<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered medium)"><!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Tahoma;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 3 5 4 4 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Webdings;
panose-1:5 3 1 2 1 5 9 6 7 3;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Book Antiqua";
panose-1:2 4 6 2 5 3 5 3 3 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p.MsoAcetate, li.MsoAcetate, div.MsoAcetate
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text Char";
margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:8.0pt;
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0
{mso-style-name:msonormal;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:black;}
span.EmailStyle20
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D;}
span.BalloonTextChar
{mso-style-name:"Balloon Text Char";
mso-style-priority:99;
mso-style-link:"Balloon Text";
font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'>Mason,<o:p></o:p></span></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'> Check out Rule 61G4-12.011 FAC- </span><a href="https://www.flrules.org/gateway/RuleNo.asp?title=ORGANIZATION%20AND%20PURPOSE&ID=61G4-12.011">https://www.flrules.org/gateway/RuleNo.asp?title=ORGANIZATION%20AND%20PURPOSE&ID=61G4-12.011</a><span style='color:#1F497D'> – language you want to look at says license numbers should be on all bids, proposals, etc. – I always put the license number right up on the top of the document – one more line to be safe . . . perhaps you could differentiate between the developer and the contractor, but I would include the contractor’s license regardless . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'>Paul J. Kelly<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'>Paul J. Kelly, P.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'>2959 First Avenue North<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'>St. Petersburg, Florida 33713<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'>(727) 327-3935<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F81BD'><img border=0 width=70 height=92 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D39037.B16629E0" alt="cid:image006153c.jpg"></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:</span></u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'> A law firm is sending this message; This e-mail message including attachments, if any, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail, destroy all copies of the original message, and do not disseminate it further. This message may not be reviewed, printed, displayed, or re-transmitted without the sender’s consent. All rights protected. There may be no further distribution or publication of this communication or its contents without the express consent of this law firm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'>IRS Circular 230 disclosure:</span></u></i><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'><br></span></i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'>To ensure compliance with requirements imposed by the IRS, we inform you that any tax advice contained in this communication, unless expressly stated otherwise, was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, for the purpose of (i) avoiding tax-related penalties under the Internal Revenue Code or (ii) promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any tax-related matter(s) addressed herein.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:#376092'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:20.0pt;font-family:Webdings;color:#00B050'>P</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua","serif";color:#00B050'> Think Green! Unless necessary, please do not print this email.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mason, W<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 17, 2018 8:21 PM<br><b>To:</b> clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] 489 Question<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Hi All,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>I am working on a research project for a client. A question that has come up is whether there is any requirement to have a contractor registration or certification number listed on a purchase agreement between a single family home builder and the purchaser of a single family home. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>489.119(5)(b) provides that “the registration or certification number of each contractor shall appear in each offer of services, business proposal, bid, contract, or advertisement, regardless of medium, as defined by board rule, used by that contractor or business organization in the practice of <b><u>contracting</u></b>.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>The “developer exemption” in 489.105(6) states that “the term “contracting” shall not extend to an individual, partnership, corporation, trust, or other legal entity that offers to sell or sells completed residences on property on which the individual or business entity has any legal or equitable interest, or to the individual or business entity that offers to sell or sells manufactured or factory-built buildings that will be completed on site on property on which either party to a contract has any legal or equitable interest, if the services of a qualified contractor certified or registered pursuant to the requirements of this chapter have been or will be retained for the purpose of constructing or completing such residences.”</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Assume the client qualifies for the developer exemption. Since a purchase agreement between a developer and a purchaser of a residence isn’t a contract used by a contractor in the practice of contracting, my initial opinion was that the statutes are pretty clear, and because developers aren’t “contracting,” there is no party to the purchase agreement between the developer and purchaser that could constitute a “contractor” practicing “contracting” where there needs to be a registration/certification number pursuant to 489.119.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Am I missing anything here? The answer seems pretty easy but the client is worried that it needs to have a contractor certification or registration number on every purchase contract and has asked me to triple check. If a developer has retained a contractor to build the homes sold by the developer to the purchaser is there some other authority that requires the developer to list the contractor’s license number on the purchase contract even though the contractor is not a party to the purchase agreement and is only retained by the developer and not the purchaser?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Thanks for any input. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br><br>This email contains information that may be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent authorized to receive for the intended recipient, you may not copy, disclose or use any contents in this email. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender at Fox Rothschild LLP by replying to this email and delete the original and reply emails. Thank you. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>