Office of Building Services
Lake County Debit Account Process
Procedure 1999-LC-28
315 West Main St., Tavares, FL 32778 · PO Box 7800
Phone (352)343-9653 · Website www.lakecountyfl.gov
I. PURPOSE AND SCOPE:
To establish a process and procedure for licensed contractors to pay Office of Building Services fees
utilizing a debit account in which funds are held by the Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners.
II. DEFINITIONS AND REFERENCES:
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ROCEDURES:
A. Licensed contractors may establish a debit account with the Office of Building Services by
completing an application and depositing a minimum of three hundred dollars ($300.00) with
the Office. Further deposits may be made at any time and no minimum balance is required.
Receipts will be issued for all deposits and should be kept by the contractor as evidence of the
deposit.
B. Upon acceptance of the application and initial deposit, the debit account will be opened, and a
confidential account number will be issued for the account. The account number will be needed
to make transactions utilizing the debit account.
C. Funds in the account may be used for all Office of Building Services fees and Office of Planning
and Zoning Fees (including impact fees) and the applicant should designate such use on any
application. Such funds may also be used for reinspection fees; however, the applicant must call
the Office of Building Services and request such use for each permit prior to final inspection.
D. All funds in debit accounts shall be held and maintained by the Clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners. No interest earned will be used to offset the cost of maintaining and operating
the debit account system.
E. An applicant may terminate participation in the debit account program at any time by providing
a written notice to the Office of Building Services. The clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners shall refund all unused funds held in terminated debit account within thirty (30)
days of receipt of the written notice of termination. Refunds will only be made to the person or
entity whom set up the account.
F. A refund will be issued if there has been no activity on the debit account for one hundred and
eighty (180) days and the balance is below one hundred dollars ($100), after notification has
been sent out to the applicant. If no response is received from the applicant, the account will be
closed, and funds forwarded to the State of Florida.
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