Change of Contractor Form – Cape Coral, FL

The Change of Contractor Form is a City of Cape Coral Building Division form on which a new contractor takes over a permitted project from the original contractor and agrees to accept full responsibility for it.

The form is tied to an existing permit: it opens with the Permit #, the Project Address, the Name of Property Owner and the owner's phone number, followed by the Original Contractor. The new contractor then gives a company name, License #, phone number, contractor address, contact person and email.

The core of the form is a short agreement. By signing it, the contractor accepts full responsibility for the permitted project, including all previously completed work, and agrees to hold the Building Official and the City of Cape Coral harmless and relieve them from responsibility or liability for any legal action or damage resulting from work performed by previous contractors.

The contractor's signature is sworn before a notary public. The bottom of the page has a notary block with State and County, a statement that the signature was sworn to or affirmed by means of physical presence or online notarization, and spaces for the notary's expiration date, commission number, signature and printed name.

The city's Permit Document Center lists this form separately from other permit paperwork such as the Revision Form, the SubContractor Form and the Change of Qualifier Guideline, and it lists a companion document called Change of Contractor Permit Documents Required.

The contractor who is replacing the original contractor on a permitted project in the City of Cape Coral completes and signs this form. The signature block is for the contractor, and the contractor's printed name and signature appear under the agreement.

The form also records the property owner's name and phone number and names the original contractor, but the agreement itself is made by the new contractor.

A notary public must complete the notary block at the bottom of the form; the notary's name, commission number and expiration date are entered by the notary, not by the contractor.

The form does not say who else may sign for a contractor. For other contractor-related changes, the city's Permit Document Center lists separate documents, such as the Change of Qualifier Guideline, the SubContractor Form and Update License Holder Contact Information; this form covers only the replacement of the contractor on a permit.

Use this form when the contractor on a project that already holds a Cape Coral permit changes and a new contractor takes over the work. Because the form asks for the existing Permit # and the original contractor, it applies only after a permit has been issued for the project.

No separate due date is printed on the form. The agreement covers all work completed before the change as well as the work that follows, so the new contractor should have the permit details, the project address and their own license number at hand before signing in front of a notary.

The city's Permit Document Center also lists a document called Change of Contractor Permit Documents Required; check it for anything else the Building Division wants with a contractor change.

The form prints no mailing address, portal, fee or appointment rule of its own, so deliver it through the City of Cape Coral Building Division, the issuer of the form.

• Where to get it: the city publishes the form in the Permit Document Center on the City of Cape Coral website, in its Documents/Reports category.
• What to check first: the same Permit Document Center lists Change of Contractor Permit Documents Required. Review it, and contact the Building Division for the current way to deliver the signed form and for any fee.
• What to include: the completed form with the contractor's signature and the notary block filled in by the notary.

FillingPDF lets you fill out and download the PDF; submission follows the Building Division's channels.