Administrative overview · FIPS 48457
Tyler 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
Tyler County Office of Emergency Management and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Region 10
For a project in or near Tyler 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
Tyler County Emergency Management/floodplain and electrical reconnection permits: 409-331-0874; TCEQ Region 10 OSSF program: 409-898-3838
Call before mobilizing if the project has a boundary, occupancy, fire, septic, or utility question.
Permit counter
Tyler County Office of Emergency Management, 201 Veterans Way, Woodville, TX 75979; TCEQ Region 10, 3870 Eastex Freeway, Beaumont, TX 77703-1830
Operating hours
Operating hours not verified
Review expectation
TCEQ must approve or deny complete OSSF planning materials and the permit application within 30 days of receipt. Tyler County Commissioners Court must act on a complete subdivision application within 30 days; a qualifying written extension may add no more than 30 days. The county publishes no standard review time for floodplain or electrical reconnection permits.
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 Tyler County
Who handles permitting for this jurisdiction?
Tyler County Office of Emergency Management and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Region 10 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 Tyler County Emergency Management/floodplain and electrical reconnection permits: 409-331-0874; TCEQ Region 10 OSSF program: 409-898-3838 and request the current application route before preparing a final submittal.
How long might review take?
TCEQ must approve or deny complete OSSF planning materials and the permit application within 30 days of receipt. Tyler County Commissioners Court must act on a complete subdivision application within 30 days; a qualifying written extension may add no more than 30 days. The county publishes no standard review time for floodplain or electrical reconnection permits.
How are inspections scheduled?
Ask Tyler County Emergency Management at 409-331-0874 for an SFHA determination before any development; if the site is in a mapped unincorporated SFHA, obtain the county floodplain permit and coordinate required elevation or drainage review. A disconnected residential electrical box requires a new county electrical permit from the same office. For an OSSF outside an authorized city, send the TCEQ-0235 application, legal description, site evaluation, system planning materials, and fee to Region 10; do not begin construction until TCEQ issues Authorization to Construct, and arrange the required installation inspection with the regional water section before covering the system.
Which codes and exemptions should I review?
Tyler County expressly states that unincorporated areas generally do not require building permits for construction, solar panels, or other permanent structures when electrical and water service already exist. The county does require a new electrical permit through Emergency Management whenever a residence's electrical box has been disconnected. Within unincorporated FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, the county Floodplain Management Ordinance regulates development elevation, drainage impact, and other flood-related issues but does not regulate construction design, materials, contractor qualifications, or ordinary building inspections. The 2023 subdivision regulations apply 30 TAC Chapter 285 to OSSFs in subdivisions. Elsewhere in Tyler County, TCEQ Region 10 is the OSSF permitting authority and applies Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 366 and 30 TAC Chapter 285. Cities administer their own requirements. Ordinary construction, solar panels, and permanent structures in unincorporated Tyler County generally need no county building permit when existing electrical and water service remain connected; floodplain, septic, subdivision, utility, state, and federal approvals can still apply. The county floodplain ordinance applies only in mapped unincorporated Special Flood Hazard Areas. Under the state OSSF rules, a qualifying single-family system on at least 10 acres may be permit-exempt if a licensed site evaluation is completed, all components are at least 100 feet from property lines, effluent remains on the tract, the system creates no nuisance or groundwater pollution, and it is the tract's only dwelling. Listed emergency OSSF repairs need no advance permit but must be reported in writing within 72 hours.