What Is Florida Product Approval for Roofing?

What is Florida product approval for roofing?

Florida product approval means the state has reviewed a roofing product against the structural rules of the Florida Building Code. An approved product gets an FL number.

Florida Statute 553.842 requires the Florida Building Commission to run a statewide system that evaluates and approves building products. Roofing is one of the listed categories, along with windows, exterior doors, shutters and skylights. DBPR, the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, runs the program under Rule 61G20-3 of the Florida Administrative Code, which covers products that make up the building envelope and structural frame.

Once a product is approved, it gets a Florida Product Approval number, called an FL number. A statewide approval means the product can be used anywhere in Florida when it is installed under the conditions of its approval. A local building official can refuse it only with a signed written report that explains the problem, and that decision can be appealed.

The program is big. DBPR reported 8,641 approved applications covering 36,676 approved products under the 2023 code as of mid-2026, and 133 approved entities. Roofing is one slice of that, so a shingle, an underlayment and a vent can each carry their own number on one job.

FRSA, the Florida Roofing and Sheet Metal Contractors Association, puts the difference this way: Florida Product Approvals cover products and components, while Miami-Dade Notices of Acceptance are based on the system being approved. Many roofing products carry both.

What is a Miami-Dade NOA, and does it matter in Manatee County?

A Miami-Dade Notice of Acceptance (NOA) is the county's own product approval for the High Velocity Hurricane Zone. It matters less on the Gulf Coast, but you may still see one.

Miami-Dade County's Product Control Section issues the Notice of Acceptance. The county's own text on a sample asphalt shingle NOA says it is accepted for use in Miami-Dade County and other areas where the local building authority allows it. That NOA says the product is designed to comply with the Florida Building Code, including the High Velocity Hurricane Zone (HVHZ), which is Miami-Dade and Broward counties.

Each NOA has a number and an expiration date, and it stops being valid after that date. The shingles must carry the label "Miami-Dade County Product Control Approved." The NOA also has to be available at the job site if the building official asks. According to FRSA, in Miami-Dade and Broward the county code applies and overrides the Florida Product Approval.

Manatee, Sarasota, Pinellas and Hillsborough counties are outside the HVHZ, so a statewide FL number is the usual paperwork there. The wind mitigation form accepts either: it asks for the permit application date, or the FBC or Miami-Dade product approval number, or the year of installation. See how to read your wind mitigation report.