Permit checklist
Name the governments and what the operation does; this lists the catalog rows that apply, in the order their prerequisites allow. Every row still marked unconfirmed is seed knowledge, not a confirmed ordinance.
- Requirements
- 2
- Critical path
- 1 day(s)
- Known fees
- $125.00
- Fees unknown
- 0
- Unconfirmed rows
- 0
- Critical path
- 1 day(s)
- Known fees
- $125.00
- Rows with no fee on record
- 0
- Rows still unconfirmed
- 0 of 2
Considered and left out
| Requirement | Title | Why |
|---|---|---|
| fl-fictitious-name-registration | Florida fictitious name registration (doing business as) | predicate not satisfied (uses_trade_name) |
| fl-reemployment-tax-registration | Florida reemployment tax registration | governs activities not in this profile (employment) |
| fl-sales-and-use-tax-registration | Florida sales and use tax registration (Certificate of Registration, Form DR-11) | governs activities not in this profile (sales_tax) |
| tn-business-tax-registration | Tennessee business tax registration (TNTAP) | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN) |
| tn-commercial-auto-insurance | Commercial auto liability coverage on the vehicle | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN) |
| tn-commercial-vehicle-registration | Commercial vehicle registration and plate class for a van used in business | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN) |
| tn-employer-registration | State employer registration (unemployment insurance, new-hire reporting, workers' compensation) | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN) |
| tn-entity-formation | Tennessee entity formation (LLC articles of organization / corporate charter) | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN) |
| tn-sales-and-use-tax-certificate | Tennessee sales and use tax registration (certificate of registration) | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN) |
| tn-transient-vendor-license | Tennessee vendor licensing: annual local licence or a transient vendor's licence | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN) |
| template-state-commercial-auto-insurance | Commercial auto liability + general liability proof of coverage | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-state-commercial-vehicle-registration | Commercial vehicle registration / commercial plates | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-state-employer-registration | State employer registration (unemployment insurance) + workers' compensation coverage | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-state-entity-formation | Entity formation (LLC or corporation) or DBA / assumed-name registration | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-state-sales-tax | Sales & use tax certificate of registration | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| fl-columbia-county-local-business-tax-receipt | Columbia County local business tax receipt | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-FL-columbia) |
| knox-county-business-license | Knox County business licence (standard or minimal activity) | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knox) |
| knox-county-mobile-food-permit | Mobile food unit permit + commissary agreement | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knox) |
| knox-county-solicitor-peddler-license | Knox County solicitor / peddler thirty-day permit | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knox) |
| template-county-business-license | County business license | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-county-food-permit | Mobile food unit health permit + commissary agreement | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| fl-lake-city-business-tax-receipt | City of Lake City business tax receipt | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-FL-lake-city) |
| knoxville-business-license | City of Knoxville business licence (standard or minimum activity) | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knoxville) |
| knoxville-fire-inspection | Liquefied petroleum (LP) gas tank permit | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knoxville) |
| knoxville-mobile-vending-permit | Non-food mobile vending authorization — open question with the city | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knoxville) |
| knoxville-outdoor-display-zoning | Zoning verification for outdoor display and sale of merchandise | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knoxville) |
| knoxville-pedestrian-vending-permit | Pedestrian vending permit (city sidewalks during a designated special event) | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knoxville) |
| knoxville-sign-permit | Sign permit | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knoxville) |
| knoxville-special-event-permit | Special Events Application (city property, street closure, festival) | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knoxville) |
| knoxville-transient-vendor-license | City of Knoxville transient vendor's licence (14 days) | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knoxville) |
| knoxville-zoning-site-plan | Site plan review for a fixed chapter lot | outside the requested jurisdictions (US-TN-knoxville) |
| template-city-business-license | City business license | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-city-fire-inspection | Fire inspection / LP-gas and generator clearance | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-city-mobile-vending | Mobile vending / peddler / itinerant-merchant permit | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-city-signage | Sign permit | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-city-special-event | Special event / temporary vendor permit | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
| template-city-zoning-site-plan | Zoning verification + site plan review for a fixed terminal lot | template row: clone it into a real jurisdiction before it applies |
Operator checklist, not legal advice. Confirm every row with the issuing agency before acting on it.
Permit rules are set by the city, the county and the state separately, and they change. Rows labelled "unverified seed" were written from the general shape of the US permit ladder, not read off a current ordinance, and rows with no fee show "unknown" rather than a guess. Confirm each row with the issuing agency, then promote it with LegalCode.PermitRequirementUpsert (confidence=verified with source_url and source_checked_at_ms).
1. Employer Identification Number (EIN)
Read 2026-09-18: "You never have to pay a fee for an EIN", and the online application issues the number immediately (the session expires after 15 minutes of inactivity). The IRS names hiring employees, operating a partnership or corporation, and paying sales and excise taxes among the reasons one is needed. Does not expire, so no renewal is recorded. Every downstream Tennessee and Knox County application asks for it: the Knox County business tax application has a Federal Employer Identification Number field, and the City of Knoxville transient vendor application asks for it on line 2.
2. Florida LLC Articles of Organization
Read 2026-10-07. The fee schedule (dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/forms/fees/llc-fees/) lists Filing Fee $100.00 and Registered Agent Fee $25.00, both required, $125.00 for a new LLC; a certified copy is $30 and a certificate of status $5, both optional. The e-file page takes a credit or debit card and says only that a document is "processed in the order it was received", so no lead time is recorded. The instructions page says the name must include Limited Liability Company, LLC or L.L.C. and be distinguishable on the Department's records, the registered agent needs a physical street address in Florida (no P.O. box) and must sign to accept, and an effective date may be no more than five business days before or 90 days after the day the document is received. The 365-day renewal stands for the annual report: the filing period is January 1 to May 1 of the calendar year after the filing, the LLC annual report costs $138.75, a $400 late fee applies after May 1, and an entity with no report by the third Friday of September is administratively dissolved (dos.fl.gov/sunbiz/manage-business/efile/annual-report/). A permit tracked against this row comes due on May 1 of the year after it was issued, the last day before the late fee; the row does not move the date on to the following year once a report is filed, so set the permit's expiry to the next May 1 after each filing.