Legal Question in Construction Law in Florida

Florida Statues (Title XXXII ) covers regulations of professions, chapter 481 specifically Architecture and design...

481.229 Exceptions, exemptions from licensure

(1) No person shall be reuquired to qualify as an architect in order to make plans and specifications for or supervise the erection, elargement, or alteration of:

(b) any one-family residence buidling, townhouse,...regardless of cost....

question;

local building officials often disregard this exemption and require a licensed architect on single family projects. As an architect licensed in another state, i am quite capable of providing plans, what action can i take to have the building official accept this exemption...


Asked on 8/24/09, 11:45 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sarah Grosse Sarah Grosse, Esquire

"No person shall be required" BY THE GOVERNMENT, not by private parties. Private parties could make you be licensed as an architect, have an MBA, CPA, JD, be a Rhodes Scholar, and paint your body blue before designing their house. It depend on who you are talking about when you say "building official."

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Answered on 8/25/09, 9:09 am


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