Contractors Must Comply With Local Licensing Requirements

 Recent legislative changes allow contractors to perform work even if they are not certified and registered, but only in those localities where the local licensing ordinances also do not require them to be certified and registered. Therefore, contractors must be sure that they are in compliance with not only the Florida Statutes, but also with the license requirements of the municipality they are working in.

According to the Florida Statute Section 489.113(2), persons who are not certified and registered can perform construction work, if they are supervised by a person who is certified or registered, and if the work is within the scope of the supervisor’s license.

However, this section does not exempt uncertified and unregistered contractors from complying with local licensing ordinances.

For those persons performing construction work in Miami-Dade County, for example, Miami-Dade Municipal Code Section 10-2 requires them to obtain and maintain their license at the time of the contract and throughout the construction period. As a result, in Miami-Dade, even if a contractor is supervised by a person who is certified or registered, they still must have and maintain their own license from the beginning until the end of the contract.

 

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