Private Provider Service Agreement Terms

Version 2026-09-05. These Private Provider Service Agreement Terms (the "Terms") are part of the Service Agreement between Freedom Code Compliance Corp, a Florida corporation with offices at 500 NW University Blvd, Suite 115, Port St. Lucie, Florida 34986 ("FCC"), and the company or person identified in the Service Agreement as the client ("Client"). The Service Agreement consists of these Terms, the Agreement Pricing Terms, the Account Setup Fee and Promotional Service Credit stated in the Service Agreement, each Price List Amendment the Client accepts, and each Project Quote the Client accepts (together, the "Agreement"). The person who signs for the Client represents that they are authorized to bind the Client.

1. Who FCC Is and What This Agreement Does

1.1 Private provider firm. FCC is a private provider firm as defined in section 553.791(1)(o), Florida Statutes. FCC offers private provider plans review and building code inspection services through licensed or certified personnel who act as its employees, officers, or agents.

1.2 The statutory contract. Section 553.791(2)(a), Florida Statutes, requires private provider services to be the subject of a written contract between the private provider firm and the fee owner or the fee owner's contractor. This Agreement is that contract for every project Client submits to FCC while the Agreement is in effect.

1.3 Order of precedence. For a specific project, an accepted Project Quote controls the scope and price of that project. An accepted Price List Amendment controls reusable pricing from the date it is accepted. These Terms control everything else. FCC's website Terms of Use govern each person's use of FCC's software, and FCC's Privacy Policy governs personal information. Terms printed on a purchase order, portal, or Client form do not change this Agreement.

2. Services

2.1 What FCC provides. Under this Agreement FCC provides, as ordered for each project:

1. plans review by licensed plans examiners to determine compliance with the Florida Building Code and other applicable codes, together with the plans compliance affidavit required by section 553.791(7), Florida Statutes;
2. building code inspection services required by the applicable codes for each permitted phase of construction, performed by licensed or certified inspectors acting as FCC's duly authorized representatives, with inspection records posted or transmitted as section 553.791(14), Florida Statutes, requires;
3. upon completion of all required inspections, the certificate of compliance described in section 553.791(15), Florida Statutes;
4. the related private provider documents, including duly authorized representative identification, job site identification, inspection logs, and FCC's registration with the local enforcement agency; and
5. access to the myFCC platform for Client's authorized users and onboarding training.

2.2 Virtual delivery. FCC performs inspections virtually through its platform, using live video, photographs, and other media captured on site by Client's representative under the direction of an FCC inspector. FCC does not provide in-person services unless a separate writing signed by FCC says so.

2.3 Licensure limits. FCC performs only services that are within the disciplines covered by its personnel's licenses or certifications, as section 553.791(3), Florida Statutes, requires. FCC will not provide inspection services on any building designed or constructed by FCC.

2.4 Exclusions. The Agreement does not include, and FCC does not provide: zoning, land use, or planning review; fire prevention or life safety reviews and inspections performed by the fire authority; public works, utility, right-of-way, stormwater, environmental, or health department reviews; threshold building inspections under section 553.79, Florida Statutes; special inspections required by the design professional; flood elevation or survey certifications; engineering, architectural, design, or construction management services; permit application preparation, submission, or expediting; payment of permit or agency fees; and any review or inspection that the applicable code or the local building official reserves to the local enforcement agency. Client obtains any function the local enforcement agency retains from that agency.

2.5 Timing. FCC performs within the time periods that section 553.791, Florida Statutes, imposes on a private provider and otherwise in the ordinary course. Turnaround estimates FCC communicates are goals, not commitments. Time periods the statute imposes on the local enforcement agency are that agency's obligations, and FCC does not warrant the agency's performance.

3. Client Responsibilities

3.1 Authority and election. If Client is not the fee owner of the property, Client represents that it holds the fee owner's explicit written authorization to use a private provider for the project, as section 553.791(2)(a), Florida Statutes, requires, and will provide a copy to the local building official and to FCC on request.

