships Authority to Zone, Permit, and Approve (FAQ) ↗Unincorporated Johnston County has no dedicated county building/planning department, so no local residential building permit or inspection process is administered; only municipa…
Johnston County Economic Development - Obtaining a Permit ↗The county's official no-zoning letter states the unincorporated portions of Kingfisher County have no separate building codes, code enforcement, or certificates of occupancy (s…
Kingfisher County No-Zoning Letter ↗Kiowa County's official department directory lists no building, permit, or code-enforcement office; Oklahoma counties do not administer building permits in unincorporated areas …
Kiowa County Directory ↗Latimer County's official offices directory lists no building/planning/inspection department; like most rural Oklahoma counties it does not issue building permits in unincorpora…
Latimer County (OKCounties.org) - County Offices ↗Oklahoma law makes county building-code adoption optional in unincorporated areas and exempts single-family dwellings from state permit requirements; no Le Flore County building…
Oklahoma Statutes 19-868.17A - Building and fire codes for unincorporated areas ↗Lincoln County's official site lists no building department, building inspector, or code-enforcement office among its departments; as a rural Oklahoma county it does not adminis…
Lincoln County, Oklahoma - Departments ↗The county FAQ states there are no planning, zoning, permitting or inspection requirements in the unincorporated areas of Logan County.
Logan County OK Planning & Zoning FAQ ↗Love County lists no planning, zoning, building, or code-enforcement department among its offices, consistent with Oklahoma rural counties that do not require building permits i…
Love County Courthouse - Offices ↗Major County's official site lists no building-inspection, planning, or zoning department, consistent with rural Oklahoma counties that do not issue building permits in unincorp…
Major County, Oklahoma (official county website) ↗No county building or permitting department is listed on the official Marshall County (OK) site; rural Oklahoma counties generally do not require a county building permit in uni…
Marshall County, OK - Departments ↗The official county government lists no building-inspection or code-enforcement department, and Oklahoma building-code adoption is discretionary; unincorporated Mayes County has…
Mayes County Commissioners - Departments ↗In unincorporated McClain County the only county permits are floodplain-development and road-crossing/connection permits; no general residential building permit is issued.
McClain County - Permits and Applications ↗McCurtain County's official county site lists no building department, inspector, or permit office; consistent with rural Oklahoma counties, no county building permit is required…
McCurtain County, OK - County Site (Departments/Forms) ↗The only county-level permit for new construction is a floodplain development permit through the Emergency Manager's office; the county has no general building department or bui…
McIntosh County OK - Flood Plain Permit ↗The county lists no building-inspection or permitting department; per Oklahoma's framework rural unincorporated areas generally require no county building permit.
Muskogee County Departments ↗Noble County's official government site lists no planning/zoning or building department; consistent with rural Oklahoma counties, no county building permit is required in uninco…
Noble County, Oklahoma - Official Website ↗Oklahoma county building-permit authority in unincorporated areas is tied to an adopted county zoning/building program under Title 19; Nowata County maintains no such county pro…
Oklahoma Statutes Title 19 sec. 19-868.11 (Zoning by board of county commissioners) ↗Oklahoma building-code adoption is voluntary by jurisdiction; rural unincorporated Okfuskee County has no building department, so building permits are enforced only inside munic…
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission (OUBCC) ↗Building code (IBC) and zoning are enforced by the City of Okmulgee only; no county building-permit department is identified for unincorporated areas.
Choose Okmulgee - Local Government ↗Ottawa County's official department list includes no building, permit, or code-enforcement office; Oklahoma counties do not administer building permits in unincorporated areas (…
Ottawa County Departments ↗County offices list shows no building inspector or building department; Oklahoma unincorporated areas without a local building department generally do not require a county build…
Pawnee County Official Website - County Offices ↗Payne County's official department list shows no building or code-enforcement department; the only construction-related permit for unincorporated areas is a floodplain developme…
Payne County Floodplain Management ↗Pittsburg County's official permits portal issues only utility/right-of-way permits (powerlines, pipelines, water lines) and lists no residential building permit or building dep…
Pittsburg County, OK - Permits (OKCounties.org) ↗The county's official office directory lists no building department, building inspector, or code-enforcement office, consistent with Oklahoma counties generally lacking building…
Pontotoc County (OKCounties.org) - County Offices ↗Oklahoma's OUBCC states jurisdictions must affirmatively adopt building codes to enforce them, and Pushmataha County (very rural, no planning/building department) shows no evide…
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission (OUBCC) ↗Roger Mills is a rural unincorporated county with no county building department; in Oklahoma unincorporated areas only trades (Construction Industries Board) and commercial buil…
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission - FAQs ↗Sequoyah County's official department listing includes no building, planning, or inspection department, consistent with rural Oklahoma counties that do not require county reside…
Sequoyah County, OK - Official Site (OKCounties.org) ↗Oklahoma uses a voluntary code-adoption model (OUBCC), and Texas County lists no building/inspection department among its offices, so unincorporated areas generally have no coun…
Oklahoma Uniform Building Code Commission ↗Tillman County's official departments listing includes no building, inspection, or code-enforcement office, consistent with Oklahoma rural counties not requiring building permit…
Tillman County Departments ↗No Woods County building department or county building-permit program was found; under Oklahoma law county adoption of building codes is optional and rural NW Oklahoma counties …
Oklahoma Attorney General FAQ: County Authority to Zone/Permit ↗Woodward County's official office directory lists no building department, code enforcement or permit office; consistent with rural Oklahoma counties, building permits are issued…
Woodward County - Offices ↗Beaver County does not administer building permits; residential permits are issued at the municipal level under the Pennsylvania Uniform Construction Code (UCC).
Beaver County Office of Planning & Redevelopment ↗The county does not issue building permits; the Bedford County Planning Commission states it does not issue permits, which are obtained at the municipal level under the PA Unifo…
Bedford County Planning Department FAQ ↗Butler County does not administer residential building permits; under Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code (UCC) building permits are issued and enforced by individual munic…
PA Dept. of Labor & Industry - Uniform Construction Code ↗Carbon County does not administer building permits; under Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code, building permits for new dwellings are issued and enforced at the municipal l…
PA Dept. of Labor & Industry - Uniform Construction Code ↗Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code is administered by municipalities (or the state), not the county; Clarion County's Planning Department handles only subdivision and land…
Clarion County Planning Department ↗Elk County does not administer building permits; the PA Uniform Construction Code is enforced at the municipal level (e.g. Jones Township administers UCC for several Elk County …
Jones Township (Elk County) Building Code Information ↗Forest County does not administer building permits; building codes are the PA Uniform Construction Code enforced at the municipal level (e.g., Green Township has its own Buildin…
Forest County PA - Green Township ↗The county does not administer building permits; per the county FAQ, 'Building permits are obtained by contacting the municipality in which the building is taking place' (munici…
Lawrence County, PA Planning & Community Development FAQ ↗Luzerne County's Office of Planning and Zoning administers only zoning; building permits are not issued at the county level but are handled by municipalities under Pennsylvania'…
Luzerne County - Planning & Zoning ↗Pennsylvania building permits are administered under the municipal Uniform Construction Code by individual municipalities, not by Mercer County; the county planning commission d…
Mercer County Regional Planning Commission ↗Mifflin County does not issue building permits; UCC building permits are handled at the municipal level (some via third-party agency Bureau Veritas), so residents contact their …
Mifflin County - Subdivision & Building Permits ↗Potter County does not administer building permits; the county Planning Department only handles subdivision/land development (SALDO), while PA UCC building permits are administe…
Potter County Planning Department ↗Somerset County does not administer building permits; Pennsylvania's statewide Uniform Construction Code is enforced at the municipal level through local building code officials…
Somerset County - Planning Commission ↗Susquehanna County does not issue building permits; the county directs applicants to their township or borough office, which administers the statewide PA UCC.
