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McKinney building permits
Updated November 2026
The official McKinney permit search is the city’s Citizen Self Service portal (EnerGov). Collin Central Appraisal District also publishes a building-permit dataset that often includes McKinney and the builder’s name, but it often lags the city. DFW Permit does not yet email a complete daily McKinney list.
How to look up a McKinney permit
- Search official city records in McKinney’s Citizen Self Service portal by address or permit number.
- The city’s Permits page is the official starting point for applications and current instructions.
- Collin CAD’s building-permit dataset often includes McKinney and usually names the builder, but it is an appraisal-district file and can lag city issuance by a day or more. DFW Permit reads that file when it has rows, and we will not pretend a lagging county file is yesterday’s complete city list.
McKinney is one of the Collin County cities CAD covers relatively well, along with Frisco and Allen. That makes the county file a research tool for new-home work, not a replacement for the city’s portal. When we can issue a reliable daily McKinney list, it will be added to the email at no extra charge for existing subscribers.
There is no complete daily McKinney issued-permit feed in DFW Permit yet. Collin CAD coverage is useful when it lands, especially for builder names, but it is not a same-day city extract.
Official sources
- Official search: City of McKinney Citizen Self Service (EnerGov)
- Department: City of McKinney Permits
- Open data / reports: Collin CAD Building Permits on data.texas.gov (dataset 82ee-gbj5), lagged
Numbers on this page are counted from the public feed on Monday, November 9, 2026. They are not annual estimates and not a claim about every permit the city has ever issued.
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