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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Abilene, TX, issued by City of Abilene - Building Inspections Division. "When re-roofing 5 squares or less" is the only roofing exemption in the City's 2021 IRC amendments; larger roof work needs a permit from the Building Inspections Division (the fee schedule charges from five squares up), and the Division's list of Common Permit Required Projects includes "Roof – New or replacement." The residential roofing fee is $100 for "Five squares and above." Apply, look up permits and schedule inspections on MyGov; the applicant must be a registered contractor with the $75,000 bond on file, unless a homeowner is doing the work at the home the homeowner owns and lives in. Starting without the permit costs an investigation fee "equal to the amount of the permit fee required by the Code, however subsequent work commenced within 12 months of the previous violation shall be assessed a ten times fee" (amended Section R108.6). Where the inspector cannot get inside the house, the City uses an Owner/Contractor Certification of Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Detector and Vent Compliance, which it says "is normally used for projects such as re-roofing etc."; the owner certifies carbon monoxide alarms and the clearances, support, connections and drafting of appliance and plumbing vents within attics and closets, and the form's smoke-alarm paragraph states "Shall not pertain to roofing permits.". Abilene, Texas sits in one of the country's most hail-prone regions. This hub aggregates Abilene's roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements and impact-resistant material options — every fact linked to its sourced directory record.