Administrative overview · FIPS 48317
Martin 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
Martin County Judge's Office and On-Site Sewage Facility Program
For a project in or near Martin 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
County Judge/Commissioners Court: 432-607-3535 or 432-607-3536; 911 Addressing: 432-607-3599; Road & Bridge: 432-459-2405
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Martin County Judge and OSSF correspondence, 301 N. St. Peter Street, P.O. Box 1330, Stanton, TX 79782-1330; Road & Bridge, 3240 State Highway 176, P.O. Box 55, Lenorah, TX 79749-0055
Operating hours
County Judge/911 Addressing: Monday-Thursday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Friday, 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.; open during lunch. Road & Bridge: 7:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Review expectation
The county publishes no standard OSSF review duration; nonstandard systems may receive additional TCEQ review. An OSSF Authorization to Construct is valid for one year. Commercial/heavy-duty driveway permits have a maximum 30-day construction period unless Commissioners Court specifically authorizes longer.
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 Martin County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Martin County Judge's Office and On-Site Sewage Facility 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 County Judge/Commissioners Court: 432-607-3535 or 432-607-3536; 911 Addressing: 432-607-3599; Road & Bridge: 432-459-2405 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
The county publishes no standard OSSF review duration; nonstandard systems may receive additional TCEQ review. An OSSF Authorization to Construct is valid for one year. Commercial/heavy-duty driveway permits have a maximum 30-day construction period unless Commissioners Court specifically authorizes longer.
How are inspections scheduled?
For OSSF work, submit the owner-signed application, technical information, licensed site/soil evaluation, installer drawing, planning materials, fee, and site directions. Construction may begin only after Authorization to Construct. Contact the County Judge/OSSF office at least 24 hours before the system is ready for inspection and leave every part uncovered; a Notice of Approval follows a satisfactory inspection and payment of all fees. Martin County reserves the right to inspect driveway work during construction and afterward and may require changes, maintenance, or repairs needed to protect life and property.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Martin County administers OSSF construction under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285, requires county-road driveway/access permits, and requires 911 addressing for new houses and related septic/building/driveway permitting. The Texas Floodplain Management Association directory identifies the County Judge as Martin County's floodplain contact, but current state transportation plans state that no FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps exist for the county's unincorporated areas. No countywide ICC structural building-code edition, general building-permit program, or zoning code was found. No county cosmetic-building-work exemption list is published. Martin County's residential county-road driveway permit has no fee, but every new, rebuilt, relocated, enlarged, or otherwise modified access connection in county right-of-way still requires the permit. State OSSF rules exempt limited emergency component repairs from advance permitting when reported in writing within 72 hours after work begins, and may exempt a single-family system on a tract of at least 10 acres only when all statutory separation, retained-effluent, nuisance, and groundwater-protection conditions are met; confirm applicability with the county before work.