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
N/A for general permit review. OSSF inspections require at least five working days' advance notice, and an authorization to construct expires after one year, after which a new application and fees are required. Subdivision regulations require a completeness determination within ten days.
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 County Judge/Floodplain Administrator and OSSF office: 325-648-2222; OSSF inspector Al Hamrick: 325-372-1751 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
Mills County Judge/Floodplain Administrator and OSSF Program 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 County Judge/Floodplain Administrator and OSSF office: 325-648-2222; OSSF inspector Al Hamrick: 325-372-1751 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
N/A for general permit review. OSSF inspections require at least five working days' advance notice, and an authorization to construct expires after one year, after which a new application and fees are required. Subdivision regulations require a completeness determination within ten days.
Submit the completed OSSF application and $335 fee to the County Judge's office. After authorization to construct, contact county inspector Al Hamrick at 325-372-1751 at least five working days before the desired inspection, Monday-Friday 8:00 AM-5:00 PM, and do not cover the system before inspection. Floodplain applicants submit plans, elevations, and any required engineer, architect, or surveyor certifications to the County Judge/Floodplain Administrator.
Mills County Flood Damage Prevention Order adopted September 26, 2005 and effective October 1, 2005, implementing National Flood Insurance Program requirements for special flood hazard areas; Mills County OSSF Order and 30 TAC Chapter 285 standards. No countywide structural building-code edition was verified for unincorporated Mills County in 2026. A septic permit is required for every on-site sewage facility regardless of acreage. Within a mapped special flood hazard area, all development requires a floodplain development permit; the order broadly includes buildings and other structures, manufactured homes, mining, dredging, filling, grading, paving, excavation, drilling, and storage, and publishes no cosmetic-work exemption. Subdivision exemptions do not eliminate separate driveway, OSSF, floodplain, or 911-address requirements.
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.