Administrative overview · FIPS 48443
Terrell 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
Terrell County Judge's Office (Floodplain Administration); Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Region 7 OSSF Program
For a project in or near Terrell 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
Terrell County Judge's Office: 432-345-2421; TCEQ Region 7 Midland: 432-570-1359
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Terrell County Courthouse, 105 E Hackberry Street, Sanderson, TX 79848; TCEQ Region 7, ClayDesta Plaza, 10 Desta Drive, Suite 350E, Midland, TX 79705-4530
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
No county floodplain review time is published. TCEQ must approve or deny a complete state-administered OSSF application and planning materials within 30 days.
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 Terrell County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Terrell County Judge's Office (Floodplain Administration); Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Region 7 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 Terrell County Judge's Office: 432-345-2421; TCEQ Region 7 Midland: 432-570-1359 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
No county floodplain review time is published. TCEQ must approve or deny a complete state-administered OSSF application and planning materials within 30 days.
How are inspections scheduled?
Contact County Judge and floodplain administrator Dale Carruthers at 432-345-2421 before development in a mapped floodplain; the county publishes no online application or inspection scheduler. For a state-administered OSSF, submit the TCEQ application, site evaluation, planning materials, and fee to Region 7, then call 432-570-1359 to coordinate the required construction inspection before the system is covered or operated.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Terrell County identifies the County Judge as its floodplain administrator/contact for development in unincorporated flood-hazard areas. The county publishes no general building department and no adopted countywide IRC, IBC, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or fire-code edition. Terrell does not appear in TCEQ's current report of OSSF programs authorized through a local permitting agent; septic permitting therefore falls to TCEQ Region 7 under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285 unless the state confirms a newer local delegation. Terrell County publishes no general building-permit or exemption list for ordinary cosmetic or structural work outside regulated floodplains. State OSSF exceptions may include a qualifying system serving one single-family dwelling on a tract of at least 10 acres after a licensed site evaluation, with every system component at least 100 feet from the property line and all other rule conditions met; qualifying grandfathered systems and specified emergency repairs reported in writing within 72 hours may also be exempt.