County guide
Setting a manufactured home in Erath County
No placement permit in Erath County, and septic permit fees are among the lowest in the area. The floodplain permit applies in mapped FEMA zones.
What is required
| Item | Erath County |
|---|---|
| Placement permit | No county placement permit. |
| Floodplain | Required in a mapped FEMA zone. Fee not published. |
| Driveway / culvert | No permit form or issuing office located, but the county publishes construction standards. |
| 911 address | County 911 office. County and dispatch sources conflict on the contact. |
| Septic (OSSF) permit | $250 conventional, $450 aerobic. |
| Certificate of occupancy | No county certificate of occupancy. |
| Published timing | Septic problem resolution allowed up to 30 days. No published total. |
Fees and procedures change, and counties do not always publish current figures in one place. Confirm with the county before you budget.
Groundwater district applies
Erath County sits inside the Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. If the plan involves drilling a well rather than taking a tap, the district’s registration and permitting requirements apply on top of everything the county asks for.
The order to work in
The sequence is the same everywhere; what changes county to county is which permits attach and who issues them.
- 1
Confirm the land can be served
Which utility is certificated to serve this parcel, whether water is reachable, and whether the soil will take a septic system sized to the home.
Do this before closing, not after. - 2
Address and permits
A 911 address, then whatever county permits apply where you are — which is not the same list in any two counties.
A factory may not ship without an address. - 3
Pad, driveway and culvert
Grade set, fill placed and compacted, and access built well enough to carry a home down it.
The delivery has to physically reach the site. - 4
Septic and water
System designed to bedroom count and soil class, installed, inspected and approved. Tap set or well drilled.
Septic approval gates power in some counties. - 5
Meter loop and service
Service entrance built to the serving utility’s specification, inspected, then energized.
- 6
Set, anchor and finish
Home delivered and set, blocked and anchored, then skirting, steps and landings.
Common questions
Do I need a permit to put a manufactured home on my own land in Erath County?
In the unincorporated county, the requirements are in the table above. Inside a city’s limits or its extraterritorial jurisdiction, the city’s rules apply as well and are usually more involved. Confirm which jurisdiction the parcel actually sits in first.
How long does the whole thing take?
Individual steps sometimes have published clocks. The total is governed by the septic design and inspection cycle and by the serving utility’s schedule, and neither publishes a guaranteed timeline. Plan in months rather than weeks.
What does the septic system cost here?
The permit is a few hundred dollars. The system is the real cost, and it is driven by bedroom count and soil class rather than by the county. Poorer soils need substantially more disposal area, which is what moves the number.
Who provides electricity out there?
Every county in this area has multiple certificated electric providers, with overlap at city fringes and in unincorporated areas. The serving entity has to be confirmed for the specific parcel — neighbors are not a reliable guide.
Setting a home in Erath County?
We permit, build and finish these sites throughout Erath County and the ten around it. Tell us where the land is and what you’re putting on it, and we’ll price the work.