Digital permit application gateway
Start with the issuing authority’s own submission lane. A complete application package, accurate valuation, and accessible inspection path are the fastest route through statutory plan review.
Recommended first click
Use the official digital gateway to submit plans, monitor review comments, pay required charges, and request inspections when the permit is issued. If the link is unavailable, use the agency website or phone number on the administrative profile to confirm the current lane.
Typical review lane
An OSSF permitting authority must approve or deny a complete application and planning materials within 30 days. Jeff Davis County publishes no typical floodplain or other development-review timeline.
Treat this as a planning signal, not a guaranteed approval date. Completeness, corrections, resubmittals, and agency workload control the actual clock.
Verify the parcel is inside this agency’s service area and note whether a city, state, fire marshal, septic authority, or utility district also has approval authority.
Prepare legible plans, site information, project valuation, ownership authorization, contractor information, and any energy, floodplain, zoning, or utility documentation the issuing office requires.
Keep the permit number, approved plan set, correction comments, fee receipts, and inspection results together. Those records establish the compliance trail for the next trade.
Application documents
Before submission, call Jeff Davis County Judge/Floodplain Administrator Curtis Evans: 432-426-3968; TCEQ Region 6 El Paso: 915-834-4949 if the project involves a change of occupancy, structural alteration, accessory structure, demolition, or work near a regulated environmental feature.
Source trail
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
Jeff Davis County Judge/Floodplain Administrator; TCEQ Region 6 El Paso OSSF Program is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
Begin with the online permit gateway listed in the application guide. If the portal does not recognize the address or project type, contact Jeff Davis County Judge/Floodplain Administrator Curtis Evans: 432-426-3968; TCEQ Region 6 El Paso: 915-834-4949.
An OSSF permitting authority must approve or deny a complete application and planning materials within 30 days. Jeff Davis County publishes no typical floodplain or other development-review timeline.
Contact County Judge/Floodplain Administrator Curtis Evans at 432-426-3968 before development in or near a mapped flood hazard area and to confirm whether the county's funded septic-inspection service applies to the site. If TCEQ has OSSF jurisdiction, submit the February 2026 TCEQ application, licensed site evaluation, planning materials, and fee to Region 6, then call 915-834-4949 to arrange the required inspection before the system is covered or operated. Use the state license lookup for evaluators, designers, installers, and maintenance providers.
The current Texas Floodplain Administrator directory lists County Judge Curtis Evans as Jeff Davis County's floodplain administrator, so development in mapped special flood hazard areas is subject to the county's NFIP floodplain review. The county website does not publish a general unincorporated-area building-permit program, zoning ordinance, adopted ICC structural-code edition, or building-inspection department. The county's FY 2026 budget continues to fund septic-tank inspections, but no current local OSSF application or adopted local order is posted; applicants should confirm jurisdiction with the County Judge. Where no locally authorized OSSF program applies, TCEQ Region 6 administers Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. No county cosmetic-work exemption list is published because no general county building-permit program was found. Floodplain development and OSSF work are separate regulated activities and should be cleared before construction. Under state OSSF rules, a system may be permit-exempt only if every 10-acre-rule condition is met, if it is a qualifying unaltered and non-failing grandfathered system, or for defined emergency repairs reported in writing within 72 hours. Private deed restrictions and Fort Davis-area utility or subdivision requirements may apply independently.
What makes an application complete
Before you click submit, make sure the drawings agree with the site plan, project description, valuation, ownership authorization, and contractor information. If the work changes structure, occupancy, drainage, fire protection, energy performance, or utility demand, describe that scope plainly. Ambiguous narratives create correction cycles and delay the field schedule.
Save the confirmation number, payment receipt, uploaded plan set, and every correction comment. Those records are the backbone of a defensible compliance file when multiple trades or agencies share responsibility.
Submission quality check
Site: address, parcel, access, setbacks, and existing conditions are consistent.
Scope: structural, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire, and energy work is identified.
Closeout: inspection contacts and the final approval path are understood before work begins.