Building Safety in Texas (2026)

Waco requires an owner to submit a written lead-hazard removal plan within 90 days of notice once a city or state…

Houston follows federal EPA lead-based paint disclosure rules for pre-1978 housing and requires asbestos surveys before…

Lead-based paint in homes built before 1978 is regulated by EPA's RRP Rule and Texas Environmental Lead Reduction Rules…

Frisco enforces federal EPA Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule for homes built before 1978. Contractors…

Live Oak enforces federal lead-safe rules for homes built before 1978, including disclosure at sale or lease and EPA…

Lubbock homes built before 1978 fall under EPA RRP rules requiring certified contractors. Sellers and landlords must…

Federal and Texas rules require lead-based paint disclosures before sale or rent of pre-1978 housing in Arlington…

Lead paint regulations in Austin follow federal law (Title X, Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act of…

Pre-1978 homes in Collin County fall under EPA RRP Rule (40 CFR 745). Contractors must be EPA Lead-Safe certified…

Federal EPA Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Rule applies to homes built before 1978. Grapevine contractors must…

Haltom City pre-1978 homes are subject to federal Title X disclosure and the EPA RRP Rule for renovations disturbing 6+…

Lead paint in Tarrant County is governed by the federal EPA RRP Rule (40 CFR Part 745) and HUD disclosure rules for…

Homes built before 1978 in Universal City are subject to federal EPA RRP lead-paint rules; contractors disturbing…

Carrollton's Commercial Property Maintenance Code requires every elevator, escalator, and dumbwaiter to be kept in…

Denton requires elevators, escalators, and dumbwaiters to meet ASME A17.1 standards with a current inspection…

Owners of a building with a sidewalk elevator or lift must keep it in good repair and the surface doors flush with the…

Elevators in Arlington fall under the Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 754 elevator program administered by the…

Elevator safety in Austin is regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) under the Texas…

Texas TDLR regulates elevators statewide under TX Health and Safety Code Ch. 754 and 16 TAC Ch. 74. Annual inspection…

Elevators in Converse are regulated by Texas Health and Safety Code Ch 754 and administered by TDLR. Owners need an…

Elevators in Corpus Christi multi-family and commercial buildings are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing…

Texas TDLR regulates all elevators, escalators, and related equipment statewide under TX Health & Safety Code Ch. 754…

Frisco elevators are regulated by Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under TX Health & Safety Code Chapter…

Haltom City commercial elevators are regulated by Texas TDLR under H&S Code Ch 754. Annual inspection, a posted…

Texas TDLR requires annual inspections of all elevators, escalators, and related equipment. Building owners must…

Elevators in Keller are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under the Texas Elevator Law…

Laredo elevator inspections fall under Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) jurisdiction per Texas…

Elevators in Live Oak multifamily and commercial buildings are regulated by Texas Department of Licensing and…

Lubbock elevators fall under the Texas Elevator Safety Program at TDLR. Annual inspections by licensed inspectors and…

Mansfield elevators are regulated by TX Health and Safety Code 754 through TDLR. Annual inspections, licensed…

Elevators in McKinney multi-family, commercial, and public buildings are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing…

Elevators and escalators in Mesquite are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Health and…

Elevators in North Richland Hills are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under Texas Health…

Elevator maintenance in Plano is regulated by TDLR under Texas Health and Safety Code Chapter 754. Annual inspections…

Elevator safety in San Antonio is regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) under Texas…

All commercial elevators, escalators, and lifts in Tarrant County are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing…

Elevators in Travis County commercial and multifamily buildings are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and…

Elevators in Universal City are regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation under TDLR elevator rules…

Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR) regulates elevators under Health & Safety Code Ch. 754. Annual…

Garland's own code does not set separate elevator-maintenance permit rules; its only mention of elevators exempts…

Scaffolding in Austin is regulated under the city's adopted building codes (2024 Technical Building Codes effective…

