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How to Apply for a Volusia County Contractor's License

Contractor Application
Journeyman Application

For question about the application process, please contact county at the contact information below.

Volusia County Contractor Licensing
123 W. Indiana Av.,Room 203
DeLAND, FL. 32720
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West Volusia: 386-736-5957, option 2
Daytona Beach: 386-248-8158, option 2
New Smyrna Beach: 386-424-6828, option 2
Fax: 386-740-5215

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Application Checklist

Before submitting your application, make sure all the items below are completed.

  • Application filled out, signed and notarized
  • Picture (maximum 2” x 2”)
  • Copy of driver’s license
  • Three (3) letters of character reference notarized (not from relatives)
  • Application fee ($50.00)
  • Verification of time in the trade (letters or form must be notarized)
  • Credit report

Photo

One (1), clear, recent, close-up picture of applicant, (maximum 2" x 2"). A clear photocopy of your Drivers License.

Credit History

As part of this determination, each applicant shall provide a credit report from a nationally recognized credit agency that reflects the financial responsibility of the applicant which provides full, accurate, current, and complete information on the following items in a manner which allows the Contractor Licensing Manager to determine the credit worthiness of the applicant:

  • Payment history;
  • Credit rating;
  • Public filings in county, state and federal courts;
  • Bankruptcies, business history, suits, liens, and judgments, all on a nationwide basis;
  • Location of business, number of years in business,
  • Social security numbers, if available, of all corporate officers, owners and partners, and all federal employer identification numbers, if available, held by the applicant or any business entity that he currently qualifies or is applying to qualify, and
  • UCC filings.

A "nationally recognized credit agency" shall mean a credit agency that:
(a) Obtains credit information both within and outside the State of Florida;
(b) Validates, updates, and maintains the accuracy of credit information obtained, and,
(c) Obtains credit reports from at least two (2) credit bureaus.
All credit reports must be mailed directly to our office or may be mailed to the applicant but remain unopened by the credit reporting agency and be less than three (3) months old from the date of the application .
For purposes of this application, the phrase “financial responsibility” is defined as the ability to safeguard that the public will not sustain economic loss resulting from the contractor’s inability to pay his lawful contractual obligations.
The financial responsibility grounds on which the Contractor Licensing Manager shall refuse to qualify an applicant shall include:

(a) Failure to submit a credit report as provided for in this application;
(b) The existence, within the past five years preceding the application, of an unsatisfied court judgment rendered against the applicant based upon the failure of the applicant to pay its just obligations to parties with whom the applicant conducted business as a contractor;
(c) An unfavorable credit report or history as indicated by any of the documents submitted;
(d) A determination by the Contractor Licensing Manager that the applicant lacks the financial stability necessary to assure compliance with the standard set forth in this application. In determining the applicant’s financial stability, the Contractor Licensing Manager shall consider the applicant’s responses to the questions set forth in this application, and the applicant’s financial statement.

An applicant’s history of bankruptcy is included in the definition of financial responsibility and shall be considered by the Contractor Licensing Manager; however, the fact that an applicant has been or is a debtor in bankruptcy shall not be the sole basis of a determination to deny the issuance of a license or a request for change of status to the applicant.