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Document Preparation & NOC
Applications get rejected for missing signatures, wrong forms and unrecorded notices. We prepare and assemble the paperwork so your submittal is complete when it reaches the reviewer.
Good permit document preparation in Florida is mostly about details. Every building department has its own application, its own list of supporting documents and its own rules about who must sign what. A submittal with an outdated form, an unsigned owner authorization or a contractor whose license information does not match can be returned before a plan reviewer ever opens the drawings.
Fast Pass Permits handles that paperwork as a standalone service or as part of a full permit. We prepare the forms, collect the signatures, verify the details and keep copies organized, so the application package matches what the jurisdiction expects.
Building and trade permit applications completed for the correct jurisdiction, with the scope, valuation and parties filled in consistently.
Checklists, affidavits, product approvals, surveys and other attachments the department requires, gathered into one package.
NOC forms prepared for owner signature, recorded with the county and copied for the job site and the building department.
Letters and forms authorizing a contractor or agent to act on the owner’s behalf, in the format the department accepts.
Checks of contractor licenses and status before they are listed on an application.
Coordinating notarized signatures and retrieving recorded documents, permit cards and approved plans.
A Notice of Commencement is a document recorded in the county’s official records that identifies the property, the owner, the contractor and others involved in an improvement. It is part of Florida’s Construction Lien Law, and the form is set out in section 713.13, Florida Statutes.
Requirements and formats vary by county, so we confirm the local rules for each property. Because the NOC affects lien rights, owners with legal questions about it should talk to a Florida attorney.
We are a permit expediting firm, not a law firm and not a contractor. We prepare and file documents at your direction, and the permit is held by your licensed contractor or by you as owner-builder where permitted.
Under section 713.135, Florida Statutes, a copy of the recorded NOC must be filed with the building department before the first inspection when the direct contract is greater than $5,000. For repair or replacement of an existing heating or air-conditioning system, the threshold is $15,000.
The owner. Section 713.13 says the owner must sign and that no one else may sign in the owner’s stead, so a contractor or permit agent cannot sign it for you. When the owner is a company, the form provides for signature by an authorized officer, director, partner or manager. The signature is notarized.
Unless the form states a different expiration date, the notice expires one year after recording. It also becomes void if the work does not actually begin within 90 days after recording, in which case a new notice is needed.
In the official records of the county where the property is located, through the clerk’s office. Some counties, including Miami-Dade, accept electronic recording through approved vendors. A certified copy is posted at the job site and a copy is filed with the building department.
State-licensed contractors can be looked up on the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s license search. Some trades are also licensed locally, so we check the license that applies to the work and jurisdiction before it goes on an application.
Tell us what you are filing and where. We will send a flat-rate quote for preparing and recording the documents.