Bolthole Index county-legal census · checked 2026-09-21
226 of Texas's 254 counties — 89% — allow living in an RV on private land. That is the largest count of any state. The strongest of them on the Bolthole Index is Cherokee County (85/100). Every entry below cites the county’s own official source.
Rules change, and cities inside these counties set their own — treat this as a verified starting point, not legal advice. All 390 counties nationwide → Texas: no building codes → Texas: no zoning → Texas: no codes, no zoning → Texas: owner-builder → Texas: tiny homes → Texas: no minimum home size → Full Texas profile →
226 of 254 Texas counties · sorted by Index score
Unincorporated Cherokee County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Cherokee County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Newton County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Newton County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Rusk County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Rusk County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗RV or trailer occupancy on private land in unincorporated Sabine County, insofar as it would be restricted by a Sabine County zoning requirement. The official statement is dated…
Fair Housing Activity Statement – Texas ↗Unincorporated Angelina County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Angelina County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Shelby County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Shelby County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated San Augustine County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and San Augustine County has no zoning ordinance. T…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Cass County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Cass County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Anderson: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Anderson has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census f…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Robertson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Robertson County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Houston County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Houston County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Titus County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Titus County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Panola County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Panola County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Tyler County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Tyler County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Walker County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Walker County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Marion County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Marion County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Red River County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Red River County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Bowie County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Bowie County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Wood County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Wood County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Trinity County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Trinity County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Upshur County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Upshur County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Franklin County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Franklin County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Leon County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Leon County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Liberty County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Liberty County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Morris County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Morris County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Freestone County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Freestone County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Bee County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Bee County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal cens…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Grimes County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Grimes County has no zoning ordinance. Grimes County's…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Harrison County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Harrison County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Lamar County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Lamar County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Camp County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Camp County has no zoning ordinance. Camp County's own r…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Palo Pinto County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Palo Pinto County has no zoning ordinance. The cou…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Burnet County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Burnet County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Mills County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Mills County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Madison County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Madison County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Stephens County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Stephens County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Delta County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Delta County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Lavaca County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Lavaca County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Limestone County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Limestone County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Refugio County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Refugio County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated San Saba County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and San Saba County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Young County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Young County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Somervell County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Somervell County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Goliad County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Goliad County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Atascosa County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Atascosa County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Bosque County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Bosque County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Van Zandt County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Van Zandt County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hardin County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hardin County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Eastland County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Eastland County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Jack County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Jack County has no zoning ordinance. Jack County's own r…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated McCulloch County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and McCulloch County has no zoning ordinance. McCulloch…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Colorado County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Colorado County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Kerr County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Kerr County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Smith County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Smith County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Montague County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Montague County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Rains County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Rains County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Aransas County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Aransas County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Mason County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Mason County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Matagorda County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Matagorda County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Victoria County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Victoria County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hidalgo County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hidalgo County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Brown County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Brown County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Orange County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Orange County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Lampasas County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Lampasas County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Comanche County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Comanche County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Gillespie County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Gillespie County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Jim Wells County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Jim Wells County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hamilton County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hamilton County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Gregg County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Gregg County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Erath County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Erath County has no zoning ordinance. Erath County's ow…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Medina County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Medina County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Taylor: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Taylor has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census found…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Kendall County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Kendall County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Coke County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Coke County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Jackson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Jackson County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated La Salle County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and La Salle County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Bandera County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Bandera County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Coryell County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Coryell County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Live Oak County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Live Oak County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Brazos County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Brazos County has no zoning ordinance. Brazos County's…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated DeWitt County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and DeWitt County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Wharton County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Wharton County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Starr County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Starr County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Real County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Real County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Brazoria County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Brazoria County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Washington County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Washington County has no zoning ordinance. The cou…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Callahan County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Callahan County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Kinney County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Kinney County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Llano: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Llano has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census found n…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Webb County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Webb County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Nolan County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Nolan County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hunt County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hunt County has no zoning ordinance. Hunt County's own r…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Duval County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Duval County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Wise County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Wise County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Uvalde County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Uvalde County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Grayson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Grayson County has no zoning ordinance. Grayson Count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Caldwell: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Caldwell has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census f…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Kleberg County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Kleberg County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Cameron: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Cameron has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census fou…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Falls County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Falls County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Lee County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Lee County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal cens…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Fayette County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Fayette County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Brooks County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Brooks County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Jeff Davis County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Jeff Davis County has no zoning ordinance. The cou…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Chambers County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Chambers County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Karnes County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Karnes County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hood County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hood County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Edwards County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Edwards County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Gonzales County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Gonzales County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Sutton County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Sutton County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Burleson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Burleson County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Coleman County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Coleman County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Montgomery County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Montgomery