Castro County (county seat: Dimmitt) covers 899 square miles with a population of 7371. Official county website: www.co.castro.tx.us/. This page summarizes the verified building-regulation posture of unincorporated Castro County land; the full 10-dimension scorecard with every source receipt lives on its Freedom Map card.
No county building code or permit on unincorporated land; not adjacent to a 250k county, so no county fire-code authority either — only OSSF and floodplain apply.
The claim above is source-verified (official statute/county documents; URL, direct quote, and date on the full card). Method: how we verify.
No county's freedom erases state law: septic/wastewater permitting (health authority), well permits and water rights (state engineer/DNR), floodplain rules with federally connected financing, and — in some states — state-run electrical inspections. The full card details which of these bite in Castro County and how hard.
The score describes unincorporated county land only. Inside Castro County, incorporated municipalities set their own, usually stricter, rules — including: Dimmitt, Hart, and Nazareth administer their own municipal codes and zoning.. Land inside town limits follows town code.
Building rules are the first question people ask about Castro County — and the easiest one to answer. They're rarely the one that decides it. The full card grades all ten dimensions, every claim quoted from the county's own code.
What the Castro County card answers that this page doesn't:
It's a real map. Click any county in the country and see how it grades — that part costs nothing, and you can compare Castro County against its neighbors before you spend a dollar.
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Last verified 2026-07-10 · Not legal advice — confirm current rules with the county, the state, and a professional before buying or building.