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 authorized agent must approve or deny a complete permit application and planning materials within 30 days. Jim Hogg County publishes no typical floodplain, subdivision, 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 Jim Hogg County Judge/Floodplain Administrator Juan Carlos Guerra: 361-527-3015; TCEQ Region 15 Harlingen: 956-425-6010 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
Jim Hogg County Judge/Floodplain Administrator and OSSF Authorized Agent is the identified county-level authority for this profile. Confirm that the property is in its service area before filing.
No verified online portal was located in the reviewed public materials. Contact Jim Hogg County Judge/Floodplain Administrator Juan Carlos Guerra: 361-527-3015; TCEQ Region 15 Harlingen: 956-425-6010 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
An OSSF authorized agent must approve or deny a complete permit application and planning materials within 30 days. Jim Hogg County publishes no typical floodplain, subdivision, or other development-review timeline.
Contact the County Judge's office at 361-527-3015 before construction to obtain the county floodplain determination and the current local OSSF application, fee, and inspection instructions. Submit the owner and site information, licensed site evaluation, system design and planning materials, legal description, and any maintenance affidavit or contract required for the selected system. Construction must await authorization, and the system must remain uncovered for the county's installation inspection before it may operate. TCEQ Region 15 at 956-425-6010 provides state-program assistance if county instructions are unavailable.
The current Texas Floodplain Administrator directory lists County Judge Juan Carlos Guerra as Jim Hogg County's floodplain administrator, and the county participates in the NFIP, so regulated development in special flood hazard areas requires county floodplain review. TCEQ's 2024 authorized-agent activity report identifies Jim Hogg County as an OSSF authorized agent, administering Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. The county website does not publish a general unincorporated-area building-permit program, adopted ICC structural-code edition, zoning ordinance, or building-inspection department. County subdivision, drainage, utility, and road requirements may still apply to land development. No county cosmetic-work exemption list is published because no general county building permit was found. Floodplain and OSSF approvals are separate and must be confirmed before work. Under minimum state OSSF rules, a permit exception is limited to a system meeting every 10-acre-rule condition, a qualifying unaltered and non-failing grandfathered system, or defined emergency repairs reported in writing within 72 hours; because local authorized-agent rules may be more stringent, the County Judge's office should confirm any claimed exception.
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.