# Monroe County, FL Permit Search: Building Permit Lookup | Permit Press Look up Monroe County, FL building permits: the Oracle OPAL portal, Key West permits and office contacts. Not yet in the Permit Press live feed. Source: https://permit.press/permit-search/monroe-county-fl Monroe County Building and Permitting (Building Department) issues building permits for unincorporated Monroe County. Key West and Islamorada issue their own permits inside city limits. This guide links each official permit search and explains how to look up a record. Place: Monroe 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 - Monroe County Building and Permitting (Building Department): unincorporated Monroe County (305-294-4641) - City of Key West: inside city limits - Village of Islamorada: inside city limits ## Official sources - [Monroe County Oracle Permitting and Licensing (OPAL)](https://fa-ettl-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/redwood/license-permit-self-service/public-user/home): Apply for permits and pay fees online, and search current permits via 'Explore Your County' or by parcel. - [Monroe County Building and Permitting (Building Department)](https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/149/Building-and-Permitting): Office page. Phone 305-294-4641. - [MCeSearch (1987 to Sept. 2022 permits)](http://mcesearch.monroecounty-fl.gov/home): Legacy search for permits processed from 1987 to September 2022. - [Online Permitting Services](https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/1278/Online-Permitting-Services): County guide to the OPAL system. - [Monroe County Public Records](https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/1036/Monroe-County-Public-Records): Public records request page. ## How to search permits 1. Find the permitting authority: Check whether the address is inside Key West or Islamorada, which issue their own permits. Otherwise the permit belongs to Monroe County Building and Permitting (Building Department). 2. Open the official permit search: Open Monroe County Oracle Permitting and Licensing (OPAL), which runs on Oracle OPAL. Apply for permits and pay fees online, and search current permits via 'Explore Your County' or by parcel. 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 Monroe County Building and Permitting (Building Department) (305-294-4641) how to request it. Older permits are not always in online systems. ## Municipalities - City of Key West: Building Department at 1300 White Street; 305-809-3956. [Permit portal](https://etrakit.cityofkeywest-fl.gov/eTRAKiT/) - Village of Islamorada: Permit applications and inspection requests are accepted only through the CityView portal; offices at 86800 Overseas Hwy. [Permit portal](https://cvportal.us/cityviewportal) ## Good to know - Permits processed before October 1, 2022 are paper records in the legacy CommunityPLUS system and can be searched in MCeSearch. ([source](https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/1278/Online-Permitting-Services)) - Monroe County no longer accepts paper permit applications or document submissions. ([source](https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/1278/Online-Permitting-Services)) - The county runs permitting offices in Key West, Stock Island, Big Pine Key, Marathon, Key Largo and Ocean Reef, serving the public 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. ([source](https://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/149/Building-and-Permitting)) ## Questions ### How do I search building permits in Monroe County, Florida? Use Monroe County Oracle Permitting and Licensing (OPAL) (Oracle OPAL) at https://fa-ettl-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/fscmUI/redwood/license-permit-self-service/public-user/home. Apply for permits and pay fees online, and search current permits via 'Explore Your County' or by parcel. For an address inside a city that issues its own permits, use that city's portal instead. ### Who issues building permits in Monroe County? Monroe County Building and Permitting (Building Department) issues permits for unincorporated Monroe County. City of Key West and Village of Islamorada issue their own permits inside city limits. ### What is the phone number for the Monroe County building department? Monroe County Building and Permitting (Building Department): 305-294-4641, 1100 Simonton Street, Key West, FL 33040. Listed on the office's website when this guide was reviewed on 2026-10-19. ### Does Key West issue its own building permits? Yes. City of Key West issues building permits inside its city limits. Building Department at 1300 White Street; 305-809-3956. Start at https://etrakit.cityofkeywest-fl.gov/eTRAKiT/ (eTRAKiT). ### Does Islamorada issue its own building permits? Yes. Village of Islamorada issues building permits inside its city limits. Permit applications and inspection requests are accepted only through the CityView portal; offices at 86800 Overseas Hwy. Start at https://cvportal.us/cityviewportal (CityView). ### Is Monroe County in the Permit Press live feed? Not yet. Permit Press does not collect Monroe County permit records today, so this guide points to the official sources. You can ask to be notified when Monroe County is added. The neighboring Collier County and Miami-Dade County are in the live feed. ### Is Permit Press the official Monroe 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 - [Collier County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/collier-county-fl) - [Miami-Dade County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/miami-dade-county-fl) [All Florida counties](https://permit.press/permit-search/florida) Records may be delayed or incomplete. Verify material facts with the original source.