We have received an influx of permit applications recently, and we appreciate your patience while we review them. Our team is working hard to get back to you as quickly as possible. We continue to strive to meet our target times for plan review, but currently some are taking longer so some target review times have been extended.

Guide and Training for our Digital Plan Review Process

Out To Bid Online Permit Process (for architects/engineers or design professionals)

No log in needed to search records or pay business tax (BTR/REG) fees.

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IMPORTANT: You must be a licensed contractor or design professional to apply for building permits online. Contractors, please select "Licensed Professional" as the contact type when prompted to do so. Design Professionals, please follow the step in the Help tab document "Add license/OUTTOBID license to registration".

**If your State License number is not found, it may have to be added to our contractor directory or it may have expired. You will have to update the information with our office. Please email a copy of your State License, your Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board Registration and a copy of your Local Business Tax receipt (if applicable) to epermit@myclearwater.com so that our staff can update the information.

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