# Santa Rosa County, FL Permit Search: Building Permit Lookup | Permit Press

Look up Santa Rosa County, FL building permits: the MyGovernmentOnline portal and office contacts. Not yet in the Permit Press live feed.

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Santa Rosa County Development Services issues building permits for unincorporated Santa Rosa County. This guide links each official permit search and explains how to look up a record.

Place: Santa Rosa 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

- Santa Rosa County Development Services: unincorporated Santa Rosa County (850-981-7000)

## Official sources

- [Santa Rosa County My Government Online (MGO) portal](https://www.mgoconnect.org/cp?JID=276): Permit and Planning & Zoning applications go through MGO, which the county calls its new permitting software; contractors register there too.
- [Santa Rosa County Development Services](https://www.santarosa.fl.gov/149/Development-Services): Office page. Phone 850-981-7000.
- [MGO customer portal instructions (PDF)](https://www.santarosa.fl.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6477/My-Government-Online-Customer-Portal-Instructions): County guide to using the MGO portal.
- [Permitting & Building Compliance](https://www.santarosa.fl.gov/170/Permitting-Building-Compliance): Permitting contact srcpermits@santarosa.fl.gov, M-F 8-4.

## How to search permits

1. Find the permitting authority: Santa Rosa County Development Services issues building permits for unincorporated Santa Rosa County. Confirm the address is in Santa Rosa County before you search.
2. Open the official permit search: Open Santa Rosa County My Government Online (MGO) portal, which runs on MyGovernmentOnline. Permit and Planning & Zoning applications go through MGO, which the county calls its new permitting software; contractors register there too.
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 Santa Rosa County Development Services (850-981-7000) how to request it. Older permits are not always in online systems.

## Good to know

- Development Services handles permits, inspections, plan review, contractor licensing and planning and zoning in one department. ([source](https://www.santarosa.fl.gov/149/Development-Services))
- The Development Services office is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ([source](https://www.santarosa.fl.gov/149/Development-Services))

## Questions

### How do I search building permits in Santa Rosa County, Florida?

Use Santa Rosa County My Government Online (MGO) portal (MyGovernmentOnline) at https://www.mgoconnect.org/cp?JID=276. Permit and Planning & Zoning applications go through MGO, which the county calls its new permitting software; contractors register there too.

### Who issues building permits in Santa Rosa County?

Santa Rosa County Development Services issues permits for unincorporated Santa Rosa County.

### What is the phone number for the Santa Rosa County building department?

Santa Rosa County Development Services: 850-981-7000, 6051 Old Bagdad Highway, Suite 202, Milton, FL 32583. Listed on the office's website when this guide was reviewed on 2026-10-19.

### Is Santa Rosa County in the Permit Press live feed?

Not yet. Permit Press does not collect Santa Rosa County permit records today, so this guide points to the official sources. You can ask to be notified when Santa Rosa County is added.

### Is Permit Press the official Santa Rosa 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

- [Escambia County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/escambia-county-fl)
- [Okaloosa County, Florida permit search](https://permit.press/permit-search/okaloosa-county-fl)

[All Florida counties](https://permit.press/permit-search/florida)

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