Susquehanna County Planning & Development - Questions & Answers ↗Tioga County's building/land-use role is planning (subdivision & land development); residential building permits under the PA Uniform Construction Code are administered by munic…
Tioga County Planning Commission ↗Venango County does not administer building permits at the county level; under Pennsylvania's Uniform Construction Code, building permits are issued by municipalities, and the c…
Venango County - Subdivision & Land Development (SALDO) ↗Washington County does not administer building permits; under the PA Uniform Construction Code, residential building permits and inspections are handled by each municipality's a…
Penn State PHRC - Quick Guide to the Residential Provisions of the PA UCC ↗Wayne County does not administer building permits; PA Uniform Construction Code permits are handled at the municipal level.
Wayne County, PA - Zoning ↗Buffalo County's official county-offices listing shows no building/inspection or planning office, and building codes/permits are local-option in South Dakota; no county resident…
Buffalo County, South Dakota - County Offices ↗South Dakota building regulation is local-option and Campbell County has no dedicated planning/building department or online permit program; the commission chair publicly stated…
KELOLAND News - Campbell County Considers Zoning ↗Corson County's official department directory lists no building department or planning/zoning office; in local-option South Dakota this rural county appears not to administer bu…
Corson County SD - Official Website (Departments) ↗Building permits and inspection are handled by the City of Philip; no county building department or inspector is evident, and unincorporated Haakon County (pop. ~1,870) appears …
Haakon County, SD - Official County Site ↗South Dakota is a local-option state for building codes and Jones County (pop. ~917) lists no building/planning department among its offices, so no county building permit is enf…
Jones County Government Offices (Murdo, SD) ↗The county's official Planning & Zoning page states Oglala Lakota County does not currently require a building permit for new construction outside the corporate limits of munici…
Oglala Lakota County - Planning & Zoning ↗Tripp County's official department directory lists no building, planning, or zoning office, consistent with rural South Dakota counties that do not administer building permits.
Tripp County Department Directory ↗The county's official department list shows no building/planning office or building official; South Dakota is local-option, so no county building permit appears to be required i…
Ziebach County - Home ↗Benton County has opted out of the statewide residential building construction code (non-code/opt-out jurisdiction), so no county residential building permit is required in unin…
TN State Fire Marshal - Opt-Out / Non-Code Jurisdictions ↗Bledsoe County has opted out of the statewide residential building construction code (non-code/opt-out jurisdiction), so no county residential building permit is required in uni…
TN State Fire Marshal - Opt-Out / Non-Code Jurisdictions ↗The Tennessee State Fire Marshal's residential jurisdictions list shows Carroll County as OPT OUT of the State Residential Building Code Program, so no county/state residential …
TN State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗County states 'At this time, Cocke County does not require a building permit or a certificate of occupancy for construction activities' (it has opted out of the state residentia…
Cocke County Zoning Department ↗The Tennessee State Fire Marshal's residential jurisdictions list shows Decatur County as OPT OUT of the state residential building program, and the county has no local building…
TN State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗The TN State Fire Marshal residential jurisdictions list shows Grainger County as OPT OUT of the state residential building code program, and the county administers no building …
Tennessee State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗Grundy County is listed by the TN State Fire Marshal's Office as an 'OPT OUT' jurisdiction, having exempted one- and two-family dwellings from the statewide residential building…
TN State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗Henderson County is not among the nine counties where the State Fire Marshal enforces the statewide residential code, so no state/county residential permit applies in unincorpor…
TN State Fire Marshal - Apply for a Residential Permit (county list) ↗Henry County's Codes Enforcement page states building permits are not required in unincorporated areas of the county, though commercial businesses must follow State of Tennessee…
Henry County - Property Subdivision and Codes Enforcement ↗The Tennessee State Fire Marshal's residential jurisdictions list shows Humphreys County as OPT OUT of the state residential building code program, so no state residential build…
Tennessee State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗The county's own newcomer page states 'Johnson County, Tennessee, does not currently require a building permit'; only septic and electric permits are needed for new structures (…
Johnson County TN - Newcomer Information ↗The TN State Fire Marshal's residential jurisdictions list shows Lake County as OPT OUT, meaning no residential building code, permit, or inspection is required for one- and two…
Tennessee State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗The TN State Fire Marshal residential jurisdictions list shows Lawrence County as OPT OUT of the state residential building code program; the county runs no building code of its…
Tennessee State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗The county's official zoning page states Lewis County does not require a building permit for any type or size of structure outside city limits and has no building and codes depa…
Lewis County Government - Zoning ↗The Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office residential jurisdictions list shows McMinn County as 'OPT OUT' of the state residential building program, so no state/county residenti…
TN State Fire Marshal's Office - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗The State Fire Marshal's jurisdictions list shows McNairy County as "OPT OUT" of the statewide residential building code program, and the county administers no countywide buildi…
Tennessee State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗Monroe County has an OPT OUT status on the State Fire Marshal's residential jurisdictions list, meaning it opted out of the state residential building code program and does not …
TN State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗The county's Permits & Zoning page states plainly that building permits are not required in Overton County outside Livingston city limits.
Overton County, TN - Permits & Zoning ↗The Tennessee State Fire Marshal's residential jurisdictions & inspectors list shows Perry County as 'OPT OUT,' meaning the county has exempted itself from the statewide residen…
Tennessee State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗Pickett County is listed as OPT OUT on the State Fire Marshal's residential jurisdictions list, so no residential building permit or inspection is required for one- and two-fami…
TN Dept. of Commerce & Insurance, State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗Scott County's official site states plainly that 'Building permits are not required by Scott County'; it is a non-code (opt-out) jurisdiction for the statewide residential build…
Scott County, TN - Moving to Scott County ↗The Tennessee State Fire Marshal's residential jurisdictions list shows Sequatchie County as OPT OUT of the State Residential Building Code Program, so no county/state residenti…
TN State Fire Marshal - Residential Jurisdictions & Inspectors ↗Stewart County is an opt-out / non-code jurisdiction (it hosts the state 'Statewide Building Construction Code Inspections in Opt-Out' notice), so no residential building permit…
Stewart County - Statewide Building Construction Code Inspections in Opt-Out notice ↗Anderson County has no building-permit, zoning, or development-services department; Texas counties lack statutory authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas. …
Anderson County, Texas - Official Website (department listing) ↗Andrews County lists no building permit or inspection department, and under Texas law counties have no general authority to require single-family building permits in unincorpora…
Andrews County government website ↗Unincorporated Angelina County has no county building code or building-permit program; building permits apply only within incorporated cities such as Lufkin.
