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Contractor licensing and local category preemption in Miami-Dade County

Applies to: countywide

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Miami-Dade administers contractor and building-trade licensing programs, but County guidance warns that Florida preempted some local specialty license categories. The current category must be checked before directing an applicant to a County license.