Florida Fossil Permit Renewal

Mail the following items to:

Program of Vertebrate Paleontology, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800, USA

  1. Your name (as it appears on the permit) and your permit number (listed on your permit card).

  2. Check or money order for $5.00 in U.S. currency payable to the Program of Vertebrate Paleontology. If you are renewing two or more permits, just send one check for the total amount, not multiple checks of $5. PLEASE DO NOT SEND CASH.

  3. If your mailing or email address or phone number have changed in the past year, please send up-dates so we can keep our database current.
  4. If you have not already submitted a signed report form for the permit-year, one must be included in the renewal package. Failure to submit a report form will prevent the Program of Vertebrate Paleontology from issuing you a renewed permit.

If your permit has expired, it can still be renewed. If you errantly made vertebrate fossil collections on state land following the expiration date, these must be reported on a report form with a special notation.

Instructions for the Report Form

Report Form (pdf format) or Report Form (MS Word format) [revised MS Word version of the form to be posted soon]


up-dated February 17, 2007