What should I do if I received an expired application notice?
- Be aware of the date indicated on notice (see highlighted area in image above). If you do not submit an extension/cancellation form prior to date indicated on letter, your permit will be set to a VOID status.
What are my options now that my permit status is VOID?
- Submit a cancellation request if the work has/will not commence.
- Submit a new permit application.
What does a VOID status mean?
- You can no longer address any permit-related items, except for paying outstanding applicable fees.
What happens if there are outstanding applicable fees on my permit?
- If you are a licensed contractor, your license will be placed on hold until the balance is paid.
How do I remove a hold related to fees from my license?
- Pay the outstanding balance.
- Notify the BPRS section once the balance has been paid. Payment must be posted to permit, prior to license being taken off hold.
- To check the status of your payment, contact our cashiering department at 239-252-5119.
What if I still want to pursue the scope of work associated with my VOID permit?
- You will need to submit a new permit application?
What if I passed my rough inspections, and my permit has been set to VOID?
- You will need to submit a new permit application.
What if my permit was in a previous code cycle and now we are in a new code cycle?
- Plans will need to be brought up to current code cycle.
What if I passed some inspections, my permit was in a previous code cycle and now we are in a new code cycle?
- Plans will need to be brought up to current code cycle.
- Inspections passed within a previous code cycle will be grandfathered into your new permit application.
What about money I paid on my now VOID permit?
- If you choose to pursue the scope of work, we will transfer certain fees to your new permit application.
- If you choose not to pursue the scope of work, we may refund certain fees, if a refund for the fees is applicable.
- Refer to section ‘FF’ of our fee schedule for refund process.
Will my new permit application supersede my VOID permit?
- Plans will need to be compared to determine if new permit application truly supersedes a VOID permit.
- Writing “Reapplication of permit #” on a new permit application does not guarantee an automatic cancellation of a VOID permit.
What if I didn’t receive an expired permit notice and my permit was still set to VOID?
- BPRS will send an expired permit notice to email indicated on permit application.
- For a licensed contractor, if no email is provided, the notice will be sent via USPS to address(es) indicated on the DBPR website.
- For an owner-builder, if no email is provided, the notice will be sent via USPS to address(es) indicated on the Property Appraiser’s website.
