Administrative overview · FIPS 48307
McCulloch 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
McCulloch County Commissioners Court and OSSF Permitting
For a project in or near McCulloch 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
325-597-0733; County Judge's office: 325-597-0733 ext. 4
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
McCulloch County Courthouse, 199 Courthouse Square, Room 302, Brady, TX 76825
Operating hours
Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-noon and 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Review expectation
A complete OSSF application is subject to the 30-day approval-or-denial period in 30 TAC Chapter 285. For completed subdivision infrastructure, the county representative must inspect within 10 days of the developer's request and provide written approval or a deficiency notice within 10 days after inspection. A county driveway permit becomes void if the facilities are not built within six months.
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 McCulloch County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
McCulloch County Commissioners Court and OSSF Permitting 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 325-597-0733; County Judge's office: 325-597-0733 ext. 4 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
A complete OSSF application is subject to the 30-day approval-or-denial period in 30 TAC Chapter 285. For completed subdivision infrastructure, the county representative must inspect within 10 days of the developer's request and provide written approval or a deficiency notice within 10 days after inspection. A county driveway permit becomes void if the facilities are not built within six months.
How are inspections scheduled?
Obtain the county OSSF application from the septic page or courthouse and call 325-597-0733 to coordinate application review and inspection; construction must await authorization and the system must remain uncovered until county inspection and approval to operate. A county-road driveway permit requires the permit holder to contact the designated county representative at least 24 hours before construction. After subdivision roads, drainage, or public facilities are complete, the developer must request final county inspection.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
McCulloch County expressly states that it has no zoning requirements. It nevertheless requires county septic/OSSF, culvert, and right-of-way permits and enforces subdivision regulations for unincorporated development, including roads, drainage, utilities, water, wastewater, floodplain assessment, and OSSF provisions. The OSSF program incorporates Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapters 30 and 285. No countywide ICC structural building-code edition was found. Because the county publishes no general structural building-permit or zoning program, it provides no cosmetic-work exemption list; septic, culvert, right-of-way, subdivision, and municipal requirements still apply. The subdivision rules list limited platting exceptions, including certain family/joint-owner partitions, transfers of rights-of-way or easements, qualifying political-subdivision floodplain transfers to adjacent owners, and tracts over 10 acres, but an exception from platting is not an exemption from OSSF or road permits. Confirm eligibility with the county before relying on an exception.