3.2 Notice to Building Official. Client, or the fee owner, files the Notice to Building Official on the form adopted by the Florida Building Commission at the time of permit application, or by 2:00 p.m. local time two business days before the first scheduled inspection, as section 553.791(5), Florida Statutes, requires, and updates it within the statutory deadlines whenever the listed providers or services change. FCC supplies its information for the notice. FCC cannot begin inspections until the notice has been filed and any registration the local enforcement agency requires is complete.

3.3 Compliance and workmanship. All work must be performed by properly licensed contractors in compliance with the Florida Building Code, the approved plans, the permit and its conditions, and applicable local requirements. Client remains solely responsible for the design, construction, means and methods, site safety, and code compliance of the work. FCC's review, approval, or inspection result does not shift that responsibility.

3.4 Accurate submissions. Client will submit complete, current, and accurate plans, documents, and information, and will ensure that the person conducting each virtual inspection shows the actual condition of the work without staging, concealment, or misrepresentation. Attempting to mislead FCC, or to obtain approval of work that does not comply, is a material breach of this Agreement.

3.5 Site readiness. Client will request an inspection only when the work is ready, the permit allows the inspection, prerequisite filings such as a recorded notice of commencement or subcontractor filings are complete, and the approved plans and permit are available on site. Client provides the on-site representative, device, and connectivity a virtual inspection requires, and will not conceal work that requires inspection before FCC has inspected it.

3.6 Records and portal access. Client gives FCC access to the permit records, documents, and portals needed to perform the Services, as section 553.791(2)(c), Florida Statutes, contemplates, and keeps inspection records at the job site when the law requires.

3.7 Third parties. When Client submits information about property owners, design professionals, subcontractors, or other people, Client represents that it has the authority to share it with FCC.

3.8 Agency communications. Client will promptly tell FCC about any stop-work order, notice of corrective action, permit revocation, audit, or other communication from the local building official that affects a project.

4. The Local Building Official's Authority; No Guarantee of Outcome

4.1 Retained authority. The local building official keeps every authority the law gives them, including to audit FCC's services under section 553.791(22), Florida Statutes, to issue a notice of corrective action or stop-work order, and to deny or revoke a permit, certificate of occupancy, or certificate of completion under section 553.791(17), Florida Statutes. FCC does not control, and does not guarantee, the local enforcement agency's decisions, fee reductions, or timelines.

4.2 What FCC does not issue. FCC does not issue permits, certificates of occupancy, or certificates of completion. Those belong to the local enforcement agency. FCC's certificate of compliance summarizes the inspections FCC performed and represents, to the best of FCC's knowledge and belief, that the inspected construction complies with the approved plans and applicable codes. It is not a warranty of the work.

4.3 Agency disputes. If a local enforcement agency acts contrary to section 553.791, Florida Statutes, FCC will provide the records reasonably needed for Client to pursue the remedies the statute provides. Pursuing those remedies is Client's decision and expense unless FCC agrees otherwise in writing.

5. Account Setup Fee and Promotional Service Credit

5.1 Account Setup Fee. Client pays the one-time Account Setup Fee stated in the Service Agreement when the Agreement is signed and a payment method is authorized. The fee covers account provisioning, myFCC access, onboarding, and registration support. It is earned when paid and is non-refundable except as section 9.5 provides.

5.2 Promotional Service Credit. If the Service Agreement states a Promotional Service Credit, FCC issues it to Client's account at Account Activation. The credit has no cash value, is not transferable, is not a deposit, and is applied automatically to FCC's invoices for Services until it is used or expires. Unused credit expires twelve (12) months after the date Client signs the Service Agreement.

5.3 Zero amounts. A zero Account Setup Fee or a zero Promotional Service Credit means FCC waived that item for this Client.

6. Pricing, Project Quotes, and Price List Amendments

6.1 Agreement Pricing Terms. The Service Agreement states, for each project type and service, whether pricing is Fixed (a stated price), Calculated (a stated rate, minimum, and inputs), or Quoted per Project (FCC prices each project by Project Quote). Pricing stated in the Service Agreement is frozen when the Agreement is sent and changes only through an accepted Price List Amendment.

