Polk County
Polk County Office of Planning and Development, Building Division
In short
Polk County Office of Planning and Development, Building Division issues 2 permits we publish for Polk County, last verified 2026-10-06. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Building Permit (Unincorporated Polk)only if it applies to you | Polk County Office of Planning and Development, Building Division | Commercial/industrial building permit, by valuation of the work (Resolution No. 17-025, Exhibit A): up to $12,000, $102.00; then rising in $1,000 bands to $361.62 for $49,001 to $50,000; $50,001 to $100,000, $361.62 plus $6.94 per $1,000 or fraction over $50,000; $100,001 to $500,000, $708.40 plus $4.96 per $1,000 over $100,000; $500,001 to $1,000,000, $2,695.60 plus $2.70 per $1,000 over $500,000; $1,000,001 and up, $4,041.10 plus $1.44 per $1,000 over $1,000,000. The residential table starts at $85.00 up to $12,000 of valuation. | per permit | 2026-10-06 |
| Contractor Certificate of Competency and County Registration (Unincorporated Polk) | Polk County Office of Planning and Development, Building Division | County Code Sec. 5-308 authorizes the building official to collect application processing, certification, renewal, delinquency, inactive, transfer and reciprocity fees, "the amount of which shall be established from time to time by resolution of the commission." The code text states no amounts, and this record gives none. Contact the Building Division's contractor licensing office for the current fee. | County Code Sec. 5-305 makes a certificate of competency issued by the county board valid for one year, October 1 to September 30; the Building Division's registration form PD BLD 32 (revised June 2026) describes a two-year registration renewed in odd-numbered years with the license renewal | 2026-10-06 |
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
Building Permit (Unincorporated Polk)
The county's Building Permits page links the Construction Fee Schedule, Resolution No. 17-025, adopted by the Board of County Commissioners on April 18, 2017 and effective July 3, 2017. That resolution reaffirms the Growth Management/Building Inspection fees of Resolution No. 07-099-A (September 12, 2007), as amended by Resolution No. 07-116 (October 10, 2007), changes commercial electrical, plumbing and gas permits to contract-value fees, and states in Exhibit A that all construction permit fees are due at permit issuance. The building permit fee is a building-permit-only fee based on the valuation of the work, with a commercial/industrial table starting at $102.00 and a residential table starting at $85.00 for work valued up to $12,000. County Code Sec. 5-12 describes the county's construction code amendments as providing for safe construction of any building in the unincorporated areas of the county. Applications run through the Polk County Access Portal. A business doing a build-out or new construction should confirm the permitting authority for its address, since a site inside a municipality falls under that municipality's own building department.
Contractor Certificate of Competency and County Registration (Unincorporated Polk)
County Code Sec. 5-302(a) requires any person or firm engaged in business as a contractor, or working as a journeyman, as required by applicable building regulations in the unincorporated areas of the county, to hold a certificate of competency issued by the county board, the state Construction Industry Licensing Board or the state Electrical Contractors' Licensing Board before engaging in business. Sec. 5-302(b) sets a minimum passing grade of 75 percent on the board's examination, and Sec. 5-302(e)(5) requires a bond of $5,000.00 payable to the county. The Building Division's State Registered and County Specialty Registration Form, PD BLD 32, lists what a registrant files: a construction waste and setback acknowledgment, general liability and workers' compensation insurance certificates, a $5,000 surety bond and, for a first registration, a letter of reciprocity from the sponsoring municipality, with a minimum score of 75 percent on the business law and trade examinations. Sec. 5-308 leaves the fee amounts to resolution of the Board of County Commissioners, so this record states no amount. Contact the Building Division at (863) 534-6530 or contractorlicensing@polkfl.gov.
Contact
- Jurisdiction
- Polk County
- Phone
- (863) 534-6530
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.
- Polk County Building Permits (links the Construction Fee Schedule)Polk County, Florida · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
- Polk County Code of Ordinances, Ch. 5 (Contractors and Construction), incl. Sec. 5-12 and Art. XI Contractor Licensing, Secs. 5-301 to 5-309Polk County, Florida, via Municode Library · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
- Resolution No. 17-025 (adopted April 18, 2017, effective July 3, 2017), amending Resolution 07-099-A, with Exhibit A Construction Fee SchedulePolk County Board of County Commissioners · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
- State Registered and County Specialty Registration Form, PD BLD 32 (revised June 2026)Polk County Office of Planning and Development, Building Division · primary source · retrieved 2026-10-06
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