# Polk County, FL Permit Search: Building Permit Lookup | Permit Press Look up Polk County, FL building permits: the Accela Citizen Access portal, Lakeland permits and office contacts. Not yet in the Permit Press live feed. Source: https://permit.press/permit-search/polk-county-fl Polk County Building Division issues building permits for unincorporated Polk County. Lakeland, Winter Haven, Lake Wales and Haines City and other cities issue their own permits inside city limits. This guide links each official permit search and explains how to look up a record. Place: Polk 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 - Polk County Building Division: unincorporated Polk County (863-534-6080) - City of Lakeland: inside city limits - City of Winter Haven: inside city limits - City of Lake Wales: inside city limits - Haines City: inside city limits - City of Auburndale: inside city limits ## Official sources - [Polk County Access Portal](https://aca-prod.accela.com/POLKCO/Default.aspx): Search Building, Land Development and Code Enforcement records, apply online, pay fees and schedule or track inspections. - [Polk County Building Division](https://www.polkfl.gov/services/building/): Office page. Phone 863-534-6080. - [Polk County Building E-Records](https://www.polkfl.gov/services/building/e-records/): Redirects into the county's AppXtender document system at records.polk-county.net. - [Polk County Building permitting page](https://www.polkfl.gov/services/building/permitting/): Permitting info with links to the Accela portal and the county public records request page. ## How to search permits 1. Find the permitting authority: Check whether the address is inside Lakeland, Winter Haven, Lake Wales, Haines City or Auburndale, which issue their own permits. Otherwise the permit belongs to Polk County Building Division. 2. Open the official permit search: Open Polk County Access Portal, which runs on Accela Citizen Access. Search Building, Land Development and Code Enforcement records, apply online, pay fees and schedule or track 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 Polk County Building Division (863-534-6080) how to request it. Older permits are not always in online systems. ## Municipalities - City of Lakeland: Building Inspection 863-834-6012. [Permit portal](https://ims.lakelandgov.net/) - City of Winter Haven: Accela for current permits; eSuite (myinspections.mywinterhaven.com) is linked for older permits; Building & Permitting 863-291-5695. [Permit portal](https://aca-prod.accela.com/COWH/Default.aspx) - City of Lake Wales: Contractor portal where all inspections are requested; owner-builders call 863-676-5115 x 1103. [Permit portal](https://secure.lakewalesfl.gov/permits) - Haines City: Contractors must register with the Haines City Building Division; page links an iWorQ Contractor Portal. [Permit portal](https://haines.portal.iworq.net/portalhome/haines) - City of Auburndale: Construction Services issues permits and inspects buildings in Auburndale; (863) 965-5530, permit@auburndalefl.com. [Building department](https://auburndalefl.com/construction-services/) ## Good to know - The Bartow office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, plus 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays. ([source](https://www.polkfl.gov/services/building/)) - Polk County also takes building applications at the Northeast Government Center, 200 Government Center Blvd., Lake Alfred, on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings. ([source](https://www.polkfl.gov/services/building/)) - Same-day walk-through residential permitting in Bartow is limited to eight owner/builder permits per day, and the county advises signing in before 8 a.m. ([source](https://www.polkfl.gov/services/building/)) ## Questions ### How do I search building permits in Polk County, Florida? Use Polk County Access Portal (Accela Citizen Access) at https://aca-prod.accela.com/POLKCO/Default.aspx. Search Building, Land Development and Code Enforcement records, apply online, pay fees and schedule or track inspections. For an address inside a city that issues its own permits, use that city's portal instead. ### Who issues building permits in Polk County? Polk County Building Division issues permits for unincorporated Polk County. City of Lakeland, City of Winter Haven, City of Lake Wales, Haines City and City of Auburndale issue their own permits inside city limits. ### What is the phone number for the Polk County building department? Polk County Building Division: 863-534-6080, 330 W. Church St., Bartow, FL 33830. Listed on the office's website when this guide was reviewed on 2026-10-19. ### Does Lakeland issue its own building permits? Yes. City of Lakeland issues building permits inside its city limits. Building Inspection 863-834-6012. Start at https://ims.lakelandgov.net/ (iMS). ### Does Winter Haven issue its own building permits? Yes. City of Winter Haven issues building permits inside its city limits. Accela for current permits; eSuite (myinspections.mywinterhaven.com) is linked for older permits; Building & Permitting 863-291-5695. Start at https://aca-prod.accela.com/COWH/Default.aspx (Accela Citizen Access). ### Is Polk County in the Permit Press live feed? Not yet. Permit Press does not collect Polk County permit records today, so this guide points to the official sources. You can ask to be notified when Polk County is added. The neighboring Hillsborough County and Manatee County are in the live feed. ### Is Permit Press the official Polk County permit website? No. Permit Press at permit.press is an independent public-record research service. 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