Dallas City Code Sec. 43-6 makes it unlawful to erect or use an unsafe or insecure scaffold anywhere in the city if it…

San Antonio adopts the International Building Code (IBC) with local amendments through Chapter 10 of the Code of…

Scaffolding safety in Tarrant County follows federal OSHA 29 CFR 1926 Subpart L for construction and 29 CFR 1910.28 for…

Austin became one of the first major Texas cities to mandate residential fire sprinklers in new single-family homes…

Every residential board and care facility in Irving, one housing 16 or more unrelated residents receiving personal…

Arlington requires fire sprinkler systems in most new commercial buildings, multifamily structures, and certain large…

Dallas Chapter 17 adopts the International Fire Code with local amendments and the IRC R313 sprinkler provision. Most…

Denton doesn't force sprinklers into an ordinary house, but its amended R313 triggers automatic sprinklers in R-3…

El Paso requires automatic fire sprinkler systems in many new buildings under the locally adopted International…

Fort Worth's building code requires fire sprinklers in commercial occupancies based on IBC Chapter 9 thresholds…

Frisco requires NFPA 13D residential fire sprinklers in many new homes built under FMC Chapter 14, exceeding the…

Grand Prairie doesn't mandate sprinklers citywide, but Sec. 12-4(a)(5) lets a residential fire sprinkler system…

Homes in Parker with more than 5,250 square feet of living space, built on lots platted or permitted on or after…

San Antonio enforces IFC and IBC sprinkler requirements through SAMC Chapter 10 and 11 for new commercial and…

Taylor's fire code requires an automatic sprinkler system throughout any building with a Group R (residential) fire…

Travis County adopts the International Building Code and International Fire Code through Chapter 64, which require fire…

Corpus Christi requires fire sprinkler systems in most new commercial buildings, multi-family residential of three or…

Texas Local Government Code section 233.153 prohibits Harris County from requiring residential fire sprinklers in new…

Houston Chapter 28 building amendments adopt the IRC sprinkler trigger thresholds for new commercial and multifamily…

Lubbock has adopted the International Fire Code and International Residential Code with local amendments. New one and…

Bexar County does not require residential fire sprinklers in one and two family dwellings under Texas Local Government…

Texas amended IRC R313 to make residential fire sprinklers optional for one- and two-family homes. Dallas County does…

Laredo adopted the 2018 International Residential Code as its dwelling code but expressly deleted Section R313.2, the…

New Braunfels does not require automatic fire sprinklers in new one- and two-family homes. City Code § 14-29(e) amends…

Plano's Residential Code amendments strike the International Residential Code's automatic sprinkler requirement for…

Waco adopted the 2024 International Residential Code but struck the code's mandatory fire-sprinkler chapter for houses…

Child day care centers in Carrollton need a City Council-approved Special Use Permit and must meet Texas Administrative…

Garland requires every child care center to hold a valid permit from the Health Authority before operating, with no…

Irving requires every child-care facility, center, home, or parent's day out program, to hold a city inspections…

Arlington childcare centers must comply with the Texas Health and Human Services minimum standards plus local building…

Cedar Park permits day-care centers as a conditional zoning use if the operator carries all required Texas licensing…

Dallas requires childcare centers to obtain a certificate of occupancy under Chapter 53, comply with Chapter 17 fire…

El Paso's Building Code classifies any child care operation serving six or more children of any age, for stays under 24…

Frisco childcare centers need Texas HHSC licensing plus FMC Chapter 14 building and fire code compliance. Frisco Fire…

Licensed child care centers in Grand Prairie must pass an annual fire inspection, keep an approved extinguisher on…

Licensed 24-hour daycare centers in unincorporated Harris County must install a manual fire alarm system with…

Houston's fire department must inspect every licensed and registered child-care home in the city at least once every 12…

Childcare centers in Lubbock must meet International Building Code occupancy requirements, fire-rated construction…

New Braunfels folds home day cares into its residential building code rather than leaving them as ordinary houses: §…

