Fla. Stat. 489.124
Business records requirements; address of record; service


(1)

All contractors who are registered or certified pursuant to this chapter shall maintain complete financial and business records for the immediately preceding 3 years. The business and financial records to be maintained shall include minutes of corporate meetings, business contacts, telephone records, insurance policies, letters of complaint, notices received from government entities, bank statements, canceled checks, records of accounts receivable and payable, financial statements, loan documents, tax returns, and all other business and financial records the contractor maintains in the regular course of business.

(2)

Each certificateholder or registrant of the department shall be solely responsible for notifying the department in writing of the certificateholder’s or registrant’s current mailing address and phone number. If the mailing address is not the certificateholder’s or registrant’s physical address, the certificateholder or registrant shall also supply the physical address.A certificateholder’s or registrant’s failure to notify the department of a change of address or phone number shall constitute a violation of this section.The certificateholder or registrant shall be responsible for retaining proof that the certificateholder or registrant has notified the department of the certificateholder’s or registrant’s current address of record.

(a)

A certificateholder’s or registrant’s failure to notify the department of a change of address or phone number shall constitute a violation of this section.

(b)

The certificateholder or registrant shall be responsible for retaining proof that the certificateholder or registrant has notified the department of the certificateholder’s or registrant’s current address of record.

(3)

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, service by regular mail to a certificateholder’s or registrant’s address of record shall constitute adequate and sufficient notice to the certificateholder or registrant for any official communication to the certificateholder or registrant by the board or the department, except when other service is required pursuant to the provisions of s. 455.224 or s. 455.225.

Source: Section 489.124 — Business records requirements; address of record; service, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0489.­124 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

489.13
Unlicensed contracting
489.101
Purpose
489.103
Exemptions
489.105
Definitions
489.107
Construction Industry Licensing Board
489.108
Rulemaking authority
489.109
Fees
489.111
Licensure by examination
489.113
Qualifications for practice
489.114
Evidence of workers’ compensation coverage
489.115
Certification and registration
489.116
Inactive and delinquent status
489.117
Registration
489.118
Certification of registered contractors
489.119
Business organizations
489.121
Emergency registration upon death of contractor
489.124
Business records requirements
489.125
Prequalification of certificateholders
489.126
Moneys received by contractors
489.127
Prohibitions
489.128
Contracts entered into by unlicensed contractors unenforceable
489.129
Disciplinary proceedings
489.131
Applicability
489.132
Prohibited acts by unlicensed principals
489.133
Pollutant storage systems specialty contractors
489.134
Authority of licensed job scope
489.140
Florida Homeowners’ Construction Recovery Fund
489.141
Conditions for recovery
489.142
Board powers relating to recovery
489.143
Payment from the fund
489.144
Investment of the fund
489.145
Guaranteed energy, water, and wastewater performance savings contracting
489.146
Privatization of services
489.147
Prohibited property insurance practices
489.1131
Credit for relevant military training and education
489.1136
Medical gas certification
489.1195
Responsibilities
489.1401
Legislative intent
489.1402
Homeowners’ Construction Recovery Fund
489.1425
Duty of contractor to notify residential property owner of recovery fund
489.1455
Journeyman

Current through Fall 2025

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