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OWNER / BUILDER

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Florida Statute 489.103(7) requires all owners of property acting as their own contractor

to complete the following disclosure statement.

This is an affidavit for contractor

exemption for owner/builders applying for building permits in the City Satellite Beach.

NOTE: A person who knowingly makes a false written declaration may be guilty of the

crime of perjury, a felony of the third degree, punishable as approved by Florida

Statutes 775.082, 775.083 OR 775.084.

NOTICE

State law requires construction to be done by licensed contractors. You have applied

for a permit under an exemption to that law. The exemption allows you as the owner of

your property, to act as your own contractor with certain restrictions even though you do

not have a license.

1. You must provide direct, on-site supervision of the construction yourself.

2. You may build or improve a one-family or two-family residence or farm

outbuilding. You may also build or improve a commercial building, provided your

costs do not exceed $25,000.

3. The building or residence must be for your own use or occupancy. It may not be

built or substantially improved for sale or lease. If you sell or lease a building you

have built or substantially improved yourself within 1 year after the construction is

complete, the law will presume that you built or substantially improved it for sale

or lease, which is a violation of this exemption.

4. You may not hire an unlicensed person to act as your contractor or to supervise

people working on your building.

It is your responsibility to make sure that

people employed by you have licenses required by state law and by county or

municipal licensing ordinances.

You may not delegate the responsibility for

supervising work to a contractor who is not licensed to perform the work being

done.

5. Any person working on your building who is not licensed must work under your

direct supervision and must be employed by you, which means that you must

deduct F.I.C.A. and withholding tax and provide workers compensation for that

employee as prescribed by law.

NOTE: Owners who aid and abet the unlicensed practice of a profession by employing

an unlicensed person may be subject to a penalty under Florida Statute 455.228.

All construction improvements performed under your own / builder permit must be in

strict compliance with all applicable laws, ordinances, building codes and zoning

regulations.

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