Childcare centers in Plano must meet Plano Code Chapter 6 building rules, Chapter 18 fire requirements, and Texas…

San Antonio childcare centers are licensed and inspected by Texas Health and Human Services Commission Child Care…

Childcare centers in unincorporated Travis County must meet Texas HHSC licensing requirements alongside Chapter 64…

Austin childcare centers are licensed and inspected by Texas Health and Human Services Commission Child Care Regulation…

Childcare centers in unincorporated Bexar County must comply with Texas Health and Human Services Commission minimum…

Corpus Christi childcare centers must meet Texas Health and Human Services minimum standards plus city building and…

Daycare centers in Dallas County must be licensed by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission Child Care…

Fort Worth childcare centers must meet Texas Health and Human Services Commission licensing standards under 26 TAC…

Amarillo's amended building code bars manually operated flush or surface bolts on doors required for a means of egress…

A hotel, short-term rental, or bed-and-breakfast room with a broken or missing interior door lock is an imminently…

Fort Worth landlords must equip every leased dwelling with a keyed dead bolt or doorknob lock plus a keyless bolting…

Frisco Code of Ordinances Section 18-423(h)(13) requires every unit in a multi-family dwelling complex to carry working…

Harris County requires boarding home facilities to fit interior doors properly, install locking hardware for resident…

Plano's Building Security Code sets a hard construction standard for exterior swinging doors: single doors and the…

San Antonio's Property Maintenance Code requires every dwelling unit door to have hardware that tightly secures the…

Waco's security code requires every new or substantially built residence to lock up tight. Exterior swinging doors need…

Arlington commercial and multifamily buildings must follow International Building Code egress hardware rules so doors…

Corpus Christi follows the International Building Code and International Fire Code for egress door locking hardware…

Lubbock follows the International Building Code on door hardware. Egress doors in commercial buildings must open from…

Austin's Residential Design and Compatibility Standards, Land Development Code Chapter 25-2, Subchapter F, cap new…

Carrollton's Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance caps new single-family homes in the SF-12/20, SF-10/18, SF-8.4/18 and…

Dallas controls bulky new construction next to single-family and duplex lots with a residential proximity slope rather…

Irving imposes enhanced green-building performance standards on new multifamily and mixed-use residential development…

Austin Energy Green Building, launched in 1990 as the first municipal green building rating program in the United…

Every new one- and two-family home and all other new construction in Baytown built since January 1, 2010 must meet the…

Dallas Green Building Ordinance amends Chapter 53 to require energy-efficient envelopes, reflective high-rise roofs and…

Denton enforces the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code on all new construction and major renovations, with…

Plano adopts the International Energy Conservation Code through Chapter 6 of the city code, with local amendments…

Arlington enforces the International Energy Conservation Code and other International Code Council standards adopted by…

Corpus Christi enforces the Texas-adopted International Energy Conservation Code and the locally adopted IBC and IRC…

El Paso enforces energy and water-efficiency rules through the locally adopted International Energy Conservation Code…

Fort Worth implements green-building policy primarily through adopted IECC energy code amendments and Climate Action…

Frisco adopts the International Energy Conservation Code through FMC Chapter 14, with local amendments. Builders must…

Bexar County has not adopted the International Green Construction Code as a mandatory standard for unincorporated…

Houston has not adopted a mandatory green building code. Voluntary programs include the Houston Green Office Challenge…

Lubbock has adopted the International Energy Conservation Code with local amendments, requiring insulation, window, and…

San Antonio has not adopted a mandatory green building code such as IgCC or CALGreen. The Build San Antonio Green…

Travis County has not adopted a mandatory green building code, though state-level energy provisions in the IECC apply…

Amarillo's amended Residential Code requires a carbon monoxide alarm outside every separate sleeping area, and inside…

Austin's local Fire Code amendments require carbon monoxide detection in new residential, institutional and school…

Baytown requires every short-term rental to pass a Fire Marshal inspection before guests occupy it, and that inspection…

