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Florida contractor check worksheet
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Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board
Credential family: Construction contractor licenses regulated by the Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board. A certified license and a registered license have different geographic permissions.
Instructions and meanings below come from this authority’s own published sources, reviewed field by field on the dates shown. They apply to this board and credential only. Official result pages can change or be dynamic; always read the live official result directly.
Check sequence
Six steps, in order
Tick a step only after you did it on the official site. Opening a link does not complete anything.
Prepare and run the official search
Evidence reviewedUse the correct official search with an input it accepts.
Open the official search below. Enter the person or business’s name or number only on that website; this worksheet never asks for it.
Open official license lookupOpens the authority’s website. Coming back here does not mark this step done.
DBPR’s public licensee search offers four starting points: name, license number, city or county, and license type. The service covers applicants and licensed individuals and businesses regulated by DBPR. Choose the search option that matches the information you have.
Match the person or business to the record
Site guidanceConfirm the record you are reading is the one you were given.
Compare the exact name on the official result with the name on the estimate, contract, card or invoice. Treat a similar, partial or business-versus-personal name difference as unresolved until the person or business explains it.
Confirm the credential type and scope
Evidence reviewedRead which credential the record describes, not just whether one exists.
Note the credential type, class, rank, classification or category exactly as the record shows it. A different credential from the same authority is not interchangeable.
DBPR describes a license or application with two status terms: a primary status and a secondary status. Read both. Current means the department’s licensing requirements are up to date; Active means the licensee may operate under that license. Applicant means an application has been submitted but not approved. The portal’s glossary also distinguishes the legal name (Primary), an additional name such as a DBA (Alternate), and a correspondence contact (Related). Rank separates groups within a profession that have different licensing requirements. Address labels have different purposes: Main is the primary address on file, License Mailing receives correspondence about the license, and License Location identifies the physical place of business. These distinctions help interpret the record without confusing a contact, mailing address or application with the licensed person or business.
Read the status shown
Evidence reviewedInterpret the exact label using this board’s reviewed meanings.
Select the exact label from the reviewed list below to read its meaning for this board.
Open a label to read its reviewed meaning for Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board. Without JavaScript, open the one you selected.
Current, Active
The contractor license is current and the contractor may practice within the license's scope of work.
Next: Confirm the credential type, scope and the name match before relying on this label. Only Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) can confirm a record’s current standing.
Current, Inactive
The contractor license is current, but the contractor is not actively practicing in the construction profession.
Next: Confirm the credential type, scope and the name match before relying on this label. Only Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) can confirm a record’s current standing.
Delinquent, Active
The license was active before expiration but was not renewed by the deadline; the contractor may not practice until the status is updated.
Next: Do not treat this record as current authorization. Ask Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) what the record means for the work you are planning.
Delinquent, Inactive
The license was inactive before expiration and was not renewed by the deadline.
Next: Do not treat this record as current authorization. Ask Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) what the record means for the work you are planning.
Null and Void
Generally the contractor must restart the licensure process; a certified contractor must retake the state contractor examination.
Next: Confirm the credential type, scope and the name match before relying on this label. Only Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) can confirm a record’s current standing.
No matching record was found
Check which type of status you are reading before concluding that a record permits work. DBPR uses Expired for an expired application, while Delinquent, Lic Expired and Invol. Inactive mean the license was not renewed on time. Its secondary Inactive status means licensing requirements are met but work under that license is not allowed; returning to active status requires notifying the department and completing outstanding requirements. Primary, Alternate and Related are name types, not separate licenses: the legal name, an additional name such as a DBA, and a correspondence contact respectively. Main, mailing and location addresses can also differ. Use those labels to distinguish a naming or address difference from the license’s actual status.
Next: Re-check the input format and search scope described above, then ask Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395). A missing result is a question for the authority, not a finding about the person or business’s licensing.
My result uses a label that is not listed here
We have not reviewed that label for Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board. Do not borrow a meaning from another board or guess. Use the authority’s own glossary or ask Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) what the label means before relying on the record.
I could not reach or use the official search
The official search may be temporarily unavailable or may have changed. Try again later or contact Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395). Leave this worksheet unresolved; an unavailable search says nothing about the person or business.
Check where the credential applies
Evidence reviewedConfirm the credential covers the place and kind of work.
Compare the credential’s documented scope with where and what the work will be. Multistate or local limits are described below.
A Florida certified contractor license permits work throughout Florida; a state registration based on a local county or city contracting license limits practice to that jurisdiction and adjoining areas that accept the registration. These are different geographic permissions. For out-of-state applicants, the Construction Industry Licensing Board offers endorsement and reciprocity routes, each subject to its requirements and approval. Reciprocity applicants must use an agreement that applies to their state and license, submit CILB 32, and obtain certification from the home state showing good standing. Endorsement is not guaranteed, and an application fee is nonrefundable if the Board denies the application. Applicants relying on ten years of out-of-state licensure should apply for the same license level and provide documentation of permitted work scope; a license held in a business name also requires proof of who took the exam and served as qualifier. Division I and roofing endorsement or reciprocity applicants must also complete a two-hour Florida Building Code course that includes wind-mitigation techniques.
Note follow-up checks
Evidence reviewedRecord what still needs an answer from the authority or the licensee.
Insurance, bonding and disciplinary history are separate questions. This site has no reviewed evidence on them for Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board; a license record does not prove insurance.
Ask the receiving state which verification it requires before requesting a Florida Certificate of Licensure. For a Florida construction-industry license, sign in to DBPR Online Services and select Request License Certification from the License Menu. Complete the application and pay $25 by credit card or electronic check. DBPR creates a copy of the license record and mails it directly to the address entered in the transaction. Allow 10 business days for the other state to receive the document. An email copy is also sent to you for your records. If certification is needed for more than one state, repeat the application and pay the $25 fee for each request.
- Insurance
- Ask the person or business for a current certificate of insurance and confirm it with the insurer. Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board records reviewed here do not show insurance.
- Bonding
- Ask Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) whether a bond is required for this credential and where it can be confirmed. No reviewed evidence on this site covers it.
- Disciplinary history
- Ask Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) how it publishes public disciplinary actions. This site does not collect or republish disciplinary records.
Worksheet
What you report having checked
Worksheet date . Self-reported by the person using this page. It records no name, license number, address or result page, and it is not a verification of anyone.
- Prepare and run the official search
- Not yet reported
- Match the person or business to the record
- Not yet reported
- Confirm the credential type and scope
- Not yet reported
- Read the status shown
- Not yet reported
- Check where the credential applies
- Not yet reported
- Note follow-up checks
- Not yet reported
- Official result
- No result recorded
7 items still unresolved
Still to answer
- Insurance: Ask the person or business for a current certificate of insurance and confirm it with the insurer. Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board records reviewed here do not show insurance.
- Bonding: Ask Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) whether a bond is required for this credential and where it can be confirmed. No reviewed evidence on this site covers it.
- Disciplinary history: Ask Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board (850-487-1395) how it publishes public disciplinary actions. This site does not collect or republish disciplinary records.
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Provenance
Official sources used in this worksheet
- https://www.myfloridalicense.com/glossary.aspRetrieved 2026-09-05
- https://www.myfloridalicense.com/portalsearches/VerifyLicenseeRetrieved 2026-09-05
- https://www2.myfloridalicense.com/construction-industry/faqs/Retrieved 2026-09-03