MyFloridaLicense status meanings, decoded.

Primary status labels people ask about

• Current: “the licensee is up to date with respect to the department’s requirements for licensure.”
• Delinquent: “the licensee has not completed a timely renewal of their license.” The glossary gives exactly the same wording for Invol. Inactive and for Lic Expired, so those three labels share one definition.
• Null & Void: “the licensee has failed to renew several times.” To operate again, the licensee would have to reapply for licensure.
• Probation: placed on probation by the department as part of a disciplinary action or as a condition of licensure.
• Suspended: work privileges suspended for a specified period of time.
• Revoked: the licensee no longer meets the department’s requirements to operate under the licence.
• Retired: the department was notified that the licensee wishes to retire.
• License Authority Voided: the licence was cancelled and is no longer in use. The glossary has no entry for “Lapsed” or “Cancelled” as such.

Secondary status labels

• Active: the licensee is allowed to operate under the associated licence.
• Inactive: the licensee has met licensure requirements but is not allowed to work under the licence. The glossary adds that licences are usually inactive when the person wants to stay in good standing while pursuing other ventures, and that returning to active means notifying the department and completing outstanding requirements such as continuing education.
• Renewal in Process: a timely renewal was submitted, and the entity may continue operations until a decision is made.
• No Employer and No Qualifying Broker: the licence requires a related licence relationship that is missing or not eligible.
• Restricted by Agreement/Order: subject to a non-disciplinary agreement or order, and practice is not permitted.

How the statute frames Delinquent and Null & Void

For professions under Chapter 455 of the Florida Statutes, section 455.271 sets the legal structure behind the labels. A licensee may choose active or inactive status at renewal; failure to renew before expiry makes the licence delinquent; and failure by a delinquent licensee to become active or inactive before the next expiration makes the licence void without further action by the board or department. There is a $25 delinquency fee when a delinquent licensee applies for active or inactive status, and the department may reinstate a void licence in cases of illness or economic hardship. Other programmes may sit under other chapters, so confirm the rule that applies to the licence you are reading.

Worked example (hypothetical record)

Imagine a record showing “Delinquent” as primary status and “Active” as secondary. Read together: a timely renewal was not completed, and the record still carries the Active flag, so DBPR’s glossary alone does not say whether practice is currently allowed. A prudent reader would treat this as not cleared and ask the licensee for proof of renewal or ask DBPR. Now imagine “Current” with “Inactive”. Requirements are up to date, but the holder is not allowed to work under the licence. A third record, “Current” and “Active”, is the combination the glossary defines as up to date and allowed to operate. The records here are invented, to show how the pair reads.

Searching by name versus by number

The four search routes cover name, licence number, city or county, and licence type. A name search suits people with common names poorly, so add the city. A number search is exact. The glossary describes a licence number for mobile home and condominium filings as the project number (for example PRMY001739) and gives no single format for every programme, so do not assume one pattern across the portal.

Common mistakes

Reading only the primary status. Treating Inactive as a penalty (the glossary treats it as a choice, usually). Treating Delinquent as revoked. Forgetting that the glossary’s alcoholic beverages and tobacco section redefines some words: there, Null & Void means failed to renew in a timely manner, and Revoked can also mean the department denied licensure through administrative action. Also, the portal advises that email addresses are public records under Florida law.

Who this is for

Anyone hiring a Florida contractor, salon, or real estate professional; employers checking staff; and licensees decoding what a client will see.

What this does not cover

It does not look up any licence or copy any DBPR data, does not cover Florida licences held at the Department of Health (nursing, for instance), and does not give legal advice on reinstatement. Nothing you type here leaves your browser.

Sources

Every statement above about a portal comes from the pages below, each of which returned a normal page when fetched on October 20, 2026. Portals change, so check the live page.

• www.myfloridalicense.com/glossary.asp — DBPR Licensing Portal Term Glossary: primary and secondary status definitions (retrieved October 20, 2026)
• www.myfloridalicense.com/wl11.asp — DBPR licensee search: four search types, email public-records notice (retrieved October 20, 2026)
• www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&URL=0400-0499/0455/Sections/0455.271.html — Florida Statutes section 455.271: inactive, delinquent and void licences (retrieved October 20, 2026)