Sarasota, FL · Sarasota County · Permit search guide
Sarasota permit search and official portals.
The City of Sarasota issues building permits inside its city limits. Sarasota County Planning and Development Services issues them for unincorporated Sarasota County. This guide links the city's official permit portal and explains how to look up a record.
Live now: City of Sarasota permits in the Permit Press feed. Sarasota County permits outside the city are not collected yet.
Guide reviewed Oct 19, 2026. Permit Press is an independent research service, not a government website.
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Step by step
How to search permits in Sarasota.
Start with the office for the property's address. The official source shows the permit's current status, inspections and documents.
Confirm the address is inside city limits
The City of Sarasota issues permits only inside its city limits. A Sarasota mailing address can lie outside them, where Sarasota County Planning and Development Services issues the permit.
Open the city's permit portal
Open the Sarasota permit portal (FTG Connect). City of Sarasota Citizen Services Portal searches building and engineering permits; also used to request inspections.
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. Some portals ask you to sign in before they show records.
Use the county search outside city limits
For a property outside Sarasota city limits, use Sarasota County Accela Citizen Access (online permitting) (Accela Citizen Access), or contact Sarasota County Planning and Development Services (941-861-5000).
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Sarasota permits.
From the city's and county's own pages, checked Oct 19, 2026. Each note links the page it comes from.
City of Sarasota: City of Sarasota Citizen Services Portal searches building and engineering permits; also used to request inspections.
ftgportal.sarasotafl.govThe county runs two permit centers: North County at 870 Apex Road, Sarasota, and South County at 4000 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice.
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