Pest control in College Station
Two state rules cover what a College Station renter is told before a pest treatment. Where a rental has fewer than five units, every tenant is handed the pest control information sheet ahead of any indoor treatment. In a building of five or more units, the owner or manager gets the sheet and a sign, and must post the sign in a common-access area, or leave the sheet at each unit, at least 48 hours before each planned treatment.
Texas apartments must use a pesticide applicator with a license, AgriLife Extension's guide ENT-3013 says, and if a staff member without that license treats your unit for bed bugs, with store-bought spray or with heat, the guide calls it illegal. It tells tenants to report suspected bed bugs at once, preferably by phone and in writing, and to prepare the unit once treatment is scheduled. The guide doesn't say who pays.
Outdoors, the city's June 2025 blog post describes a mosquito dunk program: bi-layer larvicide tablets residents can put in breeding sites around the home to kill larvae before they mature. It's a blog post, not a program page, and it gives no spray schedule. Owners hold only 35.4% of College Station's occupied homes in Census estimates for 2020 to 2024; renters hold the rest. If you rent, send the bed bug report to the manager in writing, and ask which company will treat, its license number, and who pays.
What pest control costs near College Station
Because no one has sent us a quote from College Station, there's no price for the city itself. The Texas page lists the estimates with what pest control workers are paid ($19.90 an hour in the BLS wage data, which is pay, not price) and the state license fees. How we estimate costs.
Licensing and rules for pest control in College Station
No Texas city licenses pest control; TDA's Structural Pest Control Service does, for the business and for each certified applicator and technician. Cities may not adopt their own rules on pesticide sale or use, though fire and building rules for fumigation are among the exceptions, so the license number to ask for is the company's TDA one.
Pest control jobs in College Station
Sources for College Station
- Mosquito dunks blog post, City of College Station Read Oct 23, 2026.
- Texas Occupations Code §§1951.453–1951.455: Consumer information and posting contexts Read Oct 28, 2026.
- Texas A&M AgriLife Extension: Bed bugs and your apartment (ENT-3013) Read Oct 23, 2026.
- ACS 5-year B25003 Tenure Read Oct 28, 2026.