Demolition Indemnification "Hold Harmless" Agreement – Dallas, TX

The Demolition Indemnification "Hold Harmless" Agreement is a three-page City of Dallas agreement, titled Hold Harmless, Defense, and Indemnity Agreement on the form, in which a demolition permittee agrees to hold the City harmless and to defend and indemnify it against claims tied to demolition activities that affect public property.

The form opens by stating that the permittee applied for a permit to demolish a structure at a stated lot and block in the City of Dallas, in a named county, at a street address. It then says that § 4010.2 of the Dallas Building Code requires a permittee to sign a written agreement to indemnify the City and its officers and employees against claims of injury or damage to persons or property arising out of that demolition work.

Six numbered provisions follow: hold harmless, indemnity and defense; governing law (Texas law, with exclusive venue in a District Court of Dallas County); binding effect; entire agreement; severability; and miscellaneous terms, including that the City does not waive its governmental immunity under Texas law.

The last page has an execution block for the permittee (By, Printed Name, Title), an APPROVED line for the Building Official or authorized representative, and a notary acknowledgment for the State of Texas. The Development Services Department header gives 320 E Jefferson Blvd, Dallas TX 75203 and (214) 948-4480.

The permittee named on a Dallas demolition permit application signs this agreement. The form describes the permittee as the person who applied for a permit to demolish a structure, and the Dallas Building Code section it cites requires that person to execute a written indemnity agreement.

The permittee signs on its own behalf and, as the form words it, on behalf of its agents, employees, representatives, officers, directors, partners, parent and subsidiary corporations, principals, successors and assigns. Because the form has a Title line, a person signing for a company or other entity enters that title.

Two other people appear on the last page. The Building Official, or an authorized representative, completes the APPROVED line. A Texas notary public completes the acknowledgment.

The form applies to demolition activities that affect public property. It does not say it covers any other kind of permit, and it does not describe who else may sign for the permittee.

The agreement is needed when you apply for a permit to demolish a structure in the City of Dallas. The form says the permittee applied for the permit and that the Dallas Building Code requires the permittee to execute the written agreement. It prints no separate due date, so it travels with the demolition permit process.

The date of execution is entered on the "EXECUTED this ___ day of _, 20" line, and the notary acknowledgment carries its own date. The form gives no processing time. For timing questions, call the Development Services Department at (214) 948-4480.

The form names no submission channel of its own. Each page carries the Development Services Department header: 320 E Jefferson Blvd, Dallas TX 75203, telephone (214) 948-4480.

Because the agreement belongs to a demolition permit, deliver the signed and acknowledged original the way the department directs for your permit application, and call the number above to confirm the method. The form is not complete until the permittee has signed it, the notary has completed the acknowledgment and the Building Official or authorized representative has approved it.

The form names no fee of its own; for fees tied to the permit itself, ask the department.

FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the channels above.