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Occupational Licenses Required for Realtors in FLorida

Volusia County and our local muicipalities are now requiring Realtors to have occupational licenses.

Florida State Law, Title XIV, Chapter 205, Sections 205.22,205.032, and 205.033 give the counties and municipalities the right to levy and collect a "local business tax on "any business, profession, or occupation within it's jurisdiction. In order for them to do this, they must have created the tax by local ordinance.

So now they have recently begun to exercise their right!

So according to the Volusia County Supervisor of Elections, any brokerage business, corporations, investors,sales associates, and schools are required to have a Volusia County Occupational License.

If inside the city, the city license is required prior to the county license.

Volusia County requires an annual license renewed on Oct.1 thru Sept. 30th. This is according to the county. Any questions can be answered by Mr. Roberts of Volusia County at 386-254-4614.

Posted by Janis, Marty and Mike Gagliardi Port Orange FL Real Estate on 07/17/2007 10:29 AM

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7 Comments on Occupational Licenses Required for Realtors in FLorida

I wonder how many realtors know about this and DON'T do it anyway...

I know that there are always questions as to whether to get the OCC license in your municipality where your license hangs or where you do most of your business, i.e. home office...

07/17/2007 10:37 AM

by Boca Raton & Lake Worth Florida Real Estate Broker

David..Thanks for the response.I was told that it is in the municipality where our main brokerage office is located. That would be Port Orange FL.

07/17/2007 10:45 AM

by Janis, Marty and Mike Gagliardi Port Orange FL Real Estate (Gaffs Realty Co.)

That's right, the state law gives the municipality the right, but the municipality still has to create a by-law to that effect. Real estate professionals should check with their respective municipality -- the by-law will either explicitly state those occupations which require licensing and/or exemptions.

Looking at the Volusia County web-site, it would appear they have their bases covered:

APPRAISAL (REAL ESTATE) or REAL ESTATE APPRAISER
REAL ESTATE BROKER
REAL ESTATE BUSINESS
REAL ESTATE CORPORATION
REAL ESTATE SCHOOL

The situation could get messier if Volusia considers an independent contractor's home office as a home business, and thus subject to additional county ordinances. *ick*

In January, our real estate board (TREB represents 25000+ members) successfully lobbied the city against proposed licensing of REALTORs in Toronto.

07/17/2007 11:28 AM

by Anthon Pang, Sales Representative, e-PRO, SRES (Right At Home Realty Inc., Brokerage)

Great post.. I did not know about that.. I know many years ago.. Bay county was doing something similiar.

07/17/2007 11:35 AM

by My Favorite Mortgage.net - Matthew J Blum

Any way to collect money.... any other licenses they will think of that we need?????

07/17/2007 12:05 PM

by Bill & Barbara Jo - Florida Realty Professional - AHWD (Charles Rutenberg Realty)

Gosh wouldn't it be awful if they started with the independent contractor's office? Wonder if they could do that too!!

07/17/2007 01:43 PM

by Janis, Marty and Mike Gagliardi Port Orange FL Real Estate (Gaffs Realty Co.)

Hi Guys,
Local governments are really going after small businesses for revenue--guess it is easier to upset a few business owners than the general public! Thank you.

07/19/2007 06:48 AM

by Cynthia Tilghman, Realtor® Onslow County NC Home Specialist (Kingsbridge Realty, Inc)

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