Do you need an HVAC permit in Florida?

Brevard's Residential HVAC/Mechanical Permit Application fee table lists a Building Code Review fee of $75.00 for the first $1,000 of job value plus $3.25 per $1,000 thereafter, plus a $25.00 Application Processing Fee; a Notice of Commencement is required only if job value exceeds $15,000 for this permit type, versus $5,000 for most other residential permit types. No effective date is shown.

last checked 8 Aug 2026

Mechanical (air conditioning and ventilation) permit is the greater of a $125 minimum base fee or 3.0% of job value, per Section 40.31 (Ord. 2025-038, eff. 5-1-25)

last checked 18 Jun 2026

At application: $90 flat building fee unless valuation is $50,000 or more (then 0.004 x ICC valuation), plus a 0.025 x building-fee surcharge.

last checked 8 Aug 2026

FY24/25 Building Fee Schedule, Mechanical Permits (Section 208.4), effective January 1, 2025: minimum fee $50.00; new installations billed by tonnage from two tons and under ($50.00) up to five tons ($75.00); change-outs billed similarly, $50.00 to $70.00 by tonnage; air conditioning/refrigeration $8.00 per ton; boilers $30.00 for the first 500,000 BTU per hour input plus $8.00 per each additional 500,000 BTU; gas burner $6.00 each; oil furnace $35.00. (Resolution No. 2023/2024-97, effective October 1, 2024.)

last checked 13 Aug 2026

Fee Schedule (Resolution 2025-231, effective January 1, 2026), Mechanical Permit Review Fees: "Residential Air Conditioning Change out permits, $100.00 for initial inspection."

last checked 8 Aug 2026

Mechanical A/C Changeout Only: $140.00; Mechanical A/C New System: $140.00, per Resolution No. 2026-037 (effective March 3, 2026).

last checked 13 Aug 2026

Residential Mechanical (General) and HVAC Equal Change Outs trade permit fee is $130 flat, inspection-only with no plan review, per Building Permit Fee Schedule effective October 5, 2024

last checked 18 Jun 2026

City Fees schedule (Municipal Code Section 320.409), Mechanical Permit Fees: air conditioning and refrigeration is billed at $11.00 per ton of capacity for the first 10 tons; furnaces and heating equipment are $22.00 for the first 200,000 BTU per hour capacity; the minimum fee for a mechanical permit is $60.00.

last checked 8 Aug 2026

Residential Trades - Electric, Plumbing, Mechanical, Gas (to include new, change-outs, upgrades): $0.03 per square foot, $100 minimum, per the county's FY 2026 Adopted Fee Schedule (Office of Building Services). Mechanical/HVAC work shares this single combined trade-fee line with electric, plumbing, and gas; the schedule does not price it separately.

last checked 13 Aug 2026

Fee schedule effective 2026-04-15: $50 application fee and $35 technology fee per application plus an operational support fee; residential mechanical plan review $25 initial, inspections $75 per record covering up to 2 inspections

last checked 19 Jul 2026

Fee Schedule, Residential Plan Review/Inspection (sq ft based): Mechanical Plan Review $0.07 per sq ft, Mechanical Inspection $0.06 per sq ft; standalone trade permits: "Mechanical Only Permit Fee $135.00" or "Mechanical Minimum Base Fee $90.00" for multi-trade projects.

last checked 13 Aug 2026

Manatee County Development Services Building Fee Schedule, effective 04/01/2023 (R-23-043, R-23-045, R-23-046): AC Changeout Express (Residential Only) $62 without virtual inspection, $48 with virtual inspection; Mechanical Standard $62 for alteration, ductwork, new, renovation, replacement, or range hood.

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Res Mechanical Scope: $100.00, per Resolution 25-R-295 (effective Oct. 1, 2025).

last checked 8 Aug 2026

An exact change out air conditioning system is charged $24.17 per ton subject to a $227.90 minimum mechanical permit fee, per the county mechanical fee sheet (rev 9/25)

last checked 18 Jun 2026

Air conditioning or heat pump installation up to 3 tons with ductwork included is $75 flat, plus $12 per ton over 3 tons up to 10 tons, per the FY2025-26 Fee Directory's Mechanical Permit Fees table

last checked 18 Jun 2026

Appendix A's Mechanical Permit Fees section lists a single $125.00 base fee, with no per-unit or tonnage add-ons published separately from that base fee. Effective October 1, 2025, per Resolution #25-036R.

last checked 13 Aug 2026

Charged by value of construction with a $75 minimum for a new HVAC system with duct work, per the PZB Building Division fee schedule

last checked 6 Jul 2026

Base fee $45; $10 per residential system component or feature; $0.04 per square foot of conditioned or ventilated area for new construction or renovation; alternate method $40 for the first $1,000 of valuation plus $2 per additional $1,000 per posted fee Resolution 18-17

last checked 19 Jul 2026

Mechanical Stand Alone fees are tiered: $140 for an equal AC changeout, more with electrical or duct work included, per section IX of the FY26 BDRS schedule

last checked 6 Jul 2026

Residential mechanical permit fee is $85.00 per Construction Fees Resolution 17-025; fees due at permit issuance.

last checked 19 Jul 2026

Resolution No. 2025-29 lists, under Mechanical Permits, 'Fee for heating, ventilation, duct, A/C, and refrigeration including repairs, alterations, and additions up to 5 tons' at $67.00 (single-family detached) / $133.00 (all other construction), with each additional ton priced at $5.00 per ton (capped at $1,500.00) for all other construction.

last checked 13 Aug 2026

Mechanical permit fee (single family residential new construction): $105.00; Base Mechanical permit fee (other) $45.00 plus $6.00 per $1,000 value of work. Per the Section 20.10 fee schedule (Resolution 2024-R-139, adopted Dec. 12, 2023).

last checked 13 Aug 2026

Mechanical Permit Fees (F.S. 553.80): Permit Issuance $11.00 with a minimum permit fee of $35.00; valuation $0 to $5,000: $24.00; $5,001 and above: $19.00 plus $2.00 for each additional $1,000, per St. Johns County's Schedule of Fees and Services, Exhibit A (amended 07/21/2026).

last checked 13 Aug 2026

Volusia County Building Permit Fee Schedule (Resolution 2005-191, as revised October 1, 2025), Exhibit D, Mechanical Permit Fee Schedule: "From $0.00 to $1,000.00 ..... $58.30", rising with the declared valuation of the work.

last checked 8 Aug 2026