Free tool · Permits
A property's permit history, in one search.
Look up the building permits on record for a Miami-Dade or Broward property: roof, pool, windows, electrical and plumbing, with each contractor's state license standing. Free, and no account needed.
Broward or Miami-Dade
Reading the record
What a permit history shows
The roof's paper trail
Re-roof permits show when roof work was permitted and whether it passed final inspection. A permit records permission for work, not the day a roof went on.
Open and expired permits
A permit left open for years can stall a closing or a claim. Sellers are asked about them, and buyers inherit them.
Who did the work
Each contractor on the record, with their state license standing and any possible disciplinary match, read from Florida's own license extracts.
Questions
Questions homeowners ask
Which cities does the permit search cover?
In Miami-Dade, the county's permit record covers unincorporated areas back to 1982 and county-issued permits everywhere, and the City of Miami's own feed is connected from 2012. Other Miami-Dade cities issue most permits through their own building departments, which aren't connected yet, and results there say so. In Broward, permits are issued city by city: we read every city that publishes a public data feed, and for the rest we tell you which city portal to check.
Why do building permits matter when buying or owning a home?
Permits are the property's paper trail: they show when the roof and other major work were permitted, whether the work passed inspection, and whether an old permit was left open or expired, which can stall a sale, a claim, or a new loan. Unpermitted work often surfaces at the worst possible moment.
What does the contractor license check tell me?
For every permit that names a contractor license, we read the license against Florida DBPR's published state extracts: current, expired, inactive, or flagged, plus any disciplinary records that are a possible match by license number. It's the state's own data, dated to the extract, and anything that matters should be verified on DBPR's portal.
Is this really free? What's the catch?
It's free and it's all public record: county permit feeds and state license extracts. The full home record (documents, inspections, a digital twin and the money checks) is free during the beta. The permit search is the public front door.
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