Angelina & Neches River Authority - OSSF Overview ↗As a Texas county, Aransas County does not issue general residential building permits in unincorporated areas; the county regulates only subdivisions (Ch. 232) and floodplain/de…
Aransas County Road & Bridge Development Permit ↗Texas counties cannot require general building permits in unincorporated areas; Archer County's site lists only a Flood Plain Permit, On-Site Sewer permit, and Subdivision Regul…
Archer County, Texas (official county site) ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas (only limited, permissive authority under Local Government Code Ch. 233 Subch. C, wh…
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 ↗Texas counties have no general building-permit authority in unincorporated areas; the county's permits page lists OSSF, floodplain, subdivision and utility permits but no reside…
Atascosa County — Permits and Forms ↗In unincorporated Texas counties there is no county building permit; Austin County's permit page covers only floodplain development and OSSF, not general building permits.
Austin County Permits ↗Texas counties have only limited land-use authority (platting, not building codes) and Bailey County maintains subdivision and groundwater platting regulations with no building …
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Bandera County lists no building-permit or inspections department (County Engineer handles subdivision/OSSF/floodplain matters); Texas counties do not issue general residential …
Bandera County, Texas - official county site ↗In unincorporated Bastrop County there is no county building permit or building inspection; Development Services issues development, OSSF, driveway and right-of-way permits only…
Bastrop County Development Services - Forms & Applications ↗Under Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233, Texas counties generally lack authority to require building permits or inspections in unincorporated areas; rural Baylor County publis…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 ↗Bee County issues only OSSF (septic), development/floodplain, and mobile-unit permits for unincorporated areas; Texas counties lack general authority to require residential buil…
Bee County Community Affairs ↗Bell County's Engineer FAQ states that in unincorporated areas of the county there is no building permit, building code, or zoning with which you must comply.
Bell County Engineer - FAQ ↗In unincorporated Bexar County the FAQ states that unless a residential permit is sought voluntarily, the County has no legal authority to regulate single-family residential con…
Bexar County FAQ - When is a building permit required in the unincorporated areas ↗As a Texas county, Blanco County does not issue general residential building permits in unincorporated areas; the county regulates only subdivisions and OSSF/septic under its De…
Blanco County Development Rules and Regulations ↗Texas counties lack general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Borden County's official office listing includes no building or permit dep…
Borden County, Texas - County Government ↗Under Texas law counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits or conduct residential inspections in unincorporated areas; Bosque County publishes no …
Texas county building-permit authority (Local Gov't Code Ch. 233; Bexar County FAQ) ↗Texas counties have no authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas; Bowie County's county government offers no building-permit program (permits are municipal, …
Bowie County, Texas ↗Brazos County does not issue building permits for structures in unincorporated areas; only a Development Permit (floodplain/roadway) from Road & Bridge and subdivision review ap…
Brazos County FAQ - Do I need a building permit? ↗Texas counties generally lack statutory authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas; the county's own permits page lists septic, utility, well and mass-gatheri…
Brewster County, Texas - Permits & Procedures ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits for single-family residential construction in unincorporated areas; Briscoe County has no county building de…
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Brooks County's official site lists no building, permitting, or planning department; consistent with Texas law, counties generally cannot require building permits in unincorpora…
Brooks County TX - Official Website ↗Brown County's permitting page lists only OSSF (septic), development, and floodplain development permits; consistent with Texas law, the county does not issue general residentia…
Brown County Permitting ↗The county states it 'has no authority to create or enforce building codes in unincorporated areas, nor to require building inspections.'
Burleson County - Construction Permits ↗As a Texas county, Calhoun has no general building code/permit authority in unincorporated areas; the county's only development permit found is a floodplain (Flood Damage Preven…
Calhoun County TX - Flood Plain Administration / Development Permits ↗Callahan County lists no building or zoning department among its offices and Texas counties lack general building-permit authority in unincorporated areas; no county residential…
Callahan County, Texas - Commissioners Court (County Offices) ↗Texas counties generally lack authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas; per TCEQ, counties cannot dictate what kind of home you place on your land, and no C…
TCEQ OSSF Information for Homeowners ↗Carson County lists no building or permitting department; under Texas law counties generally cannot require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Carson County official website ↗Cass County's official department listing shows no building/permit department; Texas counties generally lack authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Cass County TX - Official Website (Departments) ↗Under Texas Local Government Code, counties lack authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Castro County's website shows no building/permitting …
Texas county authority for building permits/zoning (Local Gov't Code framework) ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas, and Cherokee County's list of offices includes no building or code-enforcement depa…
Cherokee County, TX - County Offices ↗Texas counties have only limited residential building-code authority in unincorporated areas; rural counties like Childress generally do not require or publish a residential bui…
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits or prior approval for new residential construction in unincorporated areas; the limited permissive building-…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 (County Regulation) ↗Texas counties generally lack authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas, and Cochran County's official site shows no building/permit department.
Cochran County, Texas (official) ↗Coke County's official site lists no building/inspection department, consistent with Texas unincorporated counties which lack authority to require residential building permits.
