Elevator Safety – Inspections

The Florida Elevator Safety Act requires that only licensed vertical conveyances with a current satisfactory inspection can renew the Certificate of Operation. All elevators or other conveyances must be annually inspected by a Florida-licensed certified elevator inspector or by a municipality or county under contract with the division pursuant to section 399.13, Florida Statutes. If the elevator is not an escalator or a dumbwaiter, serves only two adjacent floors, and is covered by a full-service maintenance contract that meets the minimum requirements in Florida law, the annual inspection is not required. The elevator owner is responsible for annually verifying the existence and performance of the service maintenance contract.

In addition, section 399.03(5), Florida Statutes, states:

All new conveyance installations must be performed by a registered elevator company. Before any vertical conveyance is used, except those in a private residence, it must be inspected by a certified elevator inspector not employed, associated, or having a conflict of interest with the elevator construction permitholder or elevator owner and certified as meeting the safety provisions of the Florida Building Code, including the performance of all required safety tests.

Inspection Extracts

The downloadable files below represent extracts of all elevator inspections performed statewide. These files are in Microsoft Excel format.

• Current Fiscal Year
• FY 2023-24
• FY 2022-23
• FY 2021-22
• FY 2020-21
• FY 2019-20

Elevator Violation Codes

Violation Codes (excel format .xls)

Submitting Elevator Inspection Reports

Registered elevator companies and certified elevator inspectors are required to submit elevator inspection reports to the division’s Bureau of Elevator Safety within 5 days after the inspection occurs. Approved conveyance inspection report violation codes must be used. Report submittal may be completed in two ways.

Initial Acceptance Inspections will continue to be accepted by the Bureau on scantron until further notice in order to ensure that the requirement for a Supervisor Affidavit of Construction is satisfied.  If the Initial Acceptance Inspection is successfully electronically filed a copy of the inspection with the completed Supervisor of Construction Affidavit may be emailed to the Bureau.  A new affidavit form is currently under development. 

1. Electronic Submittal:

Inspection data may be saved in an electronic file and submitted to the division via the Internet in an approved format. New and improved format using CSV/Excel file formatting. Registered elevator companies and certified elevator inspectors may submit electronically through DBPR Online Services. Activate your account according to the online instructions (you must know your company or inspector license number). Once your account is activated, you can choose the link to “Submit Elevator Inspection Reports Electronically.”

Your license must be current and you must log in to access the submittal website. Also, you must have a registered elevator company or certified elevator inspector license. You cannot submit from the elevator license screen or the certificate of competency license screen.

Electronic submittal requires a valid e-mail address and a data file in the approved format, or by using the new and improved CSV/Excel file format option.  Once you submit the file, a verification e-mail will be sent to the address you provide. The division’s inspection database is updated daily. When the update is complete, you will receive reports indicating which records were accepted and rejected by the database. The report of rejected records indicates why the record was rejected and will require the submitter to make corrections and resubmit. If you have questions regarding this process, please contact our Customer Contact Center at (850) 487-1395.

Click here for instructions on how to submit inspection reports to the Bureau using the new and improved CSV/Excel file format option.

Click here for a free PDF fillable inspection report for your customers or feel free to create your own.

2. Manual Submittal

Complete the authorized scannable inspection report provided on our website and send the original copy to the Bureau of Elevator Safety at 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, FL, 32399-1013.

Beginning January 1, 2026, the Bureau of Elevator Safety will no longer accept the scantron inspection report and all submissions must be through one of the two available options listed above.