# Alachua County, FL Permit Search: Building Permit Lookup | Permit Press Look up Alachua County, FL building permits: the Citizenserve portal, Gainesville permits and office contacts. Not yet in the Permit Press live feed. Source: https://permit.press/permit-search/alachua-county-fl Alachua County Growth Management, Building Division issues building permits for unincorporated Alachua County. Gainesville and High Springs issue their own permits inside city limits. This guide links each official permit search and explains how to look up a record. Place: Alachua County, Florida (FL). Not yet in the Permit Press live feed. Guide reviewed 2026-10-19. Permit Press is an independent research service, not a government website. ## Who issues permits - Alachua County Growth Management, Building Division: unincorporated Alachua County (352-374-5243) - City of Gainesville: inside city limits - City of High Springs: inside city limits ## Official sources - [Alachua County Online Permitting Portal (Citizenserve)](https://www.citizenserve.com/Portal/PortalController?Action=showHomePage&ctzPagePrefix=Portal_&installationID=318): The county says the portal is where you apply for and track building permits, pay by card, schedule inspections, search permit records and run permit reports. - [Alachua County Growth Management, Building Division](https://growth-management.alachuacounty.us/Building): Office page. Phone 352-374-5243. - [Alachua County permit tool help page](https://growth-management.alachuacounty.us/Building/NewPermitTool): The county's how-to page for the Citizenserve portal, with contacts and hours. - [Alachua County public records request](https://www.alachuacounty.us/Depts/Attorney/Pages/PublicRecordsRequest.aspx): The county's public records request page, linked from the Growth Management site. ## How to search permits 1. Find the permitting authority: Check whether the address is inside Gainesville or High Springs, which issue their own permits. Otherwise the permit belongs to Alachua County Growth Management, Building Division. 2. Open the official permit search: Open Alachua County Online Permitting Portal (Citizenserve), which runs on Citizenserve. The county says the portal is where you apply for and track building permits, pay by card, schedule inspections, search permit records and run permit reports. 3. Search by address or permit number: Search with the street address or the permit number where the portal offers those fields, then open the record for its status, inspections and documents. 4. Ask the office about older records: If a permit is missing online, ask Alachua County Growth Management, Building Division (352-374-5243) how to request it. Older permits are not always in online systems. ## Municipalities - City of Gainesville: Building Division within Sustainable Development, 352-334-5050; PermitGNV is used to apply and to view existing permits and public records. [Permit portal](https://www4.citizenserve.com/Portal/PortalController?Action=showHomePage&ctzPagePrefix=Portal_&installationID=308) - City of High Springs: The Building page links to a Citizen Serve Online Permitting Portal; phone 386-454-7322 option 2, inspections 386-454-6222. [Permit portal](https://www2.citizenserve.com/Portal/PortalController?Action=showHomePage&ctzPagePrefix=Portal_&installationID=228) ## Good to know - Building and Zoning Administration is open Monday to Thursday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm and Friday 8:00 am to 1:00 pm. ([source](https://growth-management.alachuacounty.us/Building/NewPermitTool)) - The county's Citizenserve search tool replaced the older Permit Tracker for looking up permits. ([source](https://growth-management.alachuacounty.us/Building/NewPermitTool)) - Lien searches and certificate of occupancy requests are handled on a separate line, 352-374-5285. ([source](https://growth-management.alachuacounty.us/Building/NewPermitTool)) - If you want to pay by cash or check, you need an appointment, booked at 352-374-5243. ([source](https://growth-management.alachuacounty.us/Building/NewPermitTool)) ## Questions ### How do I search building permits in Alachua County, Florida? Use Alachua County Online Permitting Portal (Citizenserve) (Citizenserve) at https://www.citizenserve.com/Portal/PortalController?Action=showHomePage&ctzPagePrefix=Portal_&installationID=318. The county says the portal is where you apply for and track building permits, pay by card, schedule inspections, search permit records and run permit reports. For an address inside a city that issues its own permits, use that city's portal instead. ### Who issues building permits in Alachua County? Alachua County Growth Management, Building Division issues permits for unincorporated Alachua County. City of Gainesville and City of High Springs issue their own permits inside city limits. ### What is the phone number for the Alachua County building department? Alachua County Growth Management, Building Division: 352-374-5243, County Annex Building, 10 SW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, FL 32601. Listed on the office's website when this guide was reviewed on 2026-10-19. ### Does Gainesville issue its own building permits? Yes. City of Gainesville issues building permits inside its city limits. Building Division within Sustainable Development, 352-334-5050; PermitGNV is used to apply and to view existing permits and public records. Start at https://www4.citizenserve.com/Portal/PortalController?Action=showHomePage&ctzPagePrefix=Portal_&installationID=308 (Citizenserve). ### Does High Springs issue its own building permits? Yes. City of High Springs issues building permits inside its city limits. The Building page links to a Citizen Serve Online Permitting Portal; phone 386-454-7322 option 2, inspections 386-454-6222. Start at https://www2.citizenserve.com/Portal/PortalController?Action=showHomePage&ctzPagePrefix=Portal_&installationID=228 (Citizenserve). ### Is Alachua County in the Permit Press live feed? Not yet. Permit Press does not collect Alachua County permit records today, so this guide points to the official sources. You can ask to be notified when Alachua County is added. ### Is Permit Press the official Alachua County permit website? No. Permit Press at permit.press is an independent public-record research service. 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