Florida A-Z: U

city in Lake County, population 4,199.

Florida Treasure Hunt lets people, businesses, and estates search and claim unclaimed property directly without paying the state a fee.

Miami-Dade has a specific safety permit for existing residential pool lights in unincorporated areas; city addresses use their own building department.

Florida county directory with local places, offices, and notes.

Union County building forms sit beside planning and zoning checks, so land use should be checked early.

census-designated place in Orange County.

A quarter-mile boardwalk circles a working wetland, stream, and pond that slow and clean downtown runoff before it reaches Starke Lake.

census-designated place in Hillsborough County.

census-designated place in Orange County.

The University of Florida gives Gainesville a history-rich economy built around students, research, health care, sports weekends, clinics, and steady local work.

Florida unlicensed activity can overlap with scam-check questions, and DBPR has a reporting and public complaint path for covered professions.

census-designated place in Bay County.

Upper Tampa Bay Conservation Park gives northwest Hillsborough a protected coastal park with mangroves, marshes, hammocks, flatwoods, trails, and nature study.

Florida use tax can be due when taxable property is bought without enough sales tax and then brought, delivered, or used in Florida.

A Florida used-car file should include a recall check, because a clean test drive does not show every open safety repair.

A Florida municipal search is not one statewide product, so a closing file should say which utility, code, permit, lien, and assessment records were checked for the address.

A Florida lot may need water, sewer, reuse, capacity, or service letters before a building plan is ready for permit review.

Ask the utility to review the bill first, then confirm whether the Florida PSC or a different local body regulates that part of the service.

For regulated electric and natural gas service, a closed-account deposit can be credited to the final bill, so movers should track the last statement and refund path.

Florida's 2.5% gross receipts tax applies to covered electric and gas service, while the utility usually handles the return.

Dunedin runs its own utility billing rather than using Pinellas County's utility system. Confirm the service address, then use the city account for water, sewer, solid waste, stormwater, and any reclaimed water service.

Wauchula opens city utility service online or at City Hall. Owners and renters bring different address papers, while the deposit follows the city's current policy.

Panama City water and wastewater reach parts of unincorporated Bay County, while the county has separate utility service areas. Confirm the provider at the street address before opening an account.

Leesburg power reaches beyond the city. Water, gas, and sewer use other service lines, so check the provider at the address before opening an account.

Casselberry serves water and wastewater customers inside and outside city limits, so a city utility account does not settle every local-service question.

Set up or close each service, keep the deposit and final-bill proof, and know where local outage or boil-water notices appear.