# Highlands County, FL Permit Search: Building Permit Lookup | Permit Press Look up Highlands County, FL building permits: the CentralSquare eTRAKiT portal, Sebring permits and office contacts. Not yet in the Permit Press live feed. Source: https://permit.press/permit-search/highlands-county-fl Highlands County Development Services, Building Division issues building permits for unincorporated Highlands County and the Town of Lake Placid. Sebring issues its own permits inside city limits. This guide links each official permit search and explains how to look up a record. Place: Highlands 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 - Highlands County Development Services, Building Division: unincorporated Highlands County and the Town of Lake Placid (863-402-6643) - City of Sebring: inside city limits ## Official sources - [Highlands County eTRAKiT self-service portal](https://hic.csqrcloud.com/community-etrakit/): Logged-in public users can view open permits, apply for owner-occupant building and driveway permits, search properties, check application status and request inspections; licensed contractors need a contractor account. - [Highlands County Development Services, Building Division](https://www.highlandsfl.gov/departments/development_services/building/index.php): Office page. Phone 863-402-6643. - [eTRAKiT public users guide](https://www.highlandsfl.gov/etrakit/etrakit_publicusers.php): What homeowners and the public can do in eTRAKiT. - [eTRAKiT contractors guide](https://www.highlandsfl.gov/etrakit/etrakit_contractors.php): Contractor account registration steps and required documents. - [Highlands County public records request](https://www.highlandsfl.gov/departments/county_attorney/request_a_public_record.php): Linked from the Building Division page. ## How to search permits 1. Find the permitting authority: Check whether the address is inside Sebring, which issues its own permits. Otherwise the permit belongs to Highlands County Development Services, Building Division. 2. Open the official permit search: Open Highlands County eTRAKiT self-service portal, which runs on CentralSquare eTRAKiT. Logged-in public users can view open permits, apply for owner-occupant building and driveway permits, search properties, check application status and request inspections; licensed contractors need a contractor account. 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 Highlands County Development Services, Building Division (863-402-6643) how to request it. Older permits are not always in online systems. ## Municipalities - City of Sebring: City Building Department at 368 S Commerce Ave., 863-471-5102; it has no online portal, and all applications must be emailed to building@mysebring.com. [Building department](https://www.mysebring.com/174/Building) - Town of Lake Placid: Town staff review the project first, then the applicant takes the application to the Highlands County Building Department for final permit issuance. [Building department](https://www.lakeplacidfl.net/264/Permit-Procedures) ## Good to know - The Building Division is part of Highlands County Development Services and can be reached by email at plans@highlandsfl.gov. ([source](https://www.highlandsfl.gov/departments/development_services/building/index.php)) - New contractor registrations in eTRAKiT can take up to 2 business days, and county staff cannot recover a lost password. ([source](https://www.highlandsfl.gov/etrakit/etrakit_contractors.php)) - Through eTRAKiT, homeowners can apply for owner-occupant building permits only if they own and live in the home. ([source](https://www.highlandsfl.gov/etrakit/etrakit_publicusers.php)) - For driveway permits requested in eTRAKiT, inspectors have up to 5 business days from the requested date to inspect. ([source](https://www.highlandsfl.gov/etrakit/etrakit_publicusers.php)) ## Questions ### How do I search building permits in Highlands County, Florida? Use Highlands County eTRAKiT self-service portal (CentralSquare eTRAKiT) at https://hic.csqrcloud.com/community-etrakit/. Logged-in public users can view open permits, apply for owner-occupant building and driveway permits, search properties, check application status and request inspections; licensed contractors need a contractor account. For an address inside a city that issues its own permits, use that city's portal instead. ### Who issues building permits in Highlands County? Highlands County Development Services, Building Division issues permits for unincorporated Highlands County and the Town of Lake Placid. City of Sebring issues its own permits inside city limits. ### What is the phone number for the Highlands County building department? Highlands County Development Services, Building Division: 863-402-6643, 501 S. Commerce Ave., Sebring, FL 33870. Listed on the office's website when this guide was reviewed on 2026-10-19. ### Does Sebring issue its own building permits? Yes. City of Sebring issues building permits inside its city limits. City Building Department at 368 S Commerce Ave., 863-471-5102; it has no online portal, and all applications must be emailed to building@mysebring.com. Start at https://www.mysebring.com/174/Building. ### Is Highlands County in the Permit Press live feed? Not yet. Permit Press does not collect Highlands County permit records today, so this guide points to the official sources. You can ask to be notified when Highlands County is added. The neighboring Charlotte County is in the live feed. ### Is Permit Press the official Highlands County permit website? No. Permit Press at permit.press is an independent public-record research service. Permit applications, inspections, official status and documents stay with the issuing agency. ## Bordering counties - [Charlotte County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/charlotte-county-fl) - [DeSoto County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/desoto-county-fl) - [Glades County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/glades-county-fl) - [Hardee County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/hardee-county-fl) - Okeechobee County - [Osceola County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/osceola-county-fl) - [Polk County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/polk-county-fl) [All Florida counties](https://permit.press/permit-search/florida) Records may be delayed or incomplete. Verify material facts with the original source.