Administrative overview · FIPS 48169
Garza 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
Garza County Clerk / County Building Permit Inspector
For a project in or near Garza 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
Garza County Courthouse: 806-495-4425; County Clerk: 806-495-4430
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Garza County Courthouse, 300 West Main Street, Post, TX 79356
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
N/A; Garza County states that the County Clerk will contact the contractor after the application is approved and the permit fee is determined, but publishes no standard review period.
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 Garza County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Garza County Clerk / County Building Permit Inspector 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 Garza County Courthouse: 806-495-4425; County Clerk: 806-495-4430 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
N/A; Garza County states that the County Clerk will contact the contractor after the application is approved and the permit fee is determined, but publishes no standard review period.
How are inspections scheduled?
Obtain the application packet from the County Clerk or download it, complete it, and submit it to the clerk or directly to the inspector. The clerk contacts the contractor when the permit fee is determined and the application approved; the contractor pays the fee before receiving the permit. The contractor must contact the county inspector before each inspection, and third-party inspectors are prohibited. After final inspection, the inspector requests a Certificate of Occupation from the clerk.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Garza County’s official permit page states that county permit requirements apply only to subdivisions. Before construction, permits are required for habitable structures used as living space, commercial/public structures, and construction not defined by the International Residential Code or Commercial Construction Provision, including county-road-right-of-way operations. The county states it operates under the 2003 code, approved by Commissioners Court in 2006; no newer 2026 code adoption was verified. Garza County’s general permit requirements are limited to subdivisions. For county rights-of-way, no permit or fee is required for mowing, routine roadside-ditch maintenance, clearing culverts or headwalls, non-obstructive/non-hazardous fill, maintaining adjacent fences, erecting fences/signs/walls/gates/cattle guards on private property outside the right-of-way, or constructing a driveway/access road to a private ranch, farm, or residence. The county does not publish a separate cosmetic building-work exemption list.