Realtor and homeowner resources

aledotx.gov · 2021 International Codes and the 2020 National Electrical Code; adopted 2024-05-23, effective 2025-01-01, with regional council amendments.

benbrook-tx.gov · The 2018 International Code series and 2017 National Electrical Code local amendments, listed as in effect as of 2019-01-03.

fortworthtexas.gov · 2023 National Electrical Code effective 2023-03-01. Read on 2026-09-10 the page still described a 2026 NEC as proposed, with a stated effective date that has passed. Ask the city what it is inspecting to this month.

granbury.org · The city states it inspects to codes with the regional council's amendments, Option B. The page names no code edition; the edition has to be asked for.

weatherfordtx.gov · The city's landing page for adopted codes and its local amendments.

weatherfordtx.gov · 2021 International Codes and the 2020 National Electrical Code, applying to all plans submitted on or after 2026-01-01.

comptroller.texas.gov · The state minimum for single-family, with the ERI compliance alternative.

tdlr.texas.gov · Effective 2026-09-01 under 16 TAC §73.100, published in the Texas Register 2026-08-28. A state adoption, not a city's.

tdlr.texas.gov · The state bulletin on engineered foundations where soils are expansive, citing IRC §403.1.8 and IBC §1808.6.

hudsonoaks.com · Which permit applies to a new house, an accessory building or an accessory dwelling unit.

weatherfordtx.gov · The city's residential submittal list: completed application, site plan, construction drawings and proof of property ownership.

hoodcounty.texas.gov · The county administers development, subdivision and floodplain regulations, and states it does not issue permits or perform inspections for residential construction or remodeling.

parkercountytx.gov · Platting forms, checklists and fees, through the county's platting department. Dividing land is handled here, not at the permitting counter.

parkercountytx.gov · Adopted under Local Government Code ch. 232. Sets driveway width, driveway spacing by posted speed, and culvert sizing on the plat face. Most recent adoption printed in the document: 2024-10-28 — the file name says December 2025 and the document does not.

parkercountytx.gov · Road work requests, which roads the county maintains, and culvert permitting for Precinct 1.

parkercountytx.gov · "No driveway or utility construction shall be allowed without first obtaining a permit from Precinct 2." Each precinct permits its own county roads.

parkercountytx.gov · "Parker County does not issue building permits or certificates of occupancy." The department covers on-site sewage, development in special flood hazard areas, health and safety complaints, and stormwater.

txdot.gov · Access onto a state highway needs Form 1058, a Permit to Construct Access Driveway Facilities, and TxDOT is to be notified 24 hours before construction on the access begins.

benbrookwater.com · Defines the impact fee and the tap fee separately, and sets out the exemptions — including how an irrigation meter is treated.

benbrookwater.com · The authority's schedule by meter size, effective 2025-10-01.

benbrookwater.com · The authority's landing page, which links the fee schedule effective 2025-10-01. The page itself carries no amounts.

aledotx.gov · Carries tap, meter and permit fees. Impact fee amounts are not on it: the schedule refers to the Impact Fee Collection Rate Schedule, Ordinance 2022-154 (2022-03-24), whose amounts are not published online. Ask the city in writing.

fortworthtexas.gov · Published by meter size for the period beginning 2025-10-01. Read the amounts at the source; they change by ordinance.

fortworthtexas.gov · Fees are assessed on the date the plat was recorded and on the water meter size — so the meter your plumbing designer specifies has a price attached.

benbrook-tx.gov · Water and sewer belong to the Benbrook Water Authority, which has its own elected board and is independent from the city. Gas is Atmos; the electric wires are Oncor's.

hoodcounty.texas.gov · The permitting office for on-site sewage in unincorporated Hood County. A permit is required for all installation, modification and replacement.

uppertrinitygcd.com · The full rules, including definitions, registration, permits and exemptions.

uppertrinitygcd.com · Well registration and the district's minimum spacing from property lines and from other registered wells.

uppertrinitygcd.com · District tract size, observation wells and registered wells.

texas-sos.appianportalsgov.com · The state rule behind the half-acre and one-acre minimums for lots served by on-site sewage.

tceq.texas.gov · Sets who may maintain an aerobic unit, how often reports go to the permitting authority, and when an owner may take it on. 30 TAC §285.90(3).

tceq.texas.gov · "A permit is required to construct, install, alter, extend, or repair an OSSF." The words alter, extend and repair are the ones a remodel misses.

parkercountytx.gov · Sets the freeboard, the No-Rise Certificate for a regulatory floodway, and the sealed Elevation Certificate. Read the requirements at the source.

twdb.texas.gov · The state's page on NFIP participation. It does not list communities itself; it directs you to FEMA's Community Status Book.

fema.gov · The 2025-02-03 announcement of the preliminary maps. Preliminary is not effective: which map governs a permit is a question for the county floodplain administrator.

msc.fema.gov · The federal map lookup. An interactive tool: it needs a browser and an address or parcel.

fortworthtexas.gov · The city describes its ETJ as the unincorporated land within five miles of the city limits. Land in an ETJ is not in the city, and the city's subdivision rules can still reach it.

tcss.legis.texas.gov · Draws the limits of county authority. Subchapter C is the fire code in unincorporated areas; the residential building-code standards in Subchapter F apply only to a county that has adopted them.

capitol.texas.gov · The 2023 Act relating to release of an area from a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction by petition or election, adding Local Government Code ch. 42 Subchapters D and E.

