Administrative overview · FIPS 48347
Nacogdoches 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
Nacogdoches County Environmental Services Department and Contracted County Engineer/Floodplain Administration
For a project in or near Nacogdoches 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
Environmental Services/OSSF: 936-560-7704; Contracted County Engineer/Floodplain Administrator Steve Bartlett: 936-556-0945; Emergency Management/County Judge: 936-560-7755
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Nacogdoches County Environmental Services, 208 West Pilar Street, Nacogdoches, TX 75961; County Courthouse, 101 West Main Street, Nacogdoches, TX 75961
Operating hours
Environmental Services: Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM-5:00 PM
Review expectation
N/A. The county publishes no fixed OSSF or floodplain review time.
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 Nacogdoches County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Nacogdoches County Environmental Services Department and Contracted County Engineer/Floodplain Administration 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 Environmental Services/OSSF: 936-560-7704; Contracted County Engineer/Floodplain Administrator Steve Bartlett: 936-556-0945; Emergency Management/County Judge: 936-560-7755 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
N/A. The county publishes no fixed OSSF or floodplain review time.
How are inspections scheduled?
Bring the signed application, licensed site evaluator's soil classification, scaled PE or registered-sanitarian design, and any required aerobic-system affidavit and maintenance contract to Environmental Services. After review and authorization, coordinate the installation inspection at 936-560-7704; the application authorizes county site entry and states that a permit to operate follows a successful inspection showing compliance with 30 TAC Chapter 285. Do not cover the system before county approval. Contact contracted County Engineer/Floodplain Administrator Steve Bartlett at 936-556-0945 before work in a mapped flood hazard area.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Nacogdoches County OSSF Order and 30 TAC Chapter 285; Amended Nacogdoches County Subdivision Regulations effective October 22, 2013; county floodplain/NFIP administration for mapped special flood hazard areas. No general county structural building-code edition was published for ordinary unincorporated residential construction in 2026. No general county cosmetic-work exemption list was published. An OSSF serving the only single-family residence on one continuous tract of at least 10 acres may qualify for the state exemption, but the county states that ANRA does not recognize that exemption in the portions it administers. The county also disallows the 10-acre exemption within 2,000 feet of elevation 286 mean sea level at Lake Nacogdoches and elevation 357 mean sea level at Lake Naconiche.