Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County Construction Industry Licensing Board, Contractors Certification Division
In short
Palm Beach County Construction Industry Licensing Board, Contractors Certification Division issues 1 permit we publish for Palm Beach 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Contractor Certificate of Competency | Palm Beach County Construction Industry Licensing Board, Contractors Certification Division | Assessed per trade and application type (initial certification, renewal, reciprocity) by the Contractors Certification Division under a fee schedule maintained by the Construction Industry Licensing Board, rather than a single amount fixed in the enabling special act itself. | renewal cycle set by the Contractors Certification Division; not itemized on the Division's contractor regulation pages cited here | 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
County Contractor Certificate of Competency
Palm Beach County's Construction Industry Licensing Board (CILB), created by special act in 1967, issues its own county-level Certificate of Competency countywide — a credential distinct from and in addition to state DBPR/CILB contractor licensing — for a list of construction trades. Effective July 1, 2025, Florida HB 735 (2021) and HB 1383 (2023) preempted several trade scopes from county-level licensing entirely, including painting, flooring, cabinetry, interior remodeling, handyman work, driveway and tennis-court work, decorative stone and tile, plastering, stuccoing, caulking, canvas awning work, and ornamental iron; the county retains authority over journeyman plumbing, pipefitting, mechanical/HVAC, and electrical/alarm licenses. The county's own currently-published trade list was compiled before this preemption took effect and still names several now-preempted trades, so a contractor should confirm with the Contractors Certification Division which trade certificates PBC still administers, rather than relying on that list alone, before applying.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Palm Beach 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.
- Bill analysis referencing the 2025 state preemption of local contractor trade licensing (HB 735/2021, HB 1383/2023)Florida Senate · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Contractor certification trade standardsPalm Beach County PZB Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Contractor regulations — Certificate of Competency overviewPalm Beach County PZB Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
- Guide to protecting against unlicensed contractorsPalm Beach County PZB Department · primary source · retrieved 2026-09-28
Other offices serving Palm Beach County
- Palm Beach County Constitutional Tax Collector, Local Business Tax Section
- Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department, Zoning Division
- Palm Beach County Planning, Zoning & Building Department, Building Division
- Palm Beach County Public Safety Department, Animal Care and Control Division
- Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners, sitting as the Child Care Facilities Board (delegated to the Child Care Advisory Council, staffed by Florida DOH-Palm Beach)
- Palm Beach County Environmental Resources Management
- Palm Beach County Fire Rescue, Community Risk Reduction Division
- Palm Beach County Public Safety Department, Consumer Affairs Division
- Palm Beach County Water Utilities Department
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