Texas Alarm Permits by City and County

In Texas, cities set their own alarm permit rules under state law, and counties can require permits only in unincorporated areas. Two neighbors in the same metro can face different permits and fees depending on whether they live inside city limits.

Published

• City of Arlington — permit required
• City of Austin — permit required
• Bexar County (unincorporated) — permit required †
• City of Carrollton — permit required
• City of Dallas — permit required
• Fort Bend County (unincorporated) — permit required
• City of Fort Worth — permit required
• Harris County (unincorporated) — permit required †
• City of Houston — permit required
• Town of Little Elm — permit required
• Montgomery County (unincorporated) — permit required
• City of Pearland — permit required †
• City of Plano — permit required
• City of San Antonio — permit required
• Tarrant County (unincorporated) — permit required
• Travis County (unincorporated) — permit required
• Williamson County (unincorporated) — permit required

† Official sources disagree on part of this jurisdiction's rules; see the note on its page.

Dataset release 2026-10-29.18. All alarm permit rules. You may reuse this data under CC BY 4.0 with credit to SafeStreets and a link to the page you use.