Coke County, Texas - Official County Website ↗The official Coleman County office directory lists no building, permit, inspection, or code-enforcement department, and Texas counties generally lack authority to require buildi…
Coleman County Government ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits or inspections in unincorporated areas, and the official Collingsworth County site lists no building/permit …
Collingsworth County, Texas (official county site) ↗Texas counties lack statutory authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas; the county's Development & Permitting office issues only OSSF/septic permits, not bu…
Colorado County TX - OSSF / Development & Permitting ↗Unincorporated Comal County requires no general/structural building permit; only specific permits may apply (OSSF, floodplain development, driveway/right-of-way, utility, fire m…
Comal County TX - Permits ↗Comanche County's department listing shows no building/permit department; Texas counties generally lack authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Comanche County TX - Departments ↗The official Concho County site lists no building-permit or inspection department; under Texas law counties generally cannot require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Concho County, Texas - Official County Website ↗Texas counties have no authority to require prior approval (building permits) for new residential construction in unincorporated areas; Cooke County operates only a Rural Subdiv…
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Under Texas law counties have no legal authority to require permits or inspections for single-family residential construction in unincorporated areas; Coryell County regulates s…
Bexar County, TX - County authority to require building permits (Texas law) ↗Cottle County's official site lists no building-permit or code-enforcement department, consistent with Texas statute under which counties generally cannot require residential bu…
Cottle County, Texas (official county website) ↗Texas counties cannot require building permits in unincorporated areas; Crane County lists no building/code office, and building permits are handled municipally by the City of C…
Crane County, TX - County Website ↗Crockett County is rural and unincorporated with no building-official or permit department on its official site (only a floodplain development permit), consistent with Texas cou…
Crockett County, Texas official government website ↗Texas counties have no general statutory authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Crosby County's official government site lists no buildin…
Crosby County, Texas official website ↗Texas counties lack general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Culberson County lists no building/inspection department among its off…
Culberson County (official) ↗Dallam County's only land-use controls are subdivision platting and OSSF; consistent with Texas counties lacking authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas, n…
Dallam County Subdivision Regulations 2025 ↗The county government site lists no building/permitting department; Texas counties lack general authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Dawson County TX - Official Website ↗The county government site lists no building/permit department; under Texas law counties generally cannot require building permits for ordinary residential construction in uninc…
Deaf Smith County, Texas - Official Site ↗Texas counties cannot enforce residential building codes or require building permits in unincorporated areas; Delta County's Development Services lists only subdivision, drivewa…
Delta County TX - Development Services ↗Texas counties do not issue building permits; unincorporated development instead requires a county Development Permit (floodplain/development) from Development Services, not a b…
Denton County - Development Services ↗Under Texas law counties cannot require general building permits in unincorporated areas; DeWitt County's own regulatory documents cover only On-Site Sewage Facilities and Flood…
DeWitt County - official site (Permits/Regulations/Applications) ↗Texas counties cannot require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Dickens County lists no building or inspection department among its offices.
Dickens County, Texas official website ↗Texas counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits or prior approval for new construction in unincorporated areas; Dimmit County has no building-per…
Bexar County FAQ — County authority to require building permits (Texas framework) ↗The official Donley County office listing shows no building, permit, inspection, or code-enforcement department, and Texas counties generally lack authority to require building …
Donley County Government ↗Duval County's official department list includes no building/permitting or planning department; as a Texas county it has no general building code authority in unincorporated areas.
Duval County, Texas - Official County Website ↗Texas counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Eastland County lists no building-permit department, so no county buildi…
Bexar County FAQ — County authority to require building permits (Texas framework) ↗Texas counties lack general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Edwards County's official site lists only subdivision/land-development…
Edwards County, Texas - Official County Website ↗The county states Texas does not allow it to issue building permits in unincorporated areas; residents are directed to Emergency Service Districts for building guidance.
El Paso County - Permits ↗Texas counties lack authority to require structural building-code permits in unincorporated areas; Ellis County Department of Development administers OSSF/septic, floodplain and…
Ellis County Department of Development - Regulations ↗Under Texas law counties have no legal authority to require permits or inspections for single-family residential construction in unincorporated areas; Erath County's environment…
Bexar County, TX - County authority to require building permits (Texas law) ↗Texas counties have no authority to require building permits or prior approval for new residential construction in unincorporated areas (only limited permissive code authority u…
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 ↗Texas counties cannot require building permits in unincorporated areas; Fannin County regulates septic and subdivision/floodplain but issues no county building permit for constr…
Fannin County Environmental Development ↗Texas counties have no authority to require prior approval (building permits) for new residential construction in unincorporated areas; Fayette County regulates OSSF/septic and …
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Fisher County's official site lists no building/permit department; Texas counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas.
Fisher County, Texas official website ↗Texas counties cannot require building permits in unincorporated areas; Floyd County's office listing includes no building-permit or code office (only Subdivision Rules).
Floyd County, Texas ↗Texas counties have only limited permissive authority over building codes and the residential code does not apply in unincorporated areas unless the county specifically adopts i…
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Franklin County lists no building, permit, inspection, or code-enforcement department (only a Septic Inspector and Fire Marshal), and Texas counties generally lack authority to …
Franklin County Government ↗Texas counties lack authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; the only construction-related county permit found is the OSSF (septic) permit.
Freestone County On-Site Sewage Facilities Program ↗Under Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233, counties cannot mandate residential building permits for single-family homes in unincorporated areas; Frio County has no published cou…
Bexar County (official) - County Building Permit Authority FAQ (Texas statewide statute) ↗Texas counties generally have no authority to require building permits or enforce a building code in unincorporated areas; no Gaines County residential building permit program w…
Texas State Law Library - Building Codes guide ↗Texas counties generally lack statutory authority to require residential building permits or enforce building codes in unincorporated areas; no Garza County building-permit prog…
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 (County Building Regulation) ↗In unincorporated Gillespie County there is no general county building permit; the county Engineering Department only requires a Development Permit for floodplain/development ac…
Gillespie County (TX) Engineering Department ↗The county's permits page lists only septic, pipeline-crossing, and driveway permits with no residential building permit, consistent with Texas counties lacking authority to req…
Glasscock County Permits ↗Under Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233, counties generally cannot require building permits or inspections in unincorporated areas; Goliad County publishes no residential buil…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 ↗Consistent with Texas law, the county's Permit Office administers OSSF, floodplain/development and subdivision permits in unincorporated areas rather than a general residential …
Gonzales County - OSSF/Permits ↗Gray County's office list includes no building department, consistent with Texas counties' general lack of authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Gray County, Texas - County Offices ↗"The county does not require building permits for single-family residential structures" in the unincorporated area; only commercial/public/multifamily (4+ units) need a Fire Mar…
Grayson County TX - Development Services ↗Texas counties cannot require structural building permits in unincorporated areas; the county services directory lists no building permit or inspection department, only Septic S…
Gregg County Services Overview ↗The county issues only OSSF (septic) and driveway/culvert permits; Environmental Services states its authority is limited to septic oversight, and Texas counties do not require …
Grimes County Environmental Permits ↗Under the Texas Local Government Code framework, a county lacks legal authority to regulate residential construction in unincorporated areas unless a residential permit is issue…
Texas county authority explainer (Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233) ↗Hale County's Special Projects office administers only floodplain (FEMA) and septic permits and describes no general residential building permit; Texas counties do not issue bui…
Hale County - Special Projects (Permits) ↗Hall County's official offices list includes no building or permit department; consistent with Texas law, counties do not issue building permits in unincorporated areas (the Cit…
Hall County, Texas official website (county offices) ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas; Hamilton County's permits/regulations page lists only septic (OSSF) permitting, not…
Hamilton County TX - Permits & Regulations ↗The county government site lists no building department or building-permit process; Texas counties lack authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Hansford County, Texas (official site) ↗Under Texas law counties have only limited authority over residential construction in unincorporated areas and rural counties like Hardeman do not issue county building permits;…
Bexar County (official) FAQ explaining Texas county building-permit authority (statewide rule) ↗Texas counties cannot mandate single-family residential building permits in unincorporated areas (Local Gov Code Ch. 233); Harrison County only administers floodplain-developmen…
Bexar County (official) - County Building Permit Authority FAQ (Texas statewide statute) ↗Under Texas law counties lack authority to require permits or inspections for single-family residential construction in unincorporated areas, and Hartley County lists no buildin…
Bexar County TX - County Building Permit Authority (Texas law) ↗Haskell County's official offices list includes no building or permit department; consistent with Texas law, counties do not issue building permits in unincorporated areas (citi…
Haskell County, Texas official website (county offices) ↗Texas counties lack authority to require general building permits or inspections in unincorporated areas, and Hemphill County lists no building-permit or inspection department; …
Hemphill County, Texas - official county site ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Henderson County enforces no county-wide residential building code.
