Juanita Chastain,
Executive Director
Division of Professions
Board of Architecture and Interior Design
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0783
Phone: 850.487.1395
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Board of Architecture and Interior Design receives an Opinion from Judge Hinkle for Locke v. Shore
Federal District Judge Robert L. Hinkle has entered an order, Opinion on the Merits, in the case of Locke v. Shore in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida. Under this ruling a person must be a registered interior designer to provide commercial interior design services in the State of Florida. However, any person may use the title “interior designer” regardless of whether or not they hold a Florida license. A person may provide residential interior design services and may advertise herself/himself as an “interior designer” without a license. This ruling does not change the statutes in Chapter 481 but does impact how the Board enforces the statutes.