Renewing a Florida Contractor License

Is your Florida contractor’s license up for renewal? Do you know how to renew it? If not, this article is for you. As a Florida contractor licensing company, we wanted to share with you how to go about renewing your Florida contractor license so you can continue to work and keep your business up and running.

In order to renew a license, you need to pay a renewal fee and complete a continuing education course (CEU) or courses, depending on your license.

As a registered Florida contractor, you can login to the Florida’s Department of Business & Professional Regulation (DBPR)’s website where you can update your profile, attach documents, check your application status, renew a license, make a payment, view your educational history, and work on incomplete submissions.

If you are not registered with the DBPR online or you need a new account, click here for a tutorial on how to create your account and how to link your contractor license to the online account.

Here are the steps to renew your contractor license online:

  1. Click on the license that you like to renew.
  2. Select “Renew” from the options shown.
  3. A disclaimer screen explaining CEU information will pop up. Read it, then select “Next.”
  4. A screen with your name, birthday and SSN will pop up. Select “Next.”
  5. A screen with your main address will pop up. If you need to change the address, click the “Main Address” button, and you can update it. If you’d like to add an additional address (license location, license mailing) or add a new phone number, click “Add.” Otherwise, click “Next.”
  6. A summary page will pop up to conform any changes. It will provide the information about to be saved into the system. Read this page. If it looks good, select “Next.” Otherwise, select “Previous” to go back and make any changes.
  7. Complete the Attest Statement by selecting “Yes,” followed by “Submit.”
  8. A payment screen will pop up showing the price of your renewal. Click “Pay Now” to complete the transaction or click “Submit Additional Applications” if you have more than one license that needs to be renewed.
    1. You can pay by credit card or electronic check. Once you have entered the proper information, select “Next.” Your card will be processed and a confirmation number will be provided for you.

As of 2018, the current two-year license renewal fee is $209 for both certified and registered contractors. For your educational requirements, Florida says contractors to complete 14 hours of board-approved CEU hours for each two-year renewal cycle. A contractor must complete at least one hour about workplace safety, one hour on worker’s compensation, one hour on business practices, one hour on Florida laws and rules, two hours of false alarm prevention, and one hour on Florida Building Code advanced modules.  Seven course hours will come from the specific type of technical contracting work you do.

You can take your continuing education courses online or in the classroom based on your schedule and needs. The following places offer courses:

 

Gold Coast Schoolswww.goldcoastschools.com

 
Red Vectorwww.redvector.com

 

If you need additional help renewing your Florida contractor license, our team would love to help. Click our Florida Contractor License contact page to learn more and reach us or call us at 239-777-1028. We help people get their licenses fast!

 

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