Bryan enforces carbon monoxide alarms under its amended 2021 IRC Section R315, and closes an exception so plumbing and…

Cedar Park's amended fire code requires carbon monoxide detection in residential (R) occupancies and several other…

Every short-term rental permitted in Corpus Christi must have a working smoke and carbon monoxide detector under the…

Dallas requires every licensed boarding home facility to install and maintain carbon monoxide detectors near sleeping…

Denton requires carbon monoxide alarms in existing dwellings whenever a permitted alteration, repair, or addition…

El Paso's Fire Code requires carbon monoxide detection in every classroom of Group E school occupancies, not homes…

Fort Worth's amended Fire Code requires carbon monoxide alarms in every rented or leased dwelling unit where CO…

Georgetown's amended Fire Code requires carbon monoxide detection in dwelling units, sleeping units, and classrooms…

Grand Prairie requires licensed child care centers with gas pipes to install carbon monoxide detectors under Code Sec…

Licensed boarding homes in unincorporated Harris County must keep working carbon monoxide detectors close to sleeping…

Houston requires boarding homes, lodging facilities and correctional/alternate-housing facilities to install a working…

Irving's minimum maintenance standards require the owner and manager of every structure and premises in the city to…

Leander's adopted Fire Code requires carbon monoxide detection in Group R dwellings, classrooms, and animal-care…

Lubbock's amended residential code bans any door from a garage into a bedroom and requires a hard-wired carbon monoxide…

Plano requires carbon monoxide detection in new and existing buildings under Section 915 of its amended 2024…

Rockwall requires every short-term rental to have working carbon monoxide detectors as a condition of its rental permit.

Every short-term rental in Rowlett, Texas must have working carbon monoxide detectors, verified by a mandatory city…

San Angelo's amended Residential Code requires a carbon monoxide alarm outside each sleeping area, and inside the…

San Antonio's Fire Code, Sec. 11-40 amending Section 915.4, requires carbon monoxide detection in new buildings and…

San Marcos requires smoke and carbon monoxide detectors in every permitted short-term rental as a condition of the…

Sugar Land requires carbon monoxide alarms in a home whenever a permitted alteration, repair, or addition occurs…

Taylor's fire code exempts lodging houses (bed-and-breakfast rentals of five or fewer guestrooms) from the automatic…

Victoria requires carbon monoxide alarms in one- and two-family dwellings under its adopted 2021 International…

A county Fire Marshal construction permit is required before building or substantially improving public buildings…

Temple's amended 2015 International Residential Code strikes the standard exemption letting small, low decks skip a…

Abilene requires a building permit before you construct, enlarge, alter, or repair a structure. The City adopted the…

Allen requires a building permit before any construction, alteration, demolition, or change of occupancy. The city…

Amarillo requires a building permit before starting any construction covered by the City's adopted codes. Beginning…

In Arlington it is unlawful to erect, construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or demolish any building or structure…

Baytown enforces the 2015 International Building Code, with local amendments in section 18-92, for the design…

Bryan requires a building permit before any interior renovation, remodel, alteration, or repair under its adopted 2021…

Unincorporated Cameron County requires a building permit for any development, per the county's Flood Damage Prevention…

Carrollton adopted the 2024 International Building Code as its building code under Ordinance 4265, and City Code §…

Interior renovations and additions to a single-family home in Cedar Park need a building permit under the adopted…

Celina requires a building permit before any structure is erected, moved, added to, or structurally altered, both…

Conroe requires a building permit before any construction begins. The city's building inspection department issues the…

Converse requires a $150 permit before residential roof replacement, issued only to city-registered roofing…

Corpus Christi enforces the 2021 International Building Code, adopted as the city Building Code under Code section…

Dallas' city charter gives the city power to prohibit anyone from erecting, constructing, or repairing any building or…

Denton's code official can halt construction work immediately with a stop-work order when it violates the building code…

