Franklin County, FL · Panhandle and Big Bend · Permit search guide
Franklin County permit search and official portals.
Franklin County Building Department issues building permits for unincorporated Franklin County. Apalachicola and Carrabelle issue their own permits inside city limits. This guide links each official permit search and explains how to look up a record.
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Guide reviewed Oct 19, 2026. Permit Press is an independent research service, not a government website.
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Step by step
How to search permits in Franklin County.
Start with the office for the property's address. The official portal shows the permit's current status, inspections and documents.
Find the permitting authority
Check whether the address is inside Apalachicola or Carrabelle, which issue their own permits. Otherwise the permit belongs to Franklin County Building Department.
Open the official permit search
Open Franklin County CitizenServe permit portal, which runs on CitizenServe. Search building permits and contractor registrations, apply for building, development and zoning permits, request inspections and view reports.
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.
Ask the office about older records
If a permit is missing online, ask Franklin County Building Department (850-653-9783 ext. 3) how to request it. Older permits are not always in online systems.
Municipalities
Franklin County cities
and their permits.
A city that runs its own building department issues permits inside its limits, and its records are in the city's portal, not the county's.
City of Apalachicola
City Building Department at 1 Bay Avenue handles building permit applications (PDF forms, email buildingdept@cityofapalachicola.com); clerk 850-653-7592, available weekdays 8 a.m.-1 p.m.; no online portal listed.
Building departmentCity of Carrabelle
City Building page links 'Apply For A Building Permit' and 'Building Permit Portal' to an iWorQ portal; city phone 850-697-3618.
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Before you search
Franklin County permits.
From the county's and cities' own pages, checked Oct 19, 2026. Each note links the page it comes from.
Franklin County takes permit applications online through CitizenServe, in person, or by mail to 248 Hwy 98, Eastpoint.
building.franklincountyflorida.govContractors who already have a Franklin County license should email permits@franklincountyflorida.com for portal login details rather than create a new account.
building.franklincountyflorida.govCitizenServe technical support is at 1-800-325-9818 ext. 1, because Building Department staff cannot see your portal account.
building.franklincountyflorida.gov
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