Florida building permit plan submission requirements (2026)

“Online (electronic) permit submission is now required for all permit types.”

“Online (electronic) permit submission is now required for all permit types.”

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“Online (electronic) permit submission is now required for all permit types.”

“Plans that are digitally signed and sealed cannot be password protected.”

“Digital signatures must comply with Florida Statutes Chapter 481 and Florida Administrative Rule 61G1-16.005 for Architects or Florida Statutes Chapter 471 and Florida Administrative Code Rule 61G15-23.003 for Engineers.”

“If, during your permit application process, you opted to submit your plans electronically, you would have received an e-mail from eplans@miamigov.com with an “Applicant Upload Task.””

“If, during your permit application process, you opted to submit your plans electronically, you would have received an e-mail from eplans@miamigov.com with an “Applicant Upload Task.””

“Understanding ePlan and ProjectDox”

“If, during your permit application process, you opted to submit your plans electronically, you would have received an e-mail from eplans@miamigov.com with an “Applicant Upload Task.””

“8.5 x 11 plan requires a 2×2 blank (empty) area”

“11 x 17 plan requires a 3×3 blank (empty) area”

“24 x 36 plan requires a 4.5 x 4.5 (empty) area”

“30×42 plan requires a 4.5×4.5 (empty) area.”

“36×48 plan requires a 4.5×4.5 (empty) area.”

“When submitting revised plans, provide written responses to each issue on the record and upload only the corrected sheets.”

“When submitting revised plans, provide written responses to each issue on the record and upload only the corrected sheets.”

“Review System and Digital Plan Room are seamlessly integrated into the Accela Citizen Access (ACA) Portal”

“Building plans must be signed and sealed by a Florida licensed Architect or Engineer.”

“Corrected sheets must still have third party verified digital signatures in order to upload the corrections.”

“Any Certificate Authorities not listed in our Guide to Digital Signatures that are certified by either GSA's FPKI and/or the WebTrust Consortium will be acceptable to the City of Tampa.”

“DocuSign , is a secure signing service and is not recognized as a third party certificate authority”

“You can submit your plans online for the City of Orlando to review after your permit application has been processed.”

“Once logged into ProjectDox, you'll find an Applicant Upload task for submitting your plans and documents.”

“You can submit your plans online for the City of Orlando to review after your permit application has been processed.”

“Once logged into ProjectDox, you'll find an Applicant Upload task for submitting your plans and documents.”

“Be dimensioned and drawn to scale.”

“A third-party verified digital signature or seal is needed for plans requiring sign and seal”

“Include a third-party verified signature of a Florida-registered architect or engineer, along with any other required supporting documents.”

“The Guidelines for electronic plan package submittal shall dictate required documentation, procedures, data, naming conventions and file formats for e-plan (electronic) processing. The permit applicant shall provide the entire electronic plan package.”

“The Guidelines for electronic plan package submittal shall dictate required documentation, procedures, data, naming conventions and file formats for e-plan (electronic) processing. The permit applicant shall provide the entire electronic plan package.”

“Plan pages shall be accepted only in 24” x 36” standard format.”

“Supporting documents shall be accepted in 8 ½”" x 11”-page size.”

“All plan pages must contain a scale.”

“documents must be signed and sealed electronically where required.”

“Original Digitally stamped signed and sealed plans.”

“The permit applicant is responsible for delivering a certified paper job copy of the plan set and all applicable paperwork to the job site.”

“The printed job copy must contain the City of Port St. Lucie stamps and signatures from required plans examiners.”

“Effective November 1, 2023, all requests for electronic plan review will be handled through the online portal at Building & Permitting and no longer require a preliminary prescreen by staff through email.”

“Effective November 1, 2023, all requests for electronic plan review will be handled through the online portal at Building & Permitting and no longer require a preliminary prescreen by staff through email.”

“horizontal 24” x 36” sheet file or horizontal 11” x 17” sheet file for smaller scale jobs”

“Each sheet MUST be digitally signed/sealed. If we are not able to verify the digital signature an Electronic Signature Affidavit should be attached.”

“Each sheet MUST be digitally signed/sealed.”

“We will no longer accept or process paper documents related to any application submitted on or after the date listed above.”

“EFFECTIVE Monday, March 20, 2023”

“Due to statutory requirements for Owner/Builders to appear, this requirement does not apply to Owner/Builder applications at this time.”

“We will no longer accept or process paper documents related to any application submitted on or after the date listed above.”

“EFFECTIVE Monday, March 20, 2023”

“Due to statutory requirements for Owner/Builders to appear, this requirement does not apply to Owner/Builder applications at this time.”

“We will no longer accept or process paper documents related to any application submitted on or after the date listed above.”

“EFFECTIVE Monday, March 20, 2023”

“Due to statutory requirements for Owner/Builders to appear, this requirement does not apply to Owner/Builder applications at this time.”

“Document dimensions: must be minimum of 11” x 17” and not to exceed 36” x 48””

“All drawings and supporting documents in the commercial package must be in PDF format, digitally signed & sealed,”

“Third-Party verified Digital Signature & Seals are required on all structural, mechanical, electric, and plumbing pages within the submission packet.”

“Whichever size documents are submitted must be the same size on the jobsite, reduction in sizing from 11×17 to 8 ½ x 11 is no longer accepted by Inspectors.”

“hereby authorize the electronic submittal of plans and construction documents in lieu of hardcopy signed and sealed plans”

“I affirm that the electronic copy submitted is an exact and accurate duplicate of the complete hardcopy set of the plans signed and sealed by the undersigned.”

“With that goal in mind, we created our Customer Permit Portal and ePlan Review for electronic submittal and review of all development permits.”

“While applications are now only accepted online, the old applications and forms are available for reference only.”

“The ePlan Review site will allow you to browse your files on your computer and begin the upload process of required documentation and/or plans.”

“With that goal in mind, we created our Customer Permit Portal and ePlan Review for electronic submittal and review of all development permits.”

“While applications are now only accepted online, the old applications and forms are available for reference only.”

“The ePlan Review site will allow you to browse your files on your computer and begin the upload process of required documentation and/or plans.”

“While applications are now only accepted online, the old applications and forms are available for reference only.”

“One of the biggest changes with the adoption of ePlan Review is that you will no longer receive paper stamped copies of your approved plans, certificates, or letters.”

“Floor Plan – ¼” scale”

“Each drawing prepared by a Florida licensed architect and/or engineer must have a digital signature issued by a certificate authority and must be issued to the architect or engineer; OR a Digitally Signed and Notarized Original Documentation Affidavit must be submitted for all originally signed and sealed documents without digital signatures.”