Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 489 - Contracting

489.115 - Certification and registration; endorsement; reciprocity; renewals; continuing education. - (1) No person may engage in the business of contracting...

489.116 - Inactive and delinquent status; renewal and cancellation notices. - (1) A certificateholder or registrant may not engage in contracting...

489.117 - Registration; specialty contractors. - (1)(a) Any person engaged in the business of a contractor...

489.118 - Certification of registered contractors; grandfathering provisions. - (1) Currently holds a valid registered local license in one...

489.119 - Business organizations; qualifying agents. - (1) If an individual proposes to engage in contracting in...

489.1195 - Responsibilities. - (1) A qualifying agent is a primary qualifying agent unless...

489.121 - Emergency registration upon death of contractor. - History.—ss. 10, 17, ch. 79-200; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318;...

489.124 - Business records requirements; address of record; service. - (1) All contractors who are registered or certified pursuant to...

489.125 - Prequalification of certificateholders. - History.—ss. 10, 17, ch. 79-200; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318;...

489.126 - Moneys received by contractors. - (1) For purposes of this section, the term “contractor” includes...

489.127 - Prohibitions; penalties. - (1) No person shall: (a) Falsely hold himself or herself...

489.128 - Contracts entered into by unlicensed contractors unenforceable. - (1) As a matter of public policy, contracts entered into...

489.129 - Disciplinary proceedings. - (1) The board may take any of the following actions...

489.13 - Unlicensed contracting; notice of noncompliance; fine; authority to issue or receive a building permit; web page. - (1) Any person performing an activity requiring licensure under this...

489.131 - Applicability. - (1) This part applies to all contractors, including, but not...

489.132 - Prohibited acts by unlicensed principals; investigation; hearing; penalties. - (1) No uncertified or unregistered person associated with a contracting...

489.133 - Pollutant storage systems specialty contractors; definitions; certification; restrictions. - (1) As used in this part: (a) “Registered internal pollutant...

489.134 - Authority of licensed job scope. - History.—s. 35, ch. 90-228; s. 11, ch. 91-201; s. 4,...

489.140 - Florida Homeowners’ Construction Recovery Fund. - History.—s. 21, ch. 93-166; s. 31, ch. 98-419; s. 38,...

489.1401 - Legislative intent. - (1) It is the intent of the Legislature that actions...

489.1402 - Homeowners’ Construction Recovery Fund; definitions. - (1) The following definitions apply to ss. 489.140-489.144: (a) “Arbitration”...

489.141 - Conditions for recovery; eligibility. - (1) A claimant is eligible to seek recovery from the...

489.142 - Board powers relating to recovery; conduct of hearings and service. - (1) With respect to actions for recovery from the recovery...

489.1425 - Duty of contractor to notify residential property owner of recovery fund. - (1) Each agreement or contract for repair, restoration, improvement, or...

489.143 - Payment from the fund. - (1) The fund shall be disbursed as provided in s....

489.144 - Investment of the fund. - History.—s. 21, ch. 93-166; s. 509, ch. 2003-261; s. 8,...

489.145 - Guaranteed energy, water, and wastewater performance savings contracting. - (1) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the “Guaranteed...

489.1455 - Journeyman; reciprocity; standards. - (1) Counties and municipalities are authorized to issue journeyman licenses...

489.146 - Privatization of services. - History.—s. 16, ch. 97-228; s. 85, ch. 2005-2; s. 74,...

489.147 - Prohibited property insurance practices. - (1) As used in this section, the term: (a) “Prohibited...

Part II - Electrical and Alarm System Contracting (Ss. 489.501-489.538)

489.501 - Purpose. - History.—ss. 1, 17, ch. 79-272; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318;...

489.503 - Exemptions. - (1) Any employee of a certificateholder, registrant, or business organization...

489.505 - Definitions. - (1) “Alarm system” means any electrical device, signaling device, or...