6.2 Project Quotes. For Quoted per Project services, and for any project outside the Agreement Pricing Terms, FCC issues a Project Quote. A Project Quote is an offer for one project. Client may accept it, decline it, or leave it open; it expires on the date it states. Accepting a Project Quote authorizes the work and fees it describes. Signing the Service Agreement does not accept any Project Quote. Submitting a project under Fixed or Calculated pricing orders the Services for that project at that pricing.

6.3 Price List Amendments. FCC may propose, and Client may accept, a Price List Amendment that replaces the reusable pricing for a project type. Existing pricing stays in effect until Client accepts the Amendment. A project already submitted keeps the pricing that governed it when it was submitted or quoted.

6.4 Additional charges. FCC may charge, at rates disclosed in the Agreement Pricing Terms, a Project Quote, or in writing before the work is performed, for: (a) plan re-reviews beyond those included in the price; (b) inspections that fail, are cancelled with less than one business day's notice, or cannot be performed because the site, the on-site representative, or connectivity is not ready; (c) inspections requested before the permit, the Notice to Building Official, or a prerequisite filing allows them; (d) projects submitted with an incorrect building department or project information that require duplicate registrations or paperwork; (e) takeover projects involving a change of contractor or private provider; (f) reinspection or re-audit work made necessary by Client's actions; and (g) administrative work outside the Services for a project. Fees charged by the local enforcement agency are Client's responsibility.

6.5 Permit fee reductions. Section 553.791(2)(b) and (d), Florida Statutes, require the local jurisdiction to reduce permit fees when a private provider is used. Obtaining that reduction is between Client and the jurisdiction. FCC's fees are not contingent on it.

7. Invoicing, Payment Method on File, and Automatic Payment

7.1 When fees are due. Unless a Project Quote states otherwise, plan review fees are due when the project is submitted and before review begins, inspection fees are due when the first inspection is requested, and other charges are due when invoiced.

7.2 Payment method on file and automatic charges. Client keeps a valid credit card, debit card, or bank account on file with FCC through FCC's payment processor. Client authorizes FCC to charge that payment method for the Account Setup Fee and for each invoice under this Agreement on or after its due date, after applying any available Promotional Service Credit, without separate authorization for each charge. For a bank account, this is a standing authorization for FCC to originate ACH debit entries to the account for amounts due under this Agreement, and credit entries to correct errors, under the rules of the National Automated Clearing House Association. Client may revoke the bank authorization by written notice that FCC receives at least five (5) business days before the next charge; revocation does not excuse payment by another method. Client will keep the payment method current and replace it before it expires or fails. FCC does not store full card or account numbers; its payment processor does.

7.3 Failed payments. If a charge fails, FCC may retry it, may require an alternate payment method, and may suspend Services under section 8 until the balance is paid. Client is responsible for fees its bank charges for returned items.

7.4 Late amounts. Amounts not paid when due accrue interest at the lesser of 1.5% per month or the highest rate Florida law allows, from the due date until paid. Client pays FCC's reasonable costs of collecting past-due amounts, including attorneys' fees.

7.5 Invoice disputes. Client must dispute an invoice in writing within fifteen (15) days after it is issued, stating the reason. Undisputed portions remain due. Client may not withhold or set off amounts due under this Agreement against claims under another agreement or project.

7.6 Taxes. Fees exclude taxes. Client pays any sales, use, or similar tax that applies to the Services, other than taxes on FCC's income.

8. Account Hold for Nonpayment

If any amount is past due, or a payment method fails and is not replaced, FCC may place Client's account on hold. While the account is on hold, FCC may decline to accept new projects, decline to perform further plan reviews or inspections (including the final inspection), decline to prepare or issue the certificate of compliance, and withhold delivery to Client of inspection logs, affidavits, reports, and other FCC work product, until all past-due amounts, interest, and costs are paid. FCC will still post or transmit to the local building official any record that section 553.791, Florida Statutes, requires FCC to post or transmit. Client remains responsible for delays, permit expirations, and other consequences of a hold.