Henderson County - County Ordinances ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas; Hill County's only construction-related permit program is OSSF/septic, and no count…
Hill County - OSSF Permits & 911 Signage ↗As a Texas county, Hockley County has no building department and does not issue building permits in unincorporated areas; the county website lists no building/permit office (bui…
Hockley County, Texas - County Departments ↗The county Development FAQ states plainly that to build a house on a lot in the unincorporated area you will not need a Hood County building permit.
Hood County Development Department FAQs ↗Under Texas law counties cannot require general building permits in unincorporated areas; Hopkins County's regulatory functions cover Subdivision Regulations, OSSF (septic), and…
Hopkins County - Environmental Services ↗Texas counties have no authority to require building permits or prior approval for new residential construction in unincorporated areas; Houston County lists no county building-…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) ↗Texas counties have no authority to require prior approval (building permits) for new residential construction in unincorporated areas; Howard County operates an OSSF (septic) o…
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Texas counties have no general statutory authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Hudspeth County's official site lists no building/permit depa…
Hudspeth County, Texas official website ↗The County Development office issues only subdivision/plat, culvert, floodplain, and Lake Tawakoni permits; Texas counties lack authority to require general building permits in …
Hunt County Development ↗Hutchinson County's official site lists no building-permit or inspections department; under Texas law counties do not issue general residential building permits in unincorporate…
Hutchinson County, Texas - official county site ↗Texas counties lack authority to require building permits or enforce a building code in unincorporated areas; Irion County's development regulations cover only subdivision platt…
Irion County Subdivision/MHRC Regulations ↗Jack County's official Public Works page states the county does not issue building permits or certificates of occupancy in the unincorporated area (consistent with Texas countie…
Jack County, Texas - Public Works ↗Under Texas law counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits or inspections in unincorporated areas; Jasper County publishes no residential building…
Texas county building-permit authority (Local Gov't Code Ch. 233; Bexar County FAQ) ↗Texas counties cannot mandate single-family residential building permits in unincorporated areas (permits are voluntary only); rural Jeff Davis County has no building department.
Texas county authority FAQ (Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233) ↗Jim Hogg County's official department list includes no building/permitting or environmental health office; as a Texas county it has no general building code authority in unincor…
Jim Hogg County, Texas - Official County Website ↗Under Texas Local Government Code, counties lack authority to require residential building permits or perform building inspections in unincorporated areas; Johnson County issues…
Johnson County Development Services ↗The county's official site lists no building department, permit office, or building-code enforcement; Texas counties generally cannot require residential building permits in uni…
Jones County, TX Official Website ↗In unincorporated Karnes County the permitting office issues only development-determination, OSSF (septic), floodplain and road/bridge permits; Texas counties lack general autho…
Karnes County Special Projects & Permits ↗Texas counties have no authority to require building permits for single-family residential construction in unincorporated areas; county permit authority under LGC Ch. 233 is lim…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 ↗Texas counties lack general statutory authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas, and Kent County's official site lists no building or permitting department.
Kent County, Texas - Official County Offices ↗In unincorporated Kerr County the county regulates only floodplain, driveway/access, utility, and subdivision permits through the County Engineer; no residential building permit…
Kerr County Engineer ↗Texas counties have no general statutory authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Kimble County lists no building/permitting department on …
Kimble County official website ↗King County's official department directory lists no building, planning, or inspections department, consistent with Texas general-law counties that lack authority to require bui…
King County TX official website (department directory) ↗Kinney County's permit page lists only OSSF (septic) and subdivision permits; like Texas counties generally, it does not require building permits for structures in unincorporate…
Kinney County, Texas - On-Site Sewage Facility (OSSF) Permits ↗Under Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 counties have no authority to require prior approval, permits or inspections for new residential construction in unincorporated areas; …
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 (County Regulation of Housing and Other Structures) ↗Rural Knox County (seat Benjamin, TX) shows no county building-permit program; Texas counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated …
Knox County, Texas official website ↗La Salle County's official permits list (driveway, cattleguard, pipeline, certificate of compliance) includes no building permit; Texas counties have no authority to require bui…
La Salle County, TX - Permits & Applications ↗Lamar County's department listing includes no building-permit, building-inspection, planning, or zoning office; Texas counties lack statutory authority to require building permi…
Lamar County, Texas - Official Website (site map / departments) ↗Texas counties lack general authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas; Lamb County's Permits/Zoning page provides a Zoning & Permitting Letter rather than a …
Lamb County - Permits/Zoning ↗Texas counties lack statutory authority to require residential building permits or enforce building codes in unincorporated areas; Lampasas County's official land-development re…
Lampasas County Subdivision Regulations (2021) ↗Under Texas law counties have no authority to require general building permits in unincorporated areas; Leon County's official Permits page lists only septic, floodplain, electr…
Leon County, TX - Permits ↗Under Texas law counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits or inspections in unincorporated areas; Limestone County publishes no residential build…
Texas county building-permit authority (Local Gov't Code Ch. 233; Bexar County FAQ) ↗Texas counties lack general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Lipscomb County's official office listing includes no building or permit d…
Lipscomb County, Texas - County Government ↗Under Texas law counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Live Oak County's official site lists no building/permit d…
Live Oak County Official Website ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Loving County is entirely unincorporated with no known local building-p…
Texas county authority - building permits (Bexar County FAQ) ↗Texas counties generally lack statutory authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Lubbock County Public Works handles roads/bridges and OSSF, no…
Lubbock County Public Works / Road and Bridge ↗Texas counties have no general statutory authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and no Lynn County building-permit program was identified.
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 - County Regulation of Housing and Other Structures ↗The county's permits page lists septic, electrical, solar, driveway, and floodplain permits but no building permit; consistent with Texas counties lacking authority to require b…
Madison County TX - Permits ↗Texas counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; the Marion County official site lists no building/permitting department.
