Home Business in Dallas County, TX (2026)

2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 7 cities in Dallas County, Texas.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Dallas County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

Signage Rules

No county signage ordinance for home businesses. Texas counties cannot regulate signs through zoning. TX Transportation Code restricts signs on state highway rights-of-way. HOA covenants may restrict business signage.

Unincorporated Dallas County Home Business Signage

Few Restrictions

Tex. Transp. Code Secs. 394.001-394.002 — Regulation of Outdoor Signs on Rural Roads

Sec. 394.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "On-premise sign" means a freestanding sign identifying or advertising a business, person, or activity, and installed and maintained on the same premises as the business, person, or activity. (2) "Off-premise sign" means a sign displaying advertising that pertains to a business, person, organization, activity, event, place, service, or product not...

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Home Daycare

Dallas County does not license or zone home daycares: child-care regulation is handled by Texas DFPS / HHSC under Tex. Human Resources Code Ch. 42. Care for up to 3 unrelated children is exempt from state registration; 4-12 children requires a Registered or Licensed Child-Care Home permit from HHSC Child Care Regulation. Inside city limits, the city's home-occupation code may add rules.

Dallas County Home Daycare Rules (Unincorporated)

Few Restrictions

Tex. Hum. Res. Code Secs. 42.002(8),(9) and 42.041(a) — Family Home / Group Day-Care Home Licensing

Sec. 42.041. REQUIRED LICENSE. (a) No person may operate a child-care facility or child-placing agency without a license issued by the department ... Sec. 42.002. DEFINITIONS. ... (8) "Group day-care home" means a child-care facility that provides care at the residence of the director, owner, or operator of the child-care facility for seven or more children under 14 years of age for less than 2...

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