489.507 - Electrical Contractors’ Licensing Board. - (1) There is created in the department the Electrical Contractors’...

489.509 - Fees. - (1) The board, by rule, shall establish fees to be...

489.510 - Evidence of workers’ compensation coverage. - History.—s. 31, ch. 89-289; s. 1, ch. 90-192; s. 48,...

489.511 - Certification; application; examinations; endorsement. - (1)(a) Any person who is at least 18 years of...

489.513 - Registration; application; requirements. - (1) Any person engaged in the business of contracting in...

489.514 - Certification for registered contractors; grandfathering provisions. - (1) The board shall, upon receipt of a completed application,...

489.515 - Issuance of certificates; registrations. - (1)(a) The department shall issue a certificate to a person...

489.516 - Qualifications to practice; restrictions; prerequisites. - (1) Any person who desires to engage in electrical or...

489.5161 - Credit for relevant military training and education. - (1) The department shall provide a method by which honorably...

489.517 - Renewal of certificate or registration; continuing education. - (1) The department shall renew a certificate or registration upon...

489.518 - Alarm system agents. - (1) A licensed electrical or alarm system contractor may not...

489.5185 - Fire alarm system agents. - (1) A certified unlimited electrical contractor or licensed fire alarm...

489.519 - Inactive status. - (1) A certificate or registration that becomes inactive may be...

489.520 - Automated licensure status information system. - History.—s. 279, ch. 94-119.

489.521 - Business organizations; qualifying agents. - (1) If an individual proposes to engage in contracting as...

489.522 - Qualifying agents; responsibilities. - (1)(a) A qualifying agent is a primary qualifying agent unless...

489.523 - Emergency registration upon death of contractor. - History.—ss. 11, 17, ch. 79-272; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318;...

489.525 - Report to local building officials. - History.—ss. 11, 17, ch. 79-272; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318;...

489.529 - Alarm confirmation required. - (1) The intrusion/burglary alarm has a properly operating visual or...

489.530 - Audible alarms. - History.—s. 18, ch. 96-298; s. 7, ch. 2006-154.

489.531 - Prohibitions; penalties. - (1) A person may not: (a) Practice contracting unless the...

489.5315 - Proprietary electrical or alarm contractors. - History.—s. 4, ch. 97-122; s. 43, ch. 2009-195.

489.532 - Contracts entered into by unlicensed contractors unenforceable. - (1) As a matter of public policy, contracts entered into...

489.533 - Disciplinary proceedings. - (1) The following acts shall constitute grounds for disciplinary actions...

489.5335 - Journeyman; reciprocity; standards. - (1) Counties and municipalities are authorized to issue journeyman licenses...

489.537 - Application of this part. - (1) This part applies to any contractor performing work for...

489.538 - Authority of licensed job scope. - History.—s. 37, ch. 90-228; s. 12, ch. 91-201; s. 4,...

Part III - Septic Tank Contracting (Ss. 489.551-489.558)

489.551 - Definitions. - (1) “Department” means the Department of Environmental Protection. (2) “Master...

489.552 - Registration required. - History.—ss. 2, 10, ch. 87-310; s. 4, ch. 91-429; s....

489.553 - Administration of part; registration qualifications; examination. - (1) Each person desiring to be registered pursuant to this...

489.554 - Registration renewal. - (1) The department shall prescribe by rule the method for...

489.555 - Certification of partnerships and corporations. - (1) The practice of or the offer to practice septic...

489.556 - Suspension or revocation of registration. - (1) Violated any provision of this part. (2) Violated any...

489.557 - Fees, establishment. - (1) The department shall, by rule, establish fees as follows:...

489.558 - Penalties and prohibitions. - (1) Any person who violates any provision of this part...

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Florida Statutes Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations Chapter 489 - Contracting

Florida Statutes
Title XXXII - Regulation of Professions and Occupations
Chapter 489 - Contracting