DeSoto requires a building permit before construction under Article 3.100 of its Code of Ordinances, which adopts the…

Before you erect, remodel, or structurally alter any structure in Edinburg, the Unified Development Code requires a…

A new building in El Paso cannot be occupied, and no occupancy change made, until the building official issues a…

Farmersville adopted the 2021 International Building Code as its building code under Code of Ordinances Sec. 14-54…

Fort Worth requires a building permit for decks over 6 inches above grade. Concrete patios at grade level generally do…

Frisco has adopted the 2024 International Building Code, which requires a permit from the building official before you…

Garland adopts the International Building Code and requires a building permit before you erect, enlarge, alter, repair…

Grand Prairie requires a separate building permit before anyone erects, constructs, enlarges, alters, repairs, moves…

Harlingen requires a building permit and a certificate of occupancy before any structural alteration, addition, or use…

Houston's building official can order construction work stopped in writing whenever it violates the Construction Code…

Irving requires a permit before construction under its adopted 2024 International Building Code. The Inspections…

Katy has adopted the 2021 International Building Code and International Residential Code by reference, so a permit…

Killeen requires a building permit before you construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or demolish any building or…

Laredo makes it unlawful to construct or alter any building or structure without first securing a permit from the…

Leander requires a permit before any building or structure is constructed, erected, altered, moved, or placed within…

Lewisville's Housing Standards article bars anyone from erecting, enlarging, altering, repairing, moving, converting…

In Lubbock, anyone who intends to construct, enlarge, alter, move, or demolish a building, or install regulated…

McAllen adopts the 2024 International Building Code, which requires an owner or contractor to obtain a permit from the…

McKinney requires a building permit before construction. Chapter 122, § 122-25 of the City Code adopts the 2024…

Mesquite requires a building permit before you construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or demolish any building or…

Midland requires a building permit under Chapter 4-1 of the Code of Ordinances before any construction, alteration…

Mission requires a building permit before any construction, alteration, or repair. Chapter 18, Article II of the City…

New Braunfels requires anyone doing roofing work as a trade to register with the city as a "contractor-limited," carry…

Odessa requires a building permit before you construct, alter, or repair a structure. The city enforces the 2018…

Parker requires a building permit before any construction, remodeling, or structural alteration begins within city…

Pearland requires a building permit before construction under the 2021 International Building Code, adopted verbatim at…

Pflugerville adopts the 2021 International Building Code as its City Construction Code, and it applies to all…

Pharr adopts the 2018 International Building Code and requires a permit from the Building Safety Division before you…

Plano enforces the 2024 International Residential Code as its Residential Code (§ 6-709), and its local amendment to…

Richardson requires a city building permit before you erect, alter, repair, move, or demolish any structure. The city…

Building or altering a deck, patio cover, or other structure in Rockwall requires a separate building permit from the…

Round Rock adopts the International Building Code, so no one may construct, alter, move, or demolish a structure…

Rowlett requires a building permit before any construction, enlargement, or structural alteration of a building, plus a…

San Angelo requires a permit and fee for any building, structure or alteration governed by its adopted construction…

Before you build, enlarge, alter, move, demolish, or change a building's occupancy in San Antonio, City Code Sec…

San Marcos requires a building permit before any work covered by the adopted building code begins, and issuance is…

Shenandoah requires construction to comply with the 2021 International Residential Code and a full slate of 2021…

Sugar Land requires a permit before any construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, demolition, or occupancy change…

Taylor adopted the 2018 International Building Code as its Building Code by Ordinance No. 2021-31, so new construction…

Texarkana requires a building permit before any construction, reconstruction, alteration, demolition, or electrical or…

In unincorporated Travis County, no one may build or substantially improve a building without first obtaining a…

Victoria requires a building permit to construct any deck or patio structure: the city deleted the International…

Waco requires a building permit before anyone may construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or demolish a building or…

Wichita Falls requires a building permit before you construct, enlarge, alter, repair, move, or demolish a structure…