9. Term, Offer Expiration, and Termination

9.1 Offer expiration. The Service Agreement may be accepted through the expiration date stated in it. FCC may extend that date in writing.

9.2 Term. This Agreement takes effect when Client's authorized signer accepts it and continues until terminated under this section. Account Activation, which opens full myFCC access and installs the Agreement Pricing Terms, occurs after the signature, required contact information, payment method authorization, and Account Setup Fee are complete.

9.3 Termination for convenience. Either party may terminate this Agreement on thirty (30) days' written notice.

9.4 Termination by FCC for cause. FCC may suspend or terminate this Agreement immediately on written notice if Client fails to pay when due, submits false or misleading information, uses the Services to obtain approval of non-compliant work, loses a license required for its work, threatens or abuses FCC personnel, or otherwise materially breaches this Agreement.

9.5 Effect of termination. Termination does not affect fees already earned or amounts already due. Projects in progress are completed or wound down as the parties agree in writing; absent agreement, FCC will complete inspections already paid for that are requested within thirty (30) days after termination, subject to section 8. Unused Promotional Service Credit is forfeited on termination, except that if FCC terminates for convenience under section 9.3, FCC will refund the unused credit balance up to the Account Setup Fee Client actually paid. Sections 10 through 18 survive termination.

10. Client Content, Service Data, and Data Use

10.1 Definitions. "Client Content" means the plans, specifications, documents, photographs, video, audio, and other information that Client or its representatives submit to FCC or capture through FCC's platform. "Service Data" means everything FCC generates in performing the Services and operating its platform, including plan review comments, affidavits, inspection results and records, certificates, media and recordings captured during inspections and calls, transcripts, logs, analytics, and derived data. "De-identified Data" means Client Content or Service Data from which names, contact details, license numbers, and other information that identifies a person, the Client, or a specific property has been removed or replaced.

10.2 Ownership. Client retains whatever rights it holds in Client Content. FCC owns Service Data, FCC's work product, and FCC's platform, software, methods, and models, together with all improvements to them. FCC delivers its work product for a project to Client and to the local enforcement agency for that project.

10.3 License to FCC. Client grants FCC a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, copy, process, analyze, transmit, display, and create derivative works from Client Content (a) to perform the Services, transmit required records to local enforcement agencies, and comply with law, and (b) in the form of De-identified Data or aggregated data, to operate, maintain, secure, analyze, improve, and develop FCC's services, software, and systems, including to train, fine-tune, test, and evaluate machine learning and artificial intelligence models and automated review and inspection tools. FCC will not publish Client Content, or disclose it to third parties, in a form that identifies Client, a person, or a specific project, except to local enforcement agencies, to FCC's service providers bound by confidentiality obligations, as required by law, or with Client's consent. This license is part of the basis on which FCC offers the Services at the stated prices.

10.4 Rights in submitted plans. Client represents that it is authorized to submit the plans and other Client Content to FCC for plans review, inspection, and permitting purposes, and to grant the license in section 10.3 to the extent of Client's rights, including for documents prepared by architects, engineers, and other third parties. FCC's use of De-identified Data under section 10.3(b) does not reproduce or distribute a design professional's plans to the public.

10.5 Automated tools. FCC uses automated and AI-assisted tools to classify documents, assist its licensed personnel in review and inspection, transcribe recordings, and support its operations. A licensed or certified person makes every plans review determination and inspection result. Section 553.791(7), Florida Statutes, permits an automated or software-based plans review system for single-trade plans, and FCC may use one where the law permits.

10.6 Public records. Client Content and Service Data transmitted to a local enforcement agency may become public records under chapter 119, Florida Statutes. FCC is not responsible for disclosure by a public agency.

10.7 Retention. FCC retains Client Content and Service Data for as long as needed to perform the Services, meet its legal and professional record-keeping obligations, defend claims, and exercise the license in section 10.3. Retention and deletion of personal information is described in FCC's Privacy Policy.

