It’s that time again. Florida contractors are entering the two-year renewal period for DBPR Construction Licenses. Many of you are being flooded with unsolicited emails, texts, and advertisements about license renewals, continuing education courses, and deadlines. It can be difficult to determine which messages are legitimate and whether you actually need additional continuing education hours.

Happy 4th of July! We will be closed Thurday, July 2nd for a medical procedure and then on July 3rd in observance of the 4th of July. The DBPR will be closed Friday, July 3rd, as well. We’ll still be completing credit report orders, but Robin will be resting for a couple of days after

The DBPR’s online application status inquiry page may look similar to the example shown above. Unfortunately, the DBPR does not provide a legend, key, or clear instructions explaining what each status means. Before you order additional credit reports or schedule a new fingerprint appointment based solely on what you see on the website, please call

The DBPR’s Application Status Inquiry page is a massive source of confusion for applicants. The website will initally show a lot of “deficiencies” (in red in the graphic below) which looks really alarming. But in reality, it is more than likely that the DBPR staff member assigned to your application has not gotten that far

The Florida Division of Corporations site will be undergoing maintenance this coming weekend. Scheduled maintenance window: September 26th @ 5PM through September 29th @ 8AM ET Services online services and filings that will be unavailable:

Business Identity Theft: Withthin the last couple of months, two of our clients have had their business information on Sunbiz (www.SUNBIZ.org) changed by unknown persons. It could be nefarious, it could be a matter of someone making a typo and copying/pasting document numbers. One gentleman had a person added to his AC company as Vice