Marion County, Texas - Official County Website ↗Texas counties have only narrow statutory authority over structures in unincorporated areas and generally do not issue residential building permits; Martin County runs no county…
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 - County Regulation of Housing and Other Structures ↗Texas counties generally lack authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas; Mason County's official pages show only OSSF and floodplain permitting, not building…
Mason County - Sanitation/Floodplain (OSSF) ↗McCulloch County's official site lists elected offices and permits limited to right-of-way/culvert work, with no county building-inspection department; Texas counties have no ge…
McCulloch County, Texas (official site) ↗The county's permits page lists only OSSF, floodplain, subdivision, and pipeline/road-crossing permits; Texas counties lack authority to require general residential building per…
McMullen County - Permits ↗The county's official 'What Type of Permits Are Required' document lists only 911 addressing, water well, floodplain, septic, and driveway/utility permits; no county building pe…
Medina County - What Type of Permits Are Required ↗Menard County's official site lists no building-permit department or program, consistent with Texas statute under which counties generally cannot require residential building pe…
Menard County, Texas (official county website) ↗Texas counties lack authority to require general building permits in unincorporated areas; Midland County's permits cover only driveways, ROW, floodplain and similar, not buildi…
Midland County, TX - Permits ↗Texas counties have no general building-permit authority in unincorporated areas; Milam County issues only targeted permits (floodplain/development, county road entrance, subdiv…
Milam County Development Permit Application (floodplain) ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits or prior approval for new residential construction in unincorporated areas; LGC Chapter 233's permissive cou…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 (County Regulation) ↗Texas counties cannot require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Mitchell County lists no building or inspection department among its offices.
Mitchell County, Texas official website ↗The county's regulatory role over rural construction is limited to OSSF/septic via its Sewage Inspector; consistent with Texas law, the county does not require general residenti…
Montague County Sewage Inspector ↗Moore County lists no building-permit or code-enforcement department, consistent with Texas law under which counties lack general authority to require building permits in uninco…
Moore County, Texas (official county government site) ↗Texas counties have no authority to require building permits or prior approval for new residential construction in unincorporated areas (only limited permissive code authority u…
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 ↗Texas counties generally cannot require building permits or enforce building codes in unincorporated areas; statewide residential code enforcement was abolished in 2009, leaving…
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M), Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Texas counties generally lack authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas; the unincorporated county has no residential building code unless adopted through a …
Texas State Law Library - Building Codes (Texas) ↗Newton County lists no building department; its only construction-related permitting is floodplain development, consistent with Texas counties lacking authority to require gener…
Newton County TX official website (Zoning and Permit Inquiries / Floodplain Management) ↗Nolan County's official site lists no building department or building permit (only burn permits); Texas counties lack general authority to require residential building-code perm…
Nolan County, Texas - Official Site ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Nueces County Public Works regulates only subdivision platting and floo…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 (County Regulation of Housing and Other Structures) ↗Texas counties cannot mandate single-family residential building permits in unincorporated areas (voluntary only); building code enforcement in Ochiltree County exists only with…
Texas county authority FAQ (Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233) ↗Under Texas law, counties have narrow land-use authority in unincorporated areas and generally cannot require residential building permits; Oldham County has no identified build…
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions ↗Texas counties cannot require permits for single-family residential construction in unincorporated areas; Palo Pinto County's Public Works handles only OSSF and subdivision revi…
Palo Pinto County TX - Public Works Department ↗Panola County's official list of county offices includes no building, permit, inspection, or code-enforcement department, consistent with Texas law under which counties have no …
Panola County, TX - County Offices ↗Parker County states it does not issue building permits or certificates of occupancy in unincorporated areas; only OSSF, floodplain and fire/life-safety reviews apply.
Parker County Permitting Department ↗Parmer County's official department list (Extension, Treasurer, Tax, Probation, etc.) includes no building-permit or code-enforcement office, consistent with Texas counties lack…
Parmer County - Departments (official county site) ↗The county's department listing shows no building/permitting office (only the City of Fort Stockton runs code enforcement); Texas counties lack general authority to require buil…
Pecos County TX - Departments ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits or adopt building codes in unincorporated areas; county regulation is limited to subdivisions, floodplain, a…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 232 - County Regulation of Subdivisions ↗Texas counties cannot require permits or inspections for single-family residential construction in unincorporated areas, and Presidio County lists no building-inspection departm…
Bexar County TX - County Building Permit Authority (Texas law) ↗Rains County's Permits and Regulations page lists OSSF/septic, subdivision, driveway/culvert, and salvage-yard permits but no residential building permit; Texas counties cannot …
Rains County - Permits and Regulations ↗Under Texas law counties lack general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Randall County's development authority is limited to plat/subdiv…
Randall County Subdivision Regulations (2023) ↗Reagan County's official site lists only elected offices with no building, inspection, or permit department; Texas counties cannot require building permits in unincorporated areas.
Reagan County, TX - Official Website ↗Texas counties have no general statutory authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Real County's official site lists no building/permit departme…
Real County, Texas official website ↗Texas counties generally cannot require building permits or enforce building codes in unincorporated areas; statewide residential code enforcement was abolished in 2009, so no c…
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M), Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Texas counties have no authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Refugio County publishes no building-permit program.
Refugio County official website ↗Roberts County's official site lists only elected offices with no county building-inspection department; Texas counties have no general authority to require building permits in …
Roberts County Texas (official site) ↗Texas counties cannot require residential building permits in unincorporated areas and Robertson County publishes no building-permit program.
Robertson County official website ↗Runnels County lists no building department or building-permit program among its offices, consistent with Texas counties lacking general authority to require building permits in…
Runnels County official website ↗Texas counties have only limited permissive building-code authority in unincorporated areas and Rusk County has no adopted county residential building permit.
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Sabine County's official department list includes no building-permit, inspection, or code-enforcement office, consistent with Texas law that gives counties no general authority …
Sabine County official website (county departments) ↗Texas counties have only limited, permissive building-code authority (Local Government Code ch. 233); rural San Augustine County does not administer a general residential buildi…
San Augustine County, Texas - Official Website ↗The county Permit Department issues only 'On-Site Sewage Facility, Development and Pipeline Permits' with no building permit listed, consistent with Texas counties that cannot r…
San Jacinto County, TX Permit Department ↗No general county building-code permit in unincorporated areas; the county requires a floodplain development permit for work in flood zones and OSSF permits.
San Patricio County - Flood Plain Development ↗Texas counties have no authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and San Saba County publishes no building-permit program.
San Saba County, Texas official website ↗The county's official Permits & Regulations page states these are the only permits/regulations the county has in place (subdivision, septic, road/utility crossing, driveway); no…
Schleicher County TX - Permits and Regulations ↗Under Texas law counties lack authority to regulate residential construction in unincorporated areas (no residential building permit/inspection unless voluntary); Scurry County …
Texas county building-permit authority (Bexar County FAQ, TX LG Code Ch. 233) ↗Texas counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Shackelford County's official site lists no building or permitting depar…
Shackelford County, Texas - Official County Website ↗Texas counties have no general building-code authority in unincorporated areas and Shelby County lists no building/permit department; single-family construction outside city lim…
Texas Real Estate Research Center (Texas A&M) - Land-Use Restrictions in Texas ↗Texas counties have no general building-permit authority in unincorporated areas, and Sherman County lists no building/permitting department among its offices.
