PERMITS AUTOMATED
Platform Features

What You Get With Permits Automated

A complete permit filing system for Florida homeowners and contractors. Save your information once, generate accurate permit packets in minutes.

For Homeowners

Your properties. Your contractors. One place.

Save your properties with all permit-relevant details. When you need a permit, everything pre-fills — no re-entering the same address and parcel ID every time.

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Save Your Properties

Add all properties you own — each with a separate owner name, entity type (individual, LLC, trust), parcel ID, flood zone, and mailing address. When you start a new permit, pick the property and everything pre-fills automatically.

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Multiple Owner Entities

Own properties under different names, LLCs, or trusts? Each saved property tracks its own owner entity. Your roof permit for the rental LLC uses different owner info than your personal residence.

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Save Preferred Contractors

Save the contractors and trade specialists you work with regularly — plumber, electrician, HVAC, roofer. When you start a permit, load them in one click instead of re-entering every time.

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Upload Contracts & Documents

Upload your signed contract or scope of work PDF. AI reads it and fills your property address, parcel ID, contractor info, project description, cost, and more — automatically. No retyping what's already on paper.

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AI-Generated Permit Packet

After you describe your project, AI generates every required county and city form — pre-filled with your information. The correct forms for your specific jurisdiction, not generic templates.

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Jurisdiction Auto-Detection

Enter your address. We detect whether you file with the city or the county — critical in areas like Englewood (Charlotte vs. Sarasota County) or Punta Gorda (city, not county). You never guess.

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Notarization Alerts

Before you download, we tell you exactly which forms require notarization and which pages need a notary signature — so you're not surprised after printing.

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Document History

Every permit packet you've generated is saved. Download again any time, no re-entry needed.

For Contractors

Pull permits faster. Keep everything organized.

Your license, your subs, your insurance — saved in your profile. Upload a contract and the permit application fills itself. The correct forms for every Charlotte County jurisdiction, current versions.

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Saved Business Profile

Enter your business name, qualifier name, Florida license number and type, business address, and city certificate number once. Every permit you generate pulls from your profile automatically.

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License Auto-Fill

Your CGC, CAC, CCC, EC, or CFC license number pre-fills on every permit application. Your qualifier name goes in every signature line. You never retype your own license again.

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Saved Subcontractor List

Save your regular subs by trade — HVAC, Electric, Plumbing, Roofing, Gas. Select which subs are on a given job and their info fills the subcontractor worksheet automatically.

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Insurance Certificates on File

Upload your COI (general liability) and workers comp certificate to your profile. Permits Automated knows they're on file and won't flag them as missing when reading your contracts.

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Subcontractor Insurance Tracking

Each saved sub has their own insurance cert upload. Know at a glance which subs have current certs on file — critical for Charlotte County permit applications.

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Contract Upload & Auto-Fill

Upload the signed contract. AI extracts the property address, owner info, scope of work, project value, parcel ID, and sub information. Your questionnaire fills itself from the contract you already have.

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Permit Packet by Jurisdiction

The correct forms for Charlotte County unincorporated, City of Punta Gorda, or wherever the job is. We maintain current form versions so you never submit an outdated PDF to the building department.

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Multi-Property Workflow

Pull permits for multiple clients and addresses without mixing up information. Each permit is tied to a specific property and packet.

Florida Licensing

How Qualifier Licensing Works in Florida

What a Qualifying Agent Is

In Florida, a "qualifying agent" is the licensed individual whose state license a company uses to pull permits. For example, if Suncoast Premier Remodeling LLC holds license CGC1534872 in the name of Matthew Cortes, then Matthew Cortes is the qualifier. His license number goes on every permit application and he is legally responsible for all work performed under that license.

Who Can Submit the Paperwork

The qualifier does not have to personally submit every permit application. Office staff, a permit runner, or an admin assistant can handle the filing — but the qualifier's name and license number must appear on the application, and the qualifier remains legally responsible for the project.

Permits Automated and Qualifiers

When you add your contractor profile, you enter both your business name and your qualifier name separately. Both appear on permit forms as required by Florida law. If someone on your staff submits permits on your behalf, that's fine — your qualifier info is what the county needs.

⚠️ License Lending is Illegal

A common misconception: a plumber cannot "lend" their license number to a general contractor who wants to pull a plumbing permit without a licensed plumber actually doing the work. This is called "license lending" and is prohibited under Florida Statute §489.129(1)(f). Both parties risk license revocation. What IS legal: the GC hires a licensed plumbing subcontractor, and that sub pulls their own sub-permit and performs the actual plumbing work. Permits Automated is built around this model — each sub's license is tracked separately and they are responsible for their own trade permits.

The Workflow

From signed contract to ready-to-submit packet

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Set Up Profile

Enter your info once — business, license, regular subs, insurance certs.

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Enter Address

We auto-detect whether it's Charlotte County or City of Punta Gorda.

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Upload Contract

AI reads the contract and pre-fills owner, contractor, scope, and cost.

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Review & Generate

Confirm details, select permit type, click generate. AI fills every form.

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Download & Submit

Get your complete packet with submission instructions for the county portal.

Ready to file your first permit?

$79 homeowner · $59 contractor. Charlotte County and Punta Gorda supported now.

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