Realtor and homeowner resources

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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

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