Sherman County Commissioners Court / county offices ↗Under Texas law counties cannot issue building permits in unincorporated areas; Smith County's regulatory role is limited to subdivision platting, not building permits.
Smith County Subdivision Regulations ↗Unincorporated Somervell County has no county building department or building-permit program; permits/zoning apply only within the City of Glen Rose.
Somervell County - On-Site Sewage Facility (OSSF) ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; county building/fire code authority under LG Code Ch. 233 is limited an…
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 (County Regulation of Housing and Other Structures) ↗As a rural Texas county, Stephens County has no general residential building code for unincorporated areas; its official site posts only proposed Subdivision Rules and Regulatio…
Stephens County, Texas (official county website) ↗Texas counties lack general statutory authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas, and Sterling County's official site lists no building or permitting department.
Sterling County, Texas - Official County Offices ↗Texas counties have only limited, permissive authority to enforce building codes in unincorporated areas and rural Stonewall County has no known building-code/permit program.
Bexar County FAQ - When is a building permit required in the unincorporated area (Texas county authority) ↗Texas counties have no general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Sutton County lists no building/permitting department among its off…
Sutton County, TX - Official Website ↗No county building/permitting department is listed on the official Swisher County site; Texas counties lack general building-permit authority in unincorporated areas.
Swisher County official website ↗Unincorporated Tarrant County does not universally require residential building permits, though new homes built for resale must post a notice and be inspected and be built to th…
Tarrant County Engineering Services - Development ↗Terrell County's official site lists no building, permit, or inspection department, consistent with Texas law under which counties cannot require residential building permits in…
Terrell County, Texas - Official Site ↗Under Texas law counties have no general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; the OSSF (septic) permit is the principal state-mandated appr…
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 (County Regulation of Housing/Buildings) ↗Texas counties lack general authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas, and Throckmorton County's official site lists no building or permitting de…
Throckmorton County Official Website ↗Texas counties have no authority to require building permits or prior approval for new residential construction in unincorporated areas; Titus County administers OSSF/environmen…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 (statutes.capitol.texas.gov) ↗Tom Green County's adopted regulations enumerate its authority as subdivision platting, OSSF/septic, roads/drainage, and floodplain only, with no building-permit power; Texas co…
Tom Green County Subdivision Regulations ↗Trinity County's official site shows no county building department or building-permit program; under Texas law counties cannot require residential building permits in unincorpor…
Trinity County, Texas - Septic Permit Process / County site ↗Upshur County, Texas has no building department; its only construction-related permit in unincorporated areas is a floodplain (flood damage prevention) permit within mapped floo…
Upshur County (TX) Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance ↗Under Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233, counties' building-permit authority in unincorporated areas is limited to commercial, public, and multi-family structures; single-fami…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 ↗Under Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 counties cannot require permits/inspections for new residential construction in unincorporated areas; Uvalde County lists no building/i…
Texas Local Government Code Chapter 233 (County Regulation of Housing and Other Structures) ↗The county publishes subdivision regulations and OSSF permitting but no building department or building-permit requirement; Texas counties generally cannot require residential b…
Van Zandt County, TX - Environmental/OSSF ↗The county's Development & Permit Guidelines require only floodplain, storm water, and OSSF permits in unincorporated Victoria County; as a Texas county it does not issue a gene…
Victoria County Development & Permit Guidelines ↗Texas counties lack authority to require general building permits in unincorporated areas; Walker County's Planning & Development controls are development/floodplain permits, su…
Walker County TX - Permits (Planning & Development) ↗Ward County's official site lists no building permit or inspections department; under Texas law counties generally lack authority to require residential building permits in unin…
Ward County, Texas official website (departments) ↗Texas counties have no general building-permit authority in unincorporated areas; Washington County's Engineering & Development Services / Environmental Health only permits spec…
Washington County Environmental Health / Engineering & Development Services ↗Texas counties lack authority to require general building permits in unincorporated areas; Webb County's Planning Department only issues floodplain development permits, utility …
Webb County Planning Department ↗The Wharton County Permit & Inspection Department issues only OSSF (septic), floodplain, and 911-addressing permits; consistent with Texas law, the county does not require a res…
Wharton County Permit & Inspection Department ↗Texas counties generally lack authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas, and Wheeler County's official site lists no building/code-enforcement department.
Wheeler County, Texas (official county website) ↗Under Texas law counties have only limited residential building-code authority in unincorporated areas and Wichita County does not operate a general building-permit program; its…
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 (county building code authority) ↗Under Texas law counties have no prior-approval authority over new residential construction in unincorporated areas, and no Wilbarger County residential building-permit program …
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 (county authority over unincorporated construction) ↗Williamson County has not adopted a building code and does not require new residential construction in unincorporated areas to conform to any building code or obtain a county bu…
Williamson County - Frequently Asked Questions ↗Texas counties lack general building-code authority in unincorporated areas; Wilson County requires development, driveway, floodplain, and septic permits before construction, bu…
Wilson County - Permitting and Development ↗Texas counties have no authority to require building permits in unincorporated areas, and Winkler County lists no building/permitting department.
Winkler County Departments ↗County FAQ states 'Wise County does not require general building permits'; permits apply only within incorporated cities/ETJ.
Wise County FAQ - Who issues Building Permits ↗Texas counties have no general statutory authority to require residential building permits in unincorporated areas; Wood County regulates plats via subdivision rules but no coun…
Texas Local Government Code Ch. 233 - County Regulation of Housing and Other Structures ↗Yoakum County's official site lists no building or permitting department for unincorporated areas, consistent with Texas counties' lack of general residential building-code auth…
Yoakum County official website ↗Texas counties have no authority to require building permits/inspections in unincorporated areas; Young County's regulations cover only floodplain, subdivision, manufactured hom…
Young County - County Policy & Regulations ↗The county's published ordinance list (17 ordinances) includes no building permit ordinance; the nearest construction-related item is a Flood Damage Prevention ordinance. Texas …
Zapata County TX - Ordinances ↗Texas counties cannot require permits or inspections for single-family residential construction in unincorporated areas, and Zavala County lists no building-inspection department.