County has no zoning ordinance. The cou…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hill County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hill County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Knox County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Knox County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Willacy County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Willacy County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Jones County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Jones County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated McMullen County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and McMullen County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Wilson: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Wilson has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census found…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Gray County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Gray County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Jefferson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Jefferson County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Archer: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Archer has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census found…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Johnson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Johnson County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Calhoun County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Calhoun County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Foard County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Foard County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Fort Bend: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Fort Bend has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated McLennan County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and McLennan County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Runnels County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Runnels County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Dimmit County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Dimmit County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hardeman County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hardeman County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Parker County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Parker County has no zoning ordinance. Parker County's…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Concho County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Concho County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Clay County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Clay County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Scurry County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Scurry County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Galveston County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Galveston County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Fisher County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Fisher County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Kaufman County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Kaufman County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Andrews County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Andrews County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Crane County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Crane County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Ector: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Ector has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census found n…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Waller County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Waller County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Ochiltree County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Ochiltree County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Schleicher County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Schleicher County has no zoning ordinance. Schleic…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Winkler County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Winkler County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hays: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hays has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census found no …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Haskell County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Haskell County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Floyd County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Floyd County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Briscoe County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Briscoe County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Wichita: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Wichita has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census fou…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Midland County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Midland County has no zoning ordinance. Midland Count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Shackelford County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Shackelford County has no zoning ordinance. The c…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Ward: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Ward has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census found no …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Reeves County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Reeves County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Throckmorton County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Throckmorton County has no zoning ordinance. The…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Pecos County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Pecos County has no zoning ordinance. Pecos County's ow…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Kenedy County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Kenedy County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Stonewall County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Stonewall County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Comal County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Comal County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Cottle County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Cottle County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Zavala County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Zavala County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Presidio County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Presidio County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Baylor County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Baylor County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Bexar County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Bexar County has no zoning ordinance. Bexar County's ow…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Sterling County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Sterling County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hudspeth County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hudspeth County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Mitchell County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Mitchell County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Wilbarger: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Wilbarger has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Bailey County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Bailey County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Collin County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Collin County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Moore County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Moore County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hale County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hale County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Brewster County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Brewster County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Randall County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Randall County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Deaf Smith County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Deaf Smith County has no zoning ordinance. The cou…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated San Patricio County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and San Patricio County has no zoning ordinance. The…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Donley County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Donley County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Dawson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Dawson County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Castro County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Castro County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Gaines County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Gaines County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Jim Hogg County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Jim Hogg County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Nueces County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Nueces County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Crosby County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Crosby County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Lamb County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Lamb County has no zoning ordinance. Lamb County's own r…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Wheeler County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Wheeler County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hall County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hall County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Childress County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Childress County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Garza County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Garza County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Motley County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Motley County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Lipscomb County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Lipscomb County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Dickens County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Dickens County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Travis: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Travis has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census found…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Carson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Carson County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Kent County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Kent County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Collingsworth County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Collingsworth County has no zoning ordinance. T…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Reagan County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Reagan County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Upton: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Upton has no zoning ordinance. The county legal census found n…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Crockett County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Crockett County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Parmer County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Parmer County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Sherman County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Sherman County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Harris County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Harris County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hutchinson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hutchinson County has no zoning ordinance. The cou…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Dallam County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Dallam County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Cochran County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Cochran County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hockley County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hockley County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hansford County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hansford County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Yoakum County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Yoakum County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Terry County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Terry County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal …
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Armstrong County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Armstrong County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Williamson: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Williamson has no zoning ordinance. The county legal cens…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Lubbock County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Lubbock County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated King County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and King County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Oldham County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Oldham County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Swisher County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Swisher County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Roberts County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Roberts County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Hartley County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Hartley County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Potter County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Potter County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Lynn County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Lynn County has no zoning ordinance. The county legal ce…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Martin County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Martin County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Borden County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Borden County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Glasscock County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Glasscock County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Dallas County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Dallas County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Terrell County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Terrell County has no zoning ordinance. The county le…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Tarrant County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Tarrant County has no zoning ordinance. Tarrant Count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Culberson County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Culberson County has no zoning ordinance. The count…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Loving County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Loving County has no zoning ordinance. The county lega…
Local Government Code Chapter 231, County Zoning Authority ↗Unincorporated Rockwall County: no county rule sets this, because Texas law gives zoning power only to certain counties, and Rockwall County has no zoning ordinance. The county …
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General guidance, not legal advice. Off-grid, building, and land-use rules are often set at the county level and change often. Verify with your county and state before acting. Data reviewed 2026-06-26.
