Administrative overview · FIPS 48279
Lamb 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
Lamb County Judge/Floodplain Administrator and TCEQ Region 2 OSSF Program
For a project in or near Lamb 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
Lamb County Courthouse: 806-385-4222; County Judge: 806-485-0045; TCEQ Region 2: 806-796-7092
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Lamb County Judge, 100 6th Drive, Room 101, Littlefield, TX 79339; TCEQ Region 2, 5012 50th Street, Suite 100, Lubbock, TX 79414-3426
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
TCEQ must approve or deny a complete OSSF permit application and planning materials within 30 days. Lamb County publishes no floodplain-review timeline.
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 Lamb County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Lamb County Judge/Floodplain Administrator and TCEQ Region 2 OSSF Program 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 Lamb County Courthouse: 806-385-4222; County Judge: 806-485-0045; TCEQ Region 2: 806-796-7092 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
TCEQ must approve or deny a complete OSSF permit application and planning materials within 30 days. Lamb County publishes no floodplain-review timeline.
How are inspections scheduled?
For county floodplain review, submit the county's published permit form and contact the Lamb County Judge/Courthouse at 806-485-0045 or 806-385-4222 before development in unincorporated areas. For an OSSF, submit the state application, site evaluation, design, and planning materials to TCEQ Region 2 at 5012 50th Street, Suite 100, Lubbock, TX 79414-3426, telephone 806-796-7092; do not begin construction before written authorization or cover the installation before inspection and approval to operate. Contact the relevant city inside municipal limits. No online inspection scheduler was found.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Lamb County participates in the NFIP and the statewide floodplain-administrator directory assigns county floodplain administration to the County Judge; the county publishes a direct permits PDF. The current Lamb and Lynn Counties mitigation plan says county floodplain regulations apply in unincorporated Lamb County, while Earth, Littlefield, Olton, and Springlake administer their own floodplain ordinances. OSSF permitting in unincorporated Lamb County is administered by TCEQ Region 2 under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. No general county structural-building department, adopted county ICC code edition, or certificate-of-occupancy program was found. No county cosmetic-building-work exemption list is published. Floodplain development should be cleared with the County Judge before work begins. Under minimum state OSSF rules, a permit exception is limited to a system satisfying every condition of the 10-acre rule, a qualifying unaltered and non-failing grandfathered system, or defined emergency repairs reported in writing within 72 hours. Incorporated municipalities may impose separate building and floodplain requirements.