Administrative overview · FIPS 28105
Oktibbeha County permit authority
The first compliance decision is jurisdictional: identify the office with statutory authority over your parcel, then use its filing and inspection sequence to keep the project moving.
Jurisdictional status
County
This county profile is the primary starting point for unincorporated-area permitting.
Responsible agency
Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency / County Administration
For a project in or near Oktibbeha County, this office is the identified point of contact for permit intake, statutory code enforcement, plan review coordination, and inspection release conditions. Confirm the parcel’s boundary and project type before relying on the county lane.
Direct contact
662-323-1520 (Oktibbeha County Courthouse/County Administration)
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Oktibbeha County Courthouse, 108 W. Main Street, Starkville, MS 39759
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
Ask the agency for its current review estimate
Compliance workbench
Choose the next project decision.
Apply online
Open the verified digital gateway, application form, and review timeline.
Open guide →Fees & penalties
Understand fee schedules, enforcement exposure, and stop-work liabilities.
Open guide →Codes & exemptions
Read the code framework, minor-work exemptions, and inspection lane.
Open guide →Agency website
Visit the primary public source for current notices and contact changes.
Open guide →Source trail
Official sources for this profile
Use these direct agency or licensing links to confirm current instructions before you file, pay, or schedule work. External pages control if their information differs from this directory.
Project questions
Frequently asked questions for Oktibbeha County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency / County Administration is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
How should I begin an application?
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact 662-323-1520 (Oktibbeha County Courthouse/County Administration) and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
A typical review timeline was not verified. Ask the agency for its current completeness and review estimate.
How are inspections scheduled?
Submit the floodplain application to the Local Administrator/Floodplain Manager. The application requires reasonable compliance inspections, as-built elevation information before a Certificate of Compliance, and records up to three inspections. Contact the county courthouse at 662-323-1520.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
N/A. The county sources identify floodplain-management requirements but do not state an adopted structural building-code edition. The county’s floodplain page states that development outside a Special Flood Hazard Area does not require a floodplain development permit after the county determination. Within applicable flood areas, the system covers buildings, factories, sheds, cabins, factory-built homes, storage tanks, excavation, fill, grading, drainage, roads, subdivisions, and individual water/sewer systems; no minor/cosmetic exemption list was published.