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Submission Requirements
for Contractor Licensing
The following document contains t he forms necessary for completion of the application
process.
Application Form/Instructions
Additional Documentation Required
Before mailing the required materials, please ensure
that all of the required documentation is enclosed.
Failure to submit all of the required supporting documentation
will result in a delay of the processing of your application.
- Furnish examination results, if applicable.
- If you are applying under anything other than
a sole proprietorship, please read the following
requirements and furnish the required information.
When the applicant proposes to engage in contracting
as a partnership, corporation, business trust or other
legal entity, the applicant shall furnish the name
of the partnership and its partners, or the name of
the corporation and its officers and directors, or
the name of the business trust and its trustee, or
the name of such other legal entity and its members.
Such documentation shall also show that the person
applying for the competency card is legally qualified
to act for the business organization in all matters
connected with its contracting business; and has the
authority to supervise construction undertaken by
such business organization.
The competency card, when issued upon application
of a business organization, shall be in the name of
such business organization and the name of the qualifying
individual(s) shall be noted thereon.
- Please furnish three (3) letters of recommendation,
with only one from any of the categories of persons
or entities. Such letters shall address the moral
character, experience, and other attributes of the
applicant that the author feels are important for
one in who public trust is placed. The categories
are: consumer, a county or city building department,
material man or material supply firm, architect or
engineer, saving & loan institution or other lender
involved in the construction loan business, licensed
contractor in any of the categories of Sumter County,
another county, or the State of Florida, or such other
persons or entities as approved by the Department
from time to time. Letters must be signed, dated,
and clearly state the author's name.
- Please furnish proof of financial responsibility
in the form of a credit report (not more than six
months old) from an acceptable agency. Such report
shall be on the individual applicant if qualifying
as an individual, and the business if qualifying as
a business organization, and shall indicate all credit
activity of record for the previous four (4) years.
Click here for a list of acceptable credit agencies.
Click the link below for DBPR recommended credit agencies
list: http://www.state.fl.us/dbpr/pro/cilb/agencies_credit.pdf
- Please furnish a completed and signed "Financial
Responsibility Applicant Statement". Please
click here to download the required Statement
of Financial Responsibility.
- Please furnish a certificate of insurance for
the required amounts for the license type applied
for.
- Please furnish a copy of your current Florida
Driver's License.
- Please furnish documentation of education (if
applicable) and/or certification
of experience.
For all contractor categories the applicant shall
have the following education/experience:
An associate degree from an accredited two-year college
in an appropriate field of engineering, architecture
or building construction (Please furnish a copy of
official college transcript or a copy of diploma)
and a minimum of two years of proven experience in
the category in which you seek to qualify.
OR
A minimum of four (4) years of active experience
as a workman who has learned his trade by serving
as an apprentice and skilled workman in his particular
trade for a minimum of one (1) year, or who has served
as foreman in charge of a group of workmen for a minimum
of one (1) year. Click here to download an experience
certification form. (PDF has been created).
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