Our research: When does a shed need a permit in Texas? The rule in the largest cities, checked on each city's own website.
Contractors in Texas: we file your permits in the towns below, and your company can be the one we suggest to homeowners here who check a permit for your kind of job.
How Texas towns take permit applications
Of the Texas towns below, 43 take residential applications online, on GovWell (16), OpenGov (12), online (8), Cloudpermit (7) portals. We file there for you: $125, the town's filing fee included up to $75. 11 take them by email on the town's own form. We fill it out with you and send it back ready to send: $49.99.
| Town | Applications | We file | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abernathy | Online (Cloudpermit) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Aledo | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Andrews | Online (Cloudpermit) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Aransas Pass | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Balcones Heights | Online (Cloudpermit) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Bartonville | Online (Cloudpermit) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Bay City | By email, on the town form | shed, roof, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition… | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| Bedford | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Brenham | Online (online) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Brownsville | Online (online) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Brownwood | Online (Cloudpermit) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Cactus | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Caldwell | Online (Cloudpermit) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Conroe | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Daingerfield | Online (Cloudpermit) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Decatur | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| El Paso | Online (online) | shed, fence, roof, gazebo, carport, pool… | We file it, $125 |
| Ennis | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Farmers Branch | By email, on the town form | fence, roof, driveway, siding, windows | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| Farmersville | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Fort Bend County WCID 2 County | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Fulshear | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Galveston | Online (online) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition | We file it, $125 |
| Galveston County Health District | Online (online) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Garland | By email, on the town form | shed, fence, roof, gazebo, carport, pool… | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| Gilmer | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Granbury | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Grapevine | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Groves | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Heath | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Hewitt | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Highland Park | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Houston | By email, on the town form | shed, fence, roof, gazebo, carport, pool… | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| Hutto | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Kilgore | By email, on the town form | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| La Marque | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Lake Jackson | By email, on the town form | shed, fence, roof, gazebo, carport, pool… | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| Laredo | By email, on the town form | shed, fence, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition… | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| Mabank | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Manor | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Mansfield | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Mineral Wells | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Monahans | By email, on the town form | shed, fence, roof, gazebo, carport, pool… | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| Nederland | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Oak Point | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Pharr | Online (online) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Port Aransas | Online (OpenGov) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| San Angelo | By email, on the town form | fence, driveway | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| San Antonio | Online (online) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| San Benito | Online (online) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Seabrook | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| White Settlement | By email, on the town form | fence, driveway | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
| Willis | Online (GovWell) | shed, gazebo, carport, pool, demolition, fence… | We file it, $125 |
| Wylie | By email, on the town form | shed, fence, roof, gazebo, carport, pool… | Ready-to-send application, $49.99 |
Texas cities whose own permit form we fill in
Answer the quiz and we type your answers onto the city's form, ready to sign and submit: $49.99.
- Alamo
- Big Spring
- Cedar Hill
- Celina
- Corpus Christi
- Edinburg
- Fate
- Galveston
- Grapevine
- Greenville
- Harker Heights
- Horizon City
- Huntsville
- La Marque
- Midlothian
- Missouri City
- Pflugerville
- Port Arthur
- Royse City
- Sachse
- San Juan
- San Marcos
- The Colony
- Watauga
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- Abernathy
- Abilene
- Addison
- Alamo
- Alamo Heights
- Aledo
- Alice
- Allen
- Alpine
- Alton
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- Alvin
- Amarillo
- Andrews
- Angleton
- Anna
- Aransas Pass
- Argyle
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- Balch Springs
- Balcones Heights
- Bartonville
- Bastrop
- Bay City
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- Bedford
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- Benbrook
- Big Spring
- Boerne
- Bonham
- Borger
- Bowie
- Breckenridge
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- Bridge City
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- Brookshire
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- Brownsville
- Brownwood
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- Bulverde
- Burkburnett
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- Burnet
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- Caddo Mills
- Caldwell
- Cameron
- Canyon
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- Carthage
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- Center
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