Septic rules in Montgomery County
For a Montgomery County address, the septic permitting authority is named in TCEQ's Find a Local Contact search, a drop-down of all 254 Texas counties. Where a county has no authorized local program of its own, the TCEQ regional office holds that role. TCEQ's permitting page states the statewide minimum: building, altering, repairing, extending or operating a septic system takes a permit and an approved plan. Local programs can set stricter rules.
Ask the office the search names for its own rules before you sign with an installer. What the search doesn't settle, TCEQ's OSSF program answers at (512) 239-3799 or ossf@tceq.texas.gov.
The county's rules, line by line
- Inspection at sale
- No rule found in the county's published code. Without a county septic office on record for this page, no local sale rule is stated; the office named by TCEQ's Find a Local Contact search is the one to ask.
- Still to confirm with the county
- The sources for this page name no Montgomery County permit office, fee schedule or sanitary code. Where no local jurisdiction is authorized, the TCEQ regional office is the permitting authority; TCEQ's Find a Local Contact search shows which applies.
Rules and fees change every year, so confirm a line with the health department before you rely on it. "No rule found" means the pages and code we have say nothing on that line, which isn't the same as the county telling you there's no rule. To compare counties, use the county rules lookup.
What septic work costs
These are statewide Texas estimates from our model, so they aren't Montgomery County prices; where the county posts its own permit fees, they are on this page.
| Job | Estimated range | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Septic pumping | $300 to $600 | per visit |
| Septic inspection | $110 to $455 | per inspection |
| Drain field | $690 to $4,650 | per repair |
These are estimates, not quotes. How we estimate costs.