10.8 Feedback. FCC may use suggestions and feedback Client provides without obligation to Client.

11. Confidentiality

Each party will keep the other's non-public business information confidential, use it only for purposes of this Agreement, and protect it with reasonable care. These obligations do not apply to information that is or becomes public without breach, that the receiving party independently developed or received from a third party without restriction, that must be disclosed by law or court order (with notice to the other party where lawful), or that is transmitted to a local enforcement agency to perform the Services. De-identified Data and Service Data are not Client's confidential information. FCC's pricing, methods, software, and non-public documents are FCC's confidential information. These obligations continue for three (3) years after termination, and for trade secrets for as long as they remain trade secrets.

12. Communications and Recording Consent

12.1 Inspections are recorded. Virtual inspections are recorded. FCC captures and stores video, audio, photographs, location data, and metadata from each inspection as part of the inspection record. Client will ensure that each person who participates in an inspection knows it is recorded and consents.

12.2 Calls and messages. FCC may record and transcribe telephone and video calls with Client and its representatives after giving notice at the start of the call, and may process messages through automated tools. Client consents on its own behalf and will obtain the consent of its personnel who communicate with FCC. Florida law, section 934.03, Florida Statutes, requires the consent of all parties to a recorded call. A participant who does not consent may end the call and continue by email.

12.3 SMS and email. FCC sends service messages by email and, where a person has opted in, by SMS. SMS terms, including STOP and HELP instructions, are in FCC's website Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Notices under this Agreement are given as section 18.5 provides.

13. Insurance

FCC maintains professional liability insurance covering its private provider services with limits not less than those section 553.791(20), Florida Statutes, requires for the construction cost of the projects it accepts, written by insurers authorized in Florida with an A.M. Best rating of at least A. FCC provides a certificate of insurance to the local building official as the statute requires and to Client on request. A fee owner who requires higher limits must arrange them with FCC in writing before FCC accepts the project. Client maintains its own commercial general liability, workers' compensation, and builder's risk insurance as the law and its contracts require. FCC's insurance does not cover Client's work.

14. Warranties and Disclaimers

14.1 FCC's standard. FCC will perform the Services with the care and skill ordinarily exercised by licensed private providers in Florida, through personnel holding the licenses or certifications the law requires.

14.2 Scope of review and inspection. Plans review is based on the documents Client submits and the code editions in effect when the review is performed. Inspections are visual, virtual, and limited to the work shown to the inspector at the time of the inspection. FCC's approvals, affidavits, inspection results, and certificate of compliance state FCC's professional judgment about compliance with the applicable codes. They are not a warranty that the work is free of defects, that concealed or unshown conditions comply, or that the work meets contract, design, manufacturer, or insurance requirements outside the scope of the applicable codes.

14.3 Disclaimer. EXCEPT AS STATED IN THIS SECTION 14, FCC PROVIDES THE SERVICES, ITS PLATFORM, AND ITS WORK PRODUCT "AS IS" AND DISCLAIMS ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. FCC DOES NOT WARRANT THAT ITS PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE.

15. Limitation of Liability

15.1 Cap. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT FLORIDA LAW ALLOWS, FCC'S TOTAL LIABILITY TO CLIENT AND TO ANYONE CLAIMING THROUGH CLIENT, FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO A PROJECT, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, STATUTE, OR OTHERWISE, WILL NOT EXCEED THE FEES CLIENT PAID FCC FOR THE SERVICES ON THAT PROJECT. FOR CLAIMS NOT TIED TO A PROJECT, FCC'S TOTAL LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED THE ACCOUNT SETUP FEE CLIENT PAID.

15.2 Excluded damages. FCC IS NOT LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, DELAY DAMAGES, LIQUIDATED DAMAGES OWED TO THIRD PARTIES, FINANCING COSTS, LOSS OF USE, OR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT SERVICES, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THEIR POSSIBILITY.

15.3 Third-party acts. FCC is not liable for the acts or omissions of Client, its contractors and subcontractors, design professionals, the local enforcement agency, or other third parties, or for delays they cause.