Austin exempts decks up to 200 sq ft, no more than 30 inches above grade, not attached to the dwelling, and not in a…

In unincorporated Harris County, interior home renovations aren't governed by a county building code. Harris County…

Abilene enforces the 2020 National Electrical Code citywide under Sec. 8-496, administered through the Building…

Amarillo adopts the 2020 edition of NFPA 70, the National Electrical Code, with local amendments under Code of…

Austin has adopted the 2023 National Electrical Code, with local deletions and amendments, as its Electrical Code under…

Nearly all electrical work in Baytown needs a city permit before it starts, and the permit has to be paid for before…

Bryan requires a permit for nearly all electrical work under its adopted 2020 National Electrical Code, issued only to…

Cameron County requires a permit for new electrical service, upgrades, repairs or reconnects under its Flood Damage…

Carrollton adopted the 2023 National Electrical Code as its electrical code under § 150.055, filed with the City…

Cedar Park requires electrical work to meet the adopted 2020 National Electrical Code, and bars electric service to…

Celina enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code, with a building permit required before any electrical work in the…

Conroe adopts the National Electrical Code, as administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, as its…

Converse requires an electrical permit for wiring, service, and equipment work under the 2023 National Electrical Code…

Corpus Christi enforces the 2020 National Electrical Code as its electrical code under Sec. 14-241, with local…

Denton has adopted the 2021 edition of the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70), and a permit is required before any…

Edinburg has adopted the 2017 National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) as its electrical code, requiring a permit before any…

El Paso runs its electrical work under the 2020 NFPA 70 National Electrical Code, adopted wholesale by City Code §…

Farmersville has adopted the 2023 National Electrical Code and requires a separate permit for each building unit…

Fort Worth requires a building permit before any electrical system is installed, altered, repaired, removed, converted…

Frisco will not issue an electrical permit to any contractor who has not first registered with the city, and every…

Garland has adopted the 2014 National Electrical Code and requires a separate electrical permit before any regulated…

Georgetown adopts NFPA 70, the 2023 National Electrical Code, by reference, and Section 15.16.040 bars anyone from…

Grand Prairie requires a permit from the chief electrical inspector before any electrical wiring or fixture work begins…

Harlingen requires a building sub-permit for electrical wiring, fixtures, or equipment work under the 2023 National…

Houston enforces its own City of Houston Electrical Code, one of the construction-code volumes the city council adopts…

Irving enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code, with its Informative Annex H, as the city's electrical code under…

Killeen enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code for all wiring work under Code Section 8-210, adding local rules…

Laredo adopted the 2017 National Electrical Code under Sec. 11-2 and requires a permit from the city electrical…

Leander requires a permit from the electrical inspector before any wiring, alteration, or repair in the city, and…

Lewisville adopts the 2020 National Electrical Code, with Annex H, as its electrical code under City Code § 4-46…

Electrical work anywhere in Lubbock requires a permit before the work starts, and the city enforces the 2020 National…

Midland requires a permit before any electrical installation work begins in the city, with only minor repairs like fuse…

Any electrical wiring, alteration, or equipment addition in Mission requires a permit from the city electrical…

Parker adopted the 1999 National Electrical Code with regional amendments as its electrical standard under §…

Pearland's building code adopts the 2023 edition of the National Electrical Code (NFPA 70) by reference, and Chapter 9…

Pharr requires an electrical permit before any wiring installation, alteration, or addition begins, under the city's…

Plano requires a permit from the electrical inspector before anyone installs, alters, or repairs electrical wiring or…

Richardson requires a city-issued permit or contractor's voucher before any electrical wiring, fixture or equipment is…

Rockwall has adopted the 2020 National Electrical Code as its electrical code, so any wiring installation, alteration…

Rowlett requires a building permit before any electrical wiring, equipment, or sign installation, alteration, or…

San Angelo requires an electrical permit for wiring work, enforces the 2020 National Electrical Code, and reserves…

