Broward County
Broward County Central Examining Board of Construction Trades (Building Code Division)
In short
Broward County Central Examining Board of Construction Trades (Building Code Division) issues 1 permit we publish for Broward County, last verified 2026-09-28. Each carries the fee as the agency publishes it, with a link to the schedule it was read from.
What this agency issues
| Permit | Issuing agency | Fee | Renews | Last checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contractor Certificate of Competency (Broward Central Examining Board) | Broward County Central Examining Board of Construction Trades (Building Code Division) | The Central Examining Board publishes its own fee schedule for Certificates of Competency rather than fixing dollar amounts in the county code text itself. Licensing-exam-preparation guidance describing that schedule reports a $450 fee for a contractor application or renewal and a $225 fee for a journeyman application, effective after a January 1, 2025 increase. Confirm the current figure directly with the Central Examining Board (Broward County Building Code Division) before relying on either number. | renewal cycle length: confirm with Broward County Contractor Licensing | 2026-09-28 |
Fees shown as a range or formula are set that way by the issuing agency — we do not average them into a single number.
About each permit
Contractor Certificate of Competency (Broward Central Examining Board)
Broward runs its own county-level contractor licensing board, the Central Examining Board of Construction Trades, separate from state DBPR/CILB licensing — the same pattern Miami-Dade uses with its Construction Trades Qualifying Board. Anyone performing a regulated construction trade in Broward needs a Broward-issued Certificate of Competency in addition to any state license, and testing runs through Gainesville Independent Testing Services (GITS) or ProV, Inc. The Board registers and licenses individual tradespeople, verifies insurance and handles discipline countywide, reaching incorporated and unincorporated Broward alike. Dollar figures found for this license are moderate-confidence rather than directly read from a Broward-run page: licensing-exam-preparation sources describing the Board's fee schedule report $450 for a contractor application or renewal and $225 for a journeyman application, following a January 1, 2025 fee increase. Contact the Board directly at broward.org/Building/Contractors before paying based on those figures.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Broward County
- Phone
- Not verified — use the website
Contact details are taken from the agency’s own site or its published fee schedule. Where we have not verified a phone number we leave it blank rather than guess.
Sources
Every fee and term above was read from one of these government pages on the date shown.
- Broward County Code of OrdinancesMunicode / Broward County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Central Examining Board of General and Building ContractorsBroward County · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Get a License — contractor licensing overviewBroward County Central Examining Board of Construction Trades · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
Other offices serving Broward County
- Broward County Consumer Protection Division
- Broward County Resilient Environment Department, Environmental Permitting Division (EPD)
- Broward County Planning and Development Management Division (Building Services and Zoning)
- Broward County Childcare Licensing and Enforcement Section (Consumer Protection Division)
- Broward County Tax Collector, Local Business Tax Section
- Broward County Water and Wastewater Services, Industrial Pretreatment Program
- Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) Fire Rescue, Fire Prevention Bureau
- Florida Department of Health in Broward County
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