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Yes, a permit is required to replace a roof in Houston, TX, issued by City of Houston - Houston Public Works, Building Code Enforcement (Houston Permitting Center). Houston issues a dedicated Residential Roofing Permit (HPWCODE1140), a "Permit for a re-roof or roofing overlay for a residence structure." Roof covering work up to an aggregate of 100 square feet is exempt; anything larger needs this permit. The applicant files a Building Permit Application (Form CE-1263), the deed-restriction Declaration in Support of Application for City of Houston Building Permit, and either the Roofing Overlay Only form (CE-1104) or the Residential Re-Roof Only Worksheet (CE-1109), through an iPermits account at hpceservices.org, then pays online. When read on 2026-09-26 the permit page listed: Plan Review Required, Inspection Required, Valid Period 6 Months, Processing Time 10 Business Day, fee per the City fee schedule plus an admin fee of $33.56. The Houston Residential Code sets the fee for repair, alterations or remodeling of one- and two-family dwellings at "20% of the calculated fee for new construction" based on square footage. "Permit and worksheet are required to be on-site for the inspection." Starting work first costs extra: "Any person who commences work requiring a permit on a building, structure, electrical, gas, mechanical, or plumbing system before obtaining the necessary permits shall be subject to a fee established by the applicable governing authority equal to the amount of the permit fee and applicable minimum investigation fees required by the Building Code that shall be in addition to the required permit fees" (Houston R108.6). After a declared local disaster, City Code Sec. 10-5 (Ord. No. 2026-0709, August 12, 2026) lets the City suspend permit fees for storm-repair work, but "Nothing in this section eliminates the requirement to obtain permits and associated plan review approvals, or to request and pass required inspections for work regulated by the Construction Code or other applicable laws." Inspections are scheduled through the IVR at 713-222-9922 or Structural Inspections at 832-394-8840. Houston, Texas sits in one of the country's most hail-prone regions. This hub aggregates Houston's roofing permit and contractor-registration requirements and impact-resistant material options — every fact linked to its sourced directory record.