San Antonio enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code as its electrical standard, with city-specific amendments in…

San Marcos requires a licensed electrical contractor (or exempt homeowner) to obtain a building electrical permit…

Shenandoah has adopted the 2023 National Electrical Code as its governing electrical standard, on top of local wiring…

Sugar Land adopts the 2023 National Electrical Code for all electrical work under Development Code Sec. 7-21, and the…

Taylor enforces the National Electrical Code, 2020 Edition, as its electrical code, and City Code Sec. 8-2 layers on a…

Temple requires an electrical permit from the construction safety department before any wiring, sign, or equipment work…

Texarkana adopted the 2023 National Electrical Code and requires a permit from the electrical inspector before any…

Victoria requires a permit for electrical work and enforces the 2023 National Electrical Code as adopted, with local…

No one may perform electrical work in Waco without holding a state-issued electrician's license and a city permit for…

New Braunfels runs the 2020 National Electrical Code and requires a city permit plus a registered, insured electrical…

Abilene enforces the International Plumbing Code, 2021 edition, as its plumbing code, and the Building Official will…

Amarillo Code Sec. 4-5-2 makes it unlawful to install, alter, repair or replace water, sewer, gas, drainage or…

Austin has adopted the 2024 Uniform Plumbing Code, with local deletions and additions, as its Plumbing Code under…

Baytown enforces the 2015 International Plumbing Code, amended locally in section 18-462, for every plumbing…

Bryan enforces the 2021 International Plumbing Code with local amendments, and starting work without a permit triggers…

Plumbing is one of the construction permits Cameron County requires under its Flood Damage Prevention and Building…

Carrollton adopted the 2024 International Plumbing Code as its plumbing code under § 150.040, filed with the City…

Cedar Park requires plumbing permits under its adopted 2021 International Plumbing Code, which governs plumbing…

Celina adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code by reference, and all plumbing work is enforced under it alongside…

Conroe Code of Ordinances § 14-281 adopts the 2009 International Plumbing Code, with all appendices, as the city's…

Converse has adopted the 2024 International Plumbing Code and requires a permit for plumbing work, with fees set by a…

Corpus Christi enforces plumbing work under the 2021 International Plumbing Code, adopted by Sec. 14-281 with local…

Dallas requires a permit from the city's building official before any plumbing work, because plumbing counts as…

Denton adopted the 2021 International Plumbing Code by ordinance, and any plumbing work here requires a permit from the…

Edinburg has adopted the 2018 International Plumbing Code and requires a permit for all plumbing, sewer, gas, and…

El Paso enforces the 2021 International Plumbing Code as its Plumbing Code under City Code § 18.20.020, with local…

Farmersville regulates plumbing work under the 2021 International Plumbing Code, enforced by the Chief Building…

Fort Worth regulates plumbing work under Chapter 26 of the City Code, which adopts the 2021 International Plumbing Code…

Frisco enforces the 2024 International Plumbing Code for every plumbing installation, repair, or alteration in the…

Garland has adopted the 2015 International Plumbing Code, including its appendices B, D and E, as the city's Plumbing…

Georgetown enforces plumbing work under the 2021 International Plumbing Code, adopted with local amendments at Code of…

Grand Prairie enforces the 2021 International Plumbing Code as its local plumbing code under Sec. 7-89, and Sec. 7-91…

Harlingen adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code, requiring permitted, inspected plumbing work by registered…

Houston enforces plumbing work through its own Plumbing Code, one of several volumes making up the city's Construction…

Irving adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code as its plumbing code under Section 8B-7, with local amendments…

Killeen enforces the 2024 International Plumbing Code under Code Section 8-240, with a state-licensed master plumber…

Laredo requires a state-licensed plumber and a city permit before any plumbing or gas-piping work begins, under the…

Leander requires all plumbing work to follow the city-adopted 2021 International Plumbing Code and be performed under…

Lewisville enforces the 2021 International Plumbing Code, with Appendices C, D, and E, as City Code § 4-111…