15.4 No individual liability. FCC'S OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, INSPECTORS, PLANS EXAMINERS, ENGINEERS, AND ARCHITECTS ARE NOT PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE HELD INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE FOR ECONOMIC DAMAGES ARISING FROM THEIR PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES UNDER IT, TO THE EXTENT SECTION 558.0035, FLORIDA STATUTES, AND OTHER APPLICABLE LAW ALLOW. CLAIMS ARE BROUGHT AGAINST FCC ONLY. FCC MAINTAINS PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE AS SECTION 13 STATES.

15.5 Basis of the bargain; exceptions. These limits are part of the basis on which FCC sets its prices, and FCC would not provide the Services without them. They do not limit liability that Florida law does not allow to be limited, including liability for fraud or willful misconduct. Nothing in this Agreement shortens any limitation period Florida law provides.

16. Indemnification

16.1 By Client. Client will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless FCC and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from claims, damages, losses, penalties, and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from: (a) the design, construction, means and methods, or condition of the work, or bodily injury, death, or property damage at or related to a project site; (b) inaccurate, incomplete, altered, or misleading submissions, statements, or representations by Client or its representatives; (c) Client's breach of this Agreement or violation of law, code, permit, or license requirements; (d) a claim that Client Content, or FCC's use of it as this Agreement permits, infringes or misappropriates a third party's rights or was submitted without authority; (e) Client's failure to obtain the fee owner's authorization or to file or update the Notice to Building Official; and (f) any claim by the fee owner, a subsequent owner, a lender, a tenant, or another third party relating to a project, except to the extent a claim is caused by FCC's gross negligence or willful misconduct.

16.2 Client's statutory acknowledgment. The Notice to Building Official includes Client's acknowledgment and agreement to indemnify the local government, the local building official, and building code enforcement personnel, as section 553.791(5)(c), Florida Statutes, provides. That obligation is Client's alone.

16.3 Procedure. FCC will give Client prompt notice of a claim, allow Client to control the defense with counsel reasonably acceptable to FCC, and cooperate at Client's expense. Client may not settle a claim in a way that admits fault by, or imposes obligations on, FCC without FCC's written consent.

17. Governing Law, Venue, and Disputes

17.1 Governing law. Florida law governs this Agreement without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

17.2 Venue. Any action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Services will be brought exclusively in the state courts located in St. Lucie County, Florida, or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Fort Pierce Division, and each party consents to personal jurisdiction there. FCC may also bring a collection action where Client or its assets are located.

17.3 Jury waiver. EACH PARTY KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SERVICES.

17.4 Individual claims. To the extent the law allows, claims must be brought in a party's individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative proceeding.

17.5 Attorneys' fees. The prevailing party in any action to enforce this Agreement recovers its reasonable attorneys' fees and costs, including on appeal.

17.6 Equitable relief. Either party may seek injunctive relief to protect its confidential information or intellectual property.

17.7 Good-faith resolution. Before filing an action other than for collection or injunctive relief, the parties will attempt for fifteen (15) days to resolve the dispute through their designated representatives.

18. General

18.1 Entire agreement. The Agreement, as defined above and read in the order of precedence in section 1.3, is the entire agreement between the parties about its subject and supersedes prior proposals, quotes, and agreements about the same subject.

18.2 Changes. Pricing changes only through an accepted Price List Amendment or Project Quote. Changes to these Terms require a writing signed by both parties. FCC may adopt updated Terms for future Service Agreements; the Terms Client signed continue to govern Client until Client accepts new ones.

18.3 Assignment and personnel. Client may not assign this Agreement without FCC's written consent. FCC may assign it to an affiliate or to a successor to its business. This Agreement binds permitted successors and assigns. FCC performs the Services through its employees, including duly authorized representatives who are FCC employees as section 553.791, Florida Statutes, requires, and remains responsible for them.

18.4 Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delay caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including hurricanes and named storms, government orders, utility or telecommunications failures, and failures of third-party platforms. Payment obligations are not excused.

18.5 Notices. Notices to FCC go to [email protected] and to the mailing address stated above. Notices to Client go to the billing email and the contacts on Client's account. Email notice is effective when sent unless the sender receives a delivery failure.