Bexar County TX - County Building Permit Authority (Texas law) ↗Vermont has no statewide residential building code and Chittenden County has no county building department; where permits are required they are issued as municipal zoning permit…
24 V.S.A. 4414 - Vermont municipal zoning / permits ↗Vermont has no statewide residential building code and no county building department; any building/zoning permit for a single-family home is issued by the town's zoning administ…
Vermont ACCD - Planning Statutes and Rules (Title 24 Ch. 117) ↗Vermont has no statewide residential building code; the Division of Fire Safety code excludes owner-occupied single-family homes, and there is no county building department (tow…
Vermont Division of Fire Safety - Codes and Standards ↗Vermont has no statewide residential building code for most 1-2 family dwellings and no county building department; any building/zoning permit is administered at the town level,…
Vermont Division of Fire Safety - Building Code Permits ↗Vermont has no statewide residential building code for owner-occupied single-family homes and Windham County has no county building department; the Vermont Fire & Building Safet…
Vermont Division of Fire Safety - Codes and Standards ↗Vermont has no statewide residential building code and Windsor County has no county building department; where permits are required they are issued as municipal zoning/building …
24 V.S.A. Chapter 117 - Vermont municipal planning & zoning ↗West Virginia has no mandatory statewide residential building code; Braxton County's official department directory lists no building/code-enforcement office, so no countywide re…
Braxton County, WV - County Offices/Departments directory ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code and unincorporated Brooke County has no zoning or active development-control mechanism, so no county residential buildin…
Weirton Daily Times - Brooke County commissioners mull zoning regulations ↗West Virginia's State Building Code is optional and adopted by only ~9 counties; Calhoun County's published ordinance list contains no building code or building-permit ordinance…
Calhoun County Commission - Ordinances ↗West Virginia has no mandatory statewide residential building code, and Clay County does not appear on the WV State Fire Marshal's official list of jurisdictions that adopted th…
WV State Fire Marshal / WVU LEAP - Communities Who Have Adopted the Building Code (Appendix C) ↗West Virginia has no mandatory statewide residential building code and neither the Doddridge County Commission nor the county government services pages list any building-permit …
Doddridge County Commission - official county government site ↗The county government lists no building permit or code enforcement department; West Virginia has no statewide residential building code and building/permitting in Hancock County…
Hancock County WV - Official Site ↗West Virginia has no mandatory statewide residential building code and Jackson County's official government site lists no building-code-enforcement or permit department for unin…
Jackson County, West Virginia (official county government site) ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code, and no adopted Lewis County building code or building-permit/inspection department was found (county not listed in the …
WVU Land Use & Sustainable Development Law Clinic - Local Ordinances ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code, and Marion County's official department listing shows no county building/code-enforcement office for unincorporated are…
Marion County WV (official county government) ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code, and the Marshall County directory lists no building, zoning, planning, or permit department for unincorporated areas, i…
Marshall County WV - Directory ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code and counties must opt in by ordinance; Mason County's official site lists only a Floodplain & Permits (addressing / floo…
Mason County, WV official site ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code; McDowell County's official department directory lists no building/code-enforcement department, only a single 'Permit Of…
McDowell County Commission — County Directory ↗Mercer County's official ordinance list includes no adopted building code; per WV framework building permits are only required where a county adopts the state code, so unincorpo…
Mercer County Commission Ordinances ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code; adoption/enforcement is a county option under WV Code Chapter 8A, and rural Mingo County has no identified building-cod…
West Virginia Code Chapter 8A (WV Legislature) ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential code, and Monroe County's list of adopted ordinances includes no general building-permit ordinance (only floodplain, unsafe-structures…
Monroe County, WV - County Ordinances ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code; the Ohio County Commission lists no county building department, so building permits are administered by municipalities …
Ohio County Commission - Government Departments ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code; the Pocahontas County Commission lists no building-permit or inspection department (only a floodplain ordinance), so no…
Pocahontas County Commission ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code for rural counties, and the county's official FAQ indicates no county-level building codes/zoning; building regulation a…
Preston County Commission FAQ ↗Outside incorporated municipalities Randolph County generally does not require a building permit; only a Floodplain Development Permit applies for building in a floodplain.
Randolph County WV (Randolph County Development Authority) - Sites & Buildings ↗West Virginia has no mandatory statewide residential building code and the Ritchie County government site lists no building/permit/inspection department, so no county residentia…
Ritchie County, West Virginia - County Government Agencies ↗Roane County's adopted ordinances include only an Unsafe Structure and a Flood Plain ordinance (floodplain permits apply in mapped flood areas); no countywide building-code or b…
Roane County WV - County Ordinances ↗The official Webster County site lists no building, permit, code-enforcement, planning, or zoning office, and West Virginia has no statewide residential building code, so rural …
Webster County, West Virginia - Official Site ↗The county's adopted ordinances are limited to floodplain, E911, and fire-fee measures with no building code; only floodplain development permits are issued, so no general count…
Wetzel County WV - View Ordinances ↗West Virginia has no statewide residential building code; Wyoming County's official agency listing shows no building-permit/inspection office (only 911 addressing 'Permits and A…
Wyoming County EDA - County Agencies ↗Wyoming has no statewide building code; Albany County's regulatory documents cover zoning, subdivision, wastewater and flood-damage prevention only, with no building code. New c…
Albany County - Regulations & Zoning Map ↗The county states it 'does not have any building codes for development in unincorporated areas'; no county building permit or inspection is required, though a Development Permit…
Big Horn County Land Planning - FAQ ↗Converse County has no county-wide building code and issues no general residential building permit; its permits/regulations cover subdivision, floodplain, and small wastewater o…
Converse County Permits & Regulations ↗Crook County's Growth & Development office administers subdivision and wastewater permits but no county-wide building code or residential building permit is issued, consistent w…
Crook County Growth & Development (Planning) ↗Fremont County states it has no county-specific building codes and only recommends the Wyoming-adopted codes; there is no county building permit for new construction in unincorp…
Fremont County - Building Codes & Certificates of Occupancy ↗The county Planning & GIS page states plainly that "Currently Goshen County does not have Zoning Regulations or Building Inspections," so no county residential building permit i…
Goshen County - Planning & GIS ↗Wyoming has no statewide building code; the WCCA county survey lists no building permit for Hot Springs County, and the county Planner issues land-use change and subdivision per…
Wyoming County Commissioners Association - County Zoning, Licensing and Permitting Survey ↗Wyoming has no statewide building code; the Wyoming County Commissioners Association survey (Sept 2023) lists no building permit issued by Johnson County, and the county Plannin…
Wyoming County Commissioners Association — County Zoning, Licensing and Permitting Survey (2023) ↗The Wyoming County Commissioners Association 2023 statewide survey records Niobrara County's own response: 'Niobrara County doesn't have any required permits ... there is no cha…
Wyoming County Commissioners Association - County Zoning, Licensing and Permitting Survey (2023) ↗Wyoming has no statewide building code; in unincorporated Sweetwater County all construction requires an approved zoning permit from the Land Use Office, but no separate buildin…
Sweetwater County Land Use Office ↗Wyoming has no statewide building code; the Wyoming County Commissioners Association survey (Sept 2023) reports no building permit and no contractor licensing issued by Washakie…
Wyoming County Commissioners Association — County Zoning, Licensing and Permitting Survey (2023) ↗Weston County's only local land use regulations are subdivision regulations; the county does not administer a building code, and specific improvements are permitted by state age…
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