Lubbock enforces the 2021 International Plumbing Code as its plumbing code, and no plumbing work can begin without a…

Midland requires a plumbing permit under Chapter 4-3 of the Code of Ordinances, which adopts the 2018 International…

New Braunfels adopts the 2021 International Plumbing Code under City Code § 14-33, replaces the model code's own fee…

Parker adopted the 2000-edition International Plumbing Code with regional amendments as its plumbing standard under §…

Pearland enforces the 2021 International Plumbing Code, as locally amended, for every plumbing installation in the…

Plano registers every plumbing contractor working in the city on an annual basis and will not issue permits or…

Richardson enforces the 2021 International Plumbing Code, with Appendices C and E, as the Richardson Plumbing Code…

Rockwall has adopted the 2021 International Plumbing Code, with local amendments, as its plumbing code, and plumbing…

Rowlett adopts the 2021 International Plumbing Code in full, so any plumbing installation, repair or alteration inside…

San Angelo requires a permit for plumbing work, adopts the 2021 International Plumbing Code, and lets homeowners pull…

San Antonio enforces the 2024 International Plumbing Code, Chapters 2 through 15 plus Appendices B through E, as its…

San Marcos requires a building (plumbing) permit before any plumbing work, issued only to a state-licensed master…

Shenandoah governs plumbing construction by adopting the 2021 International Plumbing Code as city law. Installing…

Sugar Land adopts the 2024 International Plumbing Code under Development Code Sec. 7-36, and no plumbing system may be…

Taylor has adopted the 2018 International Plumbing Code, with local amendments, as Chapter 22 of its Code of…

Temple adopts the 2015 International Plumbing Code and requires a permit for all plumbing work, issued only to specific…

Texarkana enforces the 2024 International Plumbing Code citywide, and no plumber may connect to city water or sewer…

Victoria requires a plumbing permit for new installations, sewer connections, and most repairs, and enforces the 2024…

Plumbing work in Waco requires both a state plumber's license and a city permit. Sec. 6-236 bars any plumbing…

Amarillo's amended Building Code requires the building official to inspect construction at each of twelve staged…

Austin requires every permit holder to post an inspection record card on site before work begins under City Code Sec…

Before Baytown will sign off on framing, a certifying engineer must complete the windstorm framing inspection ahead of…

Corpus Christi's adopted Plumbing Code sets out three mandatory construction inspection stages: underground…

Denton requires three scheduled inspections for residential construction: underground, rough-in, and final, before work…

El Paso's building official inspects permitted work as it progresses and can require corrections before releasing it…

Fort Worth's Building Administrative Code sets the minimum inspection stages a project must pass, footing, slab…

Under Frisco Code of Ordinances Section 18-426, the city's administrator can inspect any multi-family dwelling complex…

Garland's building code ties every construction permit to a fixed inspection sequence: foundation or plumbing rough-in…

No one may occupy or change the use of a building in Grand Prairie until the Chief Building Official issues a…

Harris County requires staged elevation inspections for floodplain development permits: a pre-framing elevation…

Irving's inspections staff can examine any residential or nonresidential structure and premises in the city without…

Laredo's Land Development Code sets out how construction inspections work once a building permit issues: contractors…

Lubbock's Building Official runs construction through a set sequence of inspections once the permittee requests them…

Parker's Building Official inspects every construction, remodeling, and refurbishing project to confirm it matches the…

Plano's Building Inspections Department, created under Sec. 103.1 of the amended International Building Code, runs…

San Antonio's Code Official carries the authority to inspect any structure under the Property Maintenance Code…

New residential construction in unincorporated Travis County needs a minimum of three inspections: foundation before…

Once electrical work is finished, the contractor must call the building official for a final inspection under Sec…

Every Harris County floodplain development permit holder in the unincorporated county must post the permit at the…

Licensed boarding homes in unincorporated Harris County must hard-wire smoke detectors in every bedroom, hallway…