The Digital Plan Room is set up to validate whether a document has a valid digital signature in accordance with the Florida Administrative Code. The following document types will require a valid digital signature in order to be uploaded through Online Services:
• Plans
• Building Plans
• Calculations
• Construction Plans (applies to Construction Plans Review applications)
• Elevation Certificate
• Engineer Letter/Affidavit
• Fall Down Radius Certificate of Tower
• FEMA Flood Proofing Certificate
• Final Elevation Certificate
• Final Plat
• Floodway Construction Certificate
• Landscape Fill Certificate
• Landscape Plan
• Letter of Mitigation
• Lighting Plan
• Limited Geotechnical Exploration Report
• Master Drainage Plan
• Survey*
• Preliminary Plat Plan
• Traffic Study
• V-Zone Certificate
Manatee County has provided a general Guide to Digital Signatures. This guide is not intended to be a legal interpretation and we encourage you to also review F.A.C. Rule 61G15-23.003 for engineers and 61G1-16.005 for architects. Common Certificate Authorities include but are not limited to DigiCert, IdenTrust, GlobalSign, Entrust, Symantec(owned by Digicert) and Notarius. Please note Adobe, Docusign, and SealPact are not valid Certificate authorities as they are not capable of verification.
If you have questions about an unlisted Certificate Authority’s compatibility, please contact (941) 749-3012.
For more information on signing and sealing Engineering Documents please refer to the Florida Board of Professional Engineers.
*Development Services recommends that Surveys being submitted be digitally signed which will validate the authenticity of the document. Surveys not digitally signed will require additional staff review to validate the authenticity of the document. See 5J-17 Professional Surveyors and Mappers