# Florida Roof Permit History & Roof Age (`flpublicdata/florida-roof-permit-history`) Actor

Find re-roof permits for a Florida address and estimate roof age from official permit data (Tampa 2015-today, Miami, Miami-Dade, Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Alachua County, Cape Coral, Leesburg). Built for the 15-year roof rule.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/flpublicdata/florida-roof-permit-history.md
- **Developed by:** [FL Public Data](https://apify.com/flpublicdata) (community)
- **Categories:** Real estate, Lead generation
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$30.00 / 1,000 address checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Florida Roof Permit History & Roof Age

Enter a Florida address and get its **re-roof permits**, the **date of the last roof permit** and an **estimated roof age**, straight from official open building-permit data.

Built for **insurance agents and underwriters** working with Florida's **15-year roof rule**, **home inspectors**, **real estate agents**, **roofers** and **lenders**.

### Coverage (read this first)

Florida has no statewide permit database. This tool searches the cities and counties that publish their permits as open data:

| Area | Records from | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| **City of Tampa** | **2015** | 63,000+ roof permits from the City's Daily Permit Report; refreshed monthly |
| **Sarasota County (unincorporated)** | 2025 | 13,900+ roof permits (public records); refreshed monthly. Not the City of Sarasota, Venice or North Port city limits |
| City of Miami | 2012 | Updated daily |
| Miami-Dade County | last ~2 years | County-processed permits (mostly unincorporated areas) |
| City of Fort Lauderdale | 2021 | Source last updated March 2026 |
| City of Gainesville | 1990 | |
| Alachua County (unincorporated) | 1980 | Updated daily |
| City of Cape Coral | 2025 | Updated daily |
| City of Leesburg | 2021 | Updated daily |

Add the **city after a comma** so the right database is used. Addresses outside these areas come back as `NOT_COVERED` and **are not charged**. More areas will be added as they publish open data.

### What you get for each address

| Field | Meaning |
|---|---|
| `status` | `ROOF_PERMIT_FOUND`, `NO_ROOF_PERMIT_FOUND`, `NOT_COVERED` or `ERROR` |
| `last_roof_permit_date` | Date of the most recent roof permit (issued, or final inspection when that is all the source has) |
| `estimated_roof_age_years` | Years since that permit |
| `over_15_years` | `true` when the last roof permit is 15+ years old |
| `roof_permits` | Every roof permit found: number, date, work description, status, contractor (when published), source |
| `note` | Plain-English explanation, including the coverage limit when nothing is found |

### Good to know

- **No permit found does not mean a new roof.** It can mean the roof is older than the records, the work was filed under another address or parcel, or it was not permitted.
- Roof age is an **estimate** from permit dates, not an inspection. Confirm before underwriting decisions.
- Only work descriptions are returned; free-text contact details that clerks sometimes add are removed.
- Not affiliated with any city, county or the State of Florida. Data is provided as published by each source.
- Attribution: City of Tampa Daily Permit Report (public records); Sarasota County Planning & Development Services (public records); City of Miami Open Data (CC BY 4.0); Miami-Dade County Open Data; City of Fort Lauderdale GIS; City of Gainesville; Alachua County Open Data; City of Cape Coral Open Data; City of Leesburg GIS.

### Pricing

Pay per address checked in a covered area. Addresses that are not covered, or where every source fails, are free.

### Español

Escribe una dirección de Florida y obtén sus **permisos de cambio de techo**, la fecha del último y la **edad estimada del techo** (regla de los 15 años de las aseguradoras). Cubre Tampa (desde 2015), el condado de Sarasota (zona no incorporada, desde 2025), Miami, el condado de Miami-Dade, Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, el condado de Alachua, Cape Coral y Leesburg.

# Actor input Schema

## `addresses` (type: `array`):

Street address followed by the city, e.g. '3334 SW 24 St, Miami, FL'. The city is used to pick the right permit database. Addresses outside the covered areas are returned as NOT_COVERED and not charged.

## `jurisdictions` (type: `array`):

Leave empty to choose automatically from the city in each address.

## `delaySeconds` (type: `integer`):

Keeps the load on public servers low.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "addresses": [
    "3334 SW 24 St, Miami, FL"
  ],
  "delaySeconds": 1
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

Roof age, last roof permit date and 15-year flag per address.

## `resultsFull` (type: `string`):

All fields, including every roof permit (number, date, description, contractor, source).

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "addresses": [
        "3334 SW 24 St, Miami, FL"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("flpublicdata/florida-roof-permit-history").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "addresses": ["3334 SW 24 St, Miami, FL"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("flpublicdata/florida-roof-permit-history").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "addresses": [
    "3334 SW 24 St, Miami, FL"
  ]
}' |
apify call flpublicdata/florida-roof-permit-history --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,flpublicdata/florida-roof-permit-history"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/AMWLFIuxJhHek7iOF/builds/BiXxTH4srAmdj5vPg/openapi.json