Administrative overview · FIPS 48191
Hall 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
State Fallback
This profile identifies a handoff outside the county’s ordinary structural permitting lane.
Required jurisdiction check
Confirm the controlling local or state authority before filing.
The record is marked State Fallback. That means the county profile should be treated as a routing brief: incorporated municipalities, a state building department, or a state fire marshal may control plan review, permits, and inspections. Contact the named agency below and verify the parcel’s jurisdiction before paying a fee or scheduling field work.
Responsible agency
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Region 1 (Amarillo) OSSF Program
For a project in or near Hall 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
TCEQ Region 1: 806-353-9251; TCEQ OSSF general questions: 512-239-3799; Hall County Judge: 806-259-2511
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
TCEQ Region 1, 5809 S. Western Street, Suite 260, Amarillo, TX 79110-3631; Hall County Courthouse, 512 W. Main Street, Memphis, TX 79245
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
TCEQ requires the permitting authority to approve or deny complete OSSF planning materials and the permit application within 30 days of receipt.
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 Hall County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
This record is marked State Fallback. Confirm whether a city, state agency, or other local authority controls the parcel before filing.
How should I begin an application?
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact TCEQ Region 1: 806-353-9251; TCEQ OSSF general questions: 512-239-3799; Hall County Judge: 806-259-2511 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
TCEQ requires the permitting authority to approve or deny complete OSSF planning materials and the permit application within 30 days of receipt.
How are inspections scheduled?
Submit the February 2026 TCEQ-0235 application with the legal description, site/soil evaluation, planning materials, and licensed site-evaluator/installer information to TCEQ Region 1. Do not begin construction before Authorization to Construct. TCEQ requires approval or denial of complete planning materials within 30 days; confirm inspection scheduling and submission routing with Region 1 because no Hall County online permitting portal was verified.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Hall County’s official website lists county offices but no county building-permit, OSSF, or ICC-code program was identified. TCEQ Region 1 includes Hall County and is the state fallback for OSSF permitting, applying Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. Municipal jurisdictions may impose their own building requirements. TCEQ’s 10-acre OSSF exemption applies only to a qualifying single-family dwelling on a tract of at least 10 acres with a licensed site evaluation, no nuisance or groundwater pollution, at least 100 feet from property lines, on-site effluent disposal, and no other dwelling on the tract. Defined emergency repairs may proceed without a permit if reported in writing within 72 hours. Grandfathered systems may qualify only if the state’s age, condition, and no-significant-change requirements are met.