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SB 1202 third-party review

Certified third-party plan reviewers in Texas

Texas law (Local Government Code chapter 247, expanded by SB 1202 in 2025) lets a permit applicant use a qualified third-party plan reviewer when a jurisdiction doesn't complete review within statutory deadlines. This is who can perform one.

Every listing here is checked by a human

Our Texas permit desk verifies each reviewer's credential and license number against the issuing register before they appear. Reviewers we have researched but not yet confirmed are not shown at all — a directory that mixes the two is not a directory.

We're still verifying the first entries

Our permit desk is working through the Texas reviewer market county by county. Nothing appears here until someone has checked the credential against the issuing register, so an empty list means we haven't finished — not that no one qualifies.

Meanwhile, SB 1202 doesn't require you to use a listed reviewer: any qualified third party will do, and your jurisdiction's plan desk can tell you what it accepts. Send us a reviewer to verify and we'll start with them.

Pick a reviewer from this list

On a job whose jurisdiction accepts third-party review, this directory is where to find a reviewer — credential, license number and counties served, each one checked by our permit desk. The record of that review then sits on the job with everything else TexPTO observed.

A listing is a record that we checked a credential on the date shown. It is not a recommendation, a warranty of the reviewer's work, or legal advice about SB 1202 — confirm current standing with the issuing body and with your jurisdiction before you engage anyone. Know a reviewer who should be here? Send us their details and we'll verify them.