Plumbing permit - without license – Dallas, TX

Plumbing Permit Application Checklist and Required Documents (For Plumbing Permit- Without License) is the City of Dallas checklist for applying for a plumbing permit when the work will be done without a plumbing license.

The form header names the Planning & Development Department, 320 E Jefferson Blvd, Dallas TX 75203, telephone (214) 948-4480. Under the heading Requirements or Special Provisions, the checklist states two rules:

• Article 6243-101 of the Vernon's Civil Statutes, called the "Plumbing License Law", expressly permits work without a license when it is performed by a residential property owner in a building that the owner owns and occupies as a homestead. The homestead exemption must be granted and recorded by the Appraisal District.
• To ensure compliance with state law, every other application for a plumbing permit without a plumbing license must first be reviewed by the Chief Plumbing code administrator.

The document also carries a notary block ("Subscribed and sworn before me") with blanks for the date, the notary's commission expiration, and the county and state. The date printed at the bottom of the page is 5/12/2024.

The main group is residential property owners who will do the plumbing work themselves in a building they own and occupy as their homestead. The checklist says the Plumbing License Law permits that work without a license, provided the homestead exemption has been granted and recorded by the Appraisal District.

Everyone else who wants a plumbing permit without a plumbing license falls under the second provision: the application must first be reviewed by the Chief Plumbing code administrator, so that state law is followed. That covers any applicant who does not meet the owner-occupied homestead description above.

The checklist does not name anyone who may sign or apply on an owner's behalf, and it prints no other exclusions. It does require that the homestead condition be real and recorded, not just claimed: an owner whose exemption has not been granted and recorded by the Appraisal District is not described by the first provision.

Use this checklist when you are preparing an application for a plumbing permit that will be carried out without a plumbing license. No separate due date is printed on it. Before you start, the homestead exemption must already be granted and recorded by the Appraisal District if you rely on the owner provision, and any application outside that provision must first be reviewed by the Chief Plumbing code administrator, so allow for that review before the application moves forward. Contact the department at (214) 948-4480 for timing.

The checklist does not name a submission channel, portal or mailing address for the application. It prints the department's contact details in its header:

• Address: Planning & Development Department, 320 E Jefferson Blvd, Dallas TX 75203.
• Telephone: (214) 948-4480.

Call the department to confirm where and how to file the permit application and to learn whether a fee applies and how it is paid. If your application falls outside the owner-occupied homestead provision, expect the Chief Plumbing code administrator's review to come first. The form also has a notary block, so have it completed before you file. FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the City of Dallas channels.