# Leon County, FL Permit Search: Building Permit Lookup | Permit Press Look up Leon County, FL building permits: the Accela Citizen Access portal, Tallahassee permits and office contacts. Not yet in the Permit Press live feed. Source: https://permit.press/permit-search/leon-county-fl Leon County Development Support and Environmental Management (DSEM) issues building permits for unincorporated Leon County. Tallahassee issues its own permits inside city limits. This guide links each official permit search and explains how to look up a record. Place: Leon 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 - Leon County Development Support and Environmental Management (DSEM): unincorporated Leon County (850-606-1300) - City of Tallahassee: inside city limits ## Official sources - [Leon County Accela Citizen Access permit portal](https://aca-prod.accela.com/LEONCO/Welcome.aspx): Look up property information and search building, development, environmental, code compliance and public works applications; schedule building inspections (registered account needed to apply or request inspections). - [Leon County Development Support and Environmental Management (DSEM)](https://cms.leoncountyfl.gov/Government/Departments/Development-Support-Environmental-Management): Office page. Phone 850-606-1300. - [Tallahassee / Leon County Permits (TLC Permits) portal](https://tlcgis.org/permitportal): Shared gateway that routes users to the City of Tallahassee or Leon County permitting system and offers a parcel Jurisdiction Finder Map. - [TLC Permits permit history research](https://www2.leoncountyfl.gov/PermitHistory/): Look up licenses, permits and projects by address, parcel number, permit number, license number or permit type. - [Leon County DSEM Records](https://cms.leoncountyfl.gov/Government/Departments/Development-Support-Environmental-Management/DSEM-Records): How to download DSEM permit files from Accela and request older records. ## How to search permits 1. Find the permitting authority: Check whether the address is inside Tallahassee, which issues its own permits. Otherwise the permit belongs to Leon County Development Support and Environmental Management (DSEM). 2. Open the official permit search: Open Leon County Accela Citizen Access permit portal, which runs on Accela Citizen Access. Look up property information and search building, development, environmental, code compliance and public works applications; schedule building inspections (registered account needed to apply or request inspections). 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 Leon County Development Support and Environmental Management (DSEM) (850-606-1300) how to request it. Older permits are not always in online systems. ## Municipalities - City of Tallahassee: City Growth Management (850-891-7001) handles Land Use and Environmental Services, Commercial Building and Sub-Trade permits through the City of Tallahassee Permit Portal; the TLC Permits site routes city vs. county parcels. [Permit portal](https://cwpll.talgov.com/TallahasseePortal) ## Good to know - The TLC Permits site (tlcgis.org/permitportal) serves both the City of Tallahassee and Leon County, sending city permits to the city portal and county permits to Leon County's Accela site, with a Jurisdiction Finder Map for parcels of uncertain jurisdiction. ([source](https://tlcgis.org/permitportal)) - Permits can be searched by address, permit number, license number and parcel ID (TaxID), but applying for a permit or requesting an inspection requires a registered account. ([source](https://tlcgis.org/permitportal/information/instructions)) - DSEM has kept residential plans on file only since 2002; for older permits missing online, email DSEM_RECORDS@leoncountyfl.gov with the parcel ID and address. ([source](https://cms.leoncountyfl.gov/Government/Departments/Development-Support-Environmental-Management/DSEM-Records)) - DSEM is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday. ([source](https://cms.leoncountyfl.gov/Government/Departments/Development-Support-Environmental-Management)) ## Questions ### How do I search building permits in Leon County, Florida? Use Leon County Accela Citizen Access permit portal (Accela Citizen Access) at https://aca-prod.accela.com/LEONCO/Welcome.aspx. Look up property information and search building, development, environmental, code compliance and public works applications; schedule building inspections (registered account needed to apply or request inspections). For an address inside a city that issues its own permits, use that city's portal instead. ### Who issues building permits in Leon County? Leon County Development Support and Environmental Management (DSEM) issues permits for unincorporated Leon County. City of Tallahassee issues its own permits inside city limits. ### What is the phone number for the Leon County building department? Leon County Development Support and Environmental Management (DSEM): 850-606-1300, 435 N Macomb St, 2nd floor, Renaissance Center, Tallahassee, FL 32301. Listed on the office's website when this guide was reviewed on 2026-10-19. ### Does Tallahassee issue its own building permits? Yes. City of Tallahassee issues building permits inside its city limits. City Growth Management (850-891-7001) handles Land Use and Environmental Services, Commercial Building and Sub-Trade permits through the City of Tallahassee Permit Portal; the TLC Permits site routes city vs. county parcels. Start at https://cwpll.talgov.com/TallahasseePortal. ### Is Leon County in the Permit Press live feed? Not yet. Permit Press does not collect Leon County permit records today, so this guide points to the official sources. You can ask to be notified when Leon County is added. ### Is Permit Press the official Leon 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 - Gadsden County - [Jefferson County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/jefferson-county-fl) - [Liberty County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/liberty-county-fl) - [Wakulla County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/wakulla-county-fl) [All Florida counties](https://permit.press/permit-search/florida) Records may be delayed or incomplete. Verify material facts with the original source.