Who is allowed to remove mold in Texas?

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   LokalMatch EditorialLokalMatch editorial

   Answered September 24, 2026

   Twenty-five contiguous square feet is the number that decides it. Below that, Texas treats small areas of mold growth as something an owner or maintenance staff can clean up. Above it, you are into licensed territory.

   A bedroom wall is very likely over the line. Twenty-five contiguous square feet is a patch about five feet by five feet, which is smaller than people picture when they hear the number.

   The Department of Licensing and Regulation licenses the whole chain: mold assessment technicians and consultants, mold assessment companies, mold remediation contractors and companies, and the laboratories that analyze the samples. A person may hold both licenses but may not do both jobs on the same project, and may not own an interest in both the assessment firm and the remediation firm on it. That separation is the whole point — the person who tells you how bad it is should not be the person paid to fix it.

   Two pieces of paper tell you whether you hired the right people. Licensed assessors and remediators must give you a copy of the Consumer Mold Information Sheet before any mold-related work begins. And only a licensed remediator can issue a certificate of mold damage remediation at the end — which is the document a buyer's agent will ask for, and which an unlicensed cleaner cannot produce no matter how good the work was.

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Where the facts on this page come from.

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   Mold Assessors and Remediators FAQs — Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (accessed September 24, 2026)

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   How to Avoid Home Improvement Scams — Office of the Attorney General of Texas (accessed September 24, 2026)