aledoisd.org · The district's own FAQ on the 2023 bond. Bonds are how districts fund buildings and they reach the tax bill.

aledoisd.org · The district's published demographer studies, which are where enrollment projections come from.

aledoisd.org · Additional high school space "may not be needed until around 2032-2033"; "growth has slowed in Aledo"; the committee recommended no bond package.

tea.texas.gov · The agency's own release, directing the public to TXschools.gov for school system and campus ratings.

tea.texas.gov · The 2025 release, which also made the delayed 2024 ratings available.

txschools.gov · The state's ratings tool. An interactive application: it renders only in a browser.

tdlr.texas.gov · The department's laws-and-rules page for the program, citing Texas Occupations Code ch. 1302.

tdlr.texas.gov · Electricians under Occupations Code ch. 1305 and 16 TAC ch. 73. The sheet read on 2026-09-10 still named the 2023 NEC as current; the state adopted the 2026 edition effective 2026-09-01.

tdlr.texas.gov · The program page. The Texas Electrical Safety and Licensing Act (Occupations Code ch. 1305) also requires the department to adopt the revised NEC as the state's electrical code.

tdlr.texas.gov · The department's public lookup for individuals and businesses, covering every trade it regulates — electricians and air-conditioning contractors included.

tdlr.texas.gov · The department's index of regulated industries. The detailed list loads dynamically and needs a browser.

texas.public.law · What a written denial from an architectural review authority must contain, and the owner's right to a hearing before the board on a statutory clock.

law.justia.com · The pre-suit sequence: notice, the contractor's inspection window, and the settlement-offer window.

texas.public.law · What the original contractor must deliver to the owner.

law.justia.com · The written list of subcontractors and suppliers the owner is owed before construction commences, and the deadline for updating it.

texas.public.law · Provided to the owner at the time the contractor requests payment.

tcss.legis.texas.gov · The statute that governs a residential construction defect claim.

guides.sll.texas.gov · The state library's consumer guide, including the written notice a homeowner must send before filing suit.

guides.sll.texas.gov · The state law library's plain-language public guide to chapter 209 and to restrictive covenants under chapter 202.

sunset.texas.gov · "The Texas Residential Construction Commission was abolished and the Act expired on September 1, 2009." There is no state license for a homebuilder and no agency regulating one.

trec.texas.gov · The commission's own summary of what an advertisement must include.

tsbpe.texas.gov · Plumbing is not TDLR's. The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners is a separate agency; its page carries the search and tells you to verify the responsible master plumber's license number.

tdi.texas.gov · "It's illegal to waive a homeowners deductible under state law." The department treats an offer to waive it under fraud.

tdi.texas.gov · The department's page for checking a license. Note that the search itself runs on a third-party service TDI directs consumers to, not on the department's own domain.

tdi.texas.gov · Statewide policy counts and average premium. Read on 2026-09-10 the page led with 2025 preliminary figures, with 2024 kept as a comparison.

tdi.texas.gov · Includes a worked example of a percentage wind-and-hail deductible, which is calculated from the dwelling coverage rather than being a flat sum.

census.gov · Population, households, income and housing. Read on 2026-09-10 the page served July 1, 2025 (V2025) estimates; the vintage in the URL is older than the vintage on the page.

census.gov · Population, households, income and housing. Read on 2026-09-10 the page served July 1, 2025 (V2025) estimates; the vintage in the URL is older than the vintage on the page.

census.gov · Population, households, income and housing. Read on 2026-09-10 the page served July 1, 2025 (V2025) estimates; the vintage in the URL is older than the vintage on the page.

census.gov · Population, households, income and housing. Read on 2026-09-10 the page served July 1, 2025 (V2025) estimates; the vintage in the URL is older than the vintage on the page.

census.gov · Population, households, income and housing. Read on 2026-09-10 the page served July 1, 2025 (V2025) estimates; the vintage in the URL is older than the vintage on the page.

benbrook-tx.gov · "Benbrook is located adjacent to Fort Worth, in southwest Tarrant County. Interstate 20, Interstate Loop 820, and Benbrook Boulevard (U.S. 377) all run through it."

fortworthtexas.gov · Established 2023. The page describes a district designed to support approximately 6,000 single-family homes. A PID levies an assessment: check whether a parcel is inside one before an offer.

hudsonoaks.com · Founded in 1978; the city states it provides municipal services without levying a property tax.

weatherfordtx.gov · "Weatherford was established in 1858 and named after Thomas J. Weatherford, a Texas state senator."

census.gov · Population, households, income and housing. Read on 2026-09-10 the page served July 1, 2025 (V2025) estimates; the vintage in the URL is older than the vintage on the page.

census.gov · Population, households, income and housing. Read on 2026-09-10 the page served July 1, 2025 (V2025) estimates; the vintage in the URL is older than the vintage on the page.

trerc.tamu.edu · Monthly county housing activity. Interactive: the figures render only in a browser, so take the latest month from the dashboard rather than from any summary of it.

twdb.texas.gov · On the Clear Fork of the Trinity; impoundment began 1952-09-29; authorized for flood control, with navigation and recreation.

twdb.texas.gov · On the Brazos River about 8.3 miles southeast of Granbury; the Brazos River Authority owns the lake.

trerc.tamu.edu · The research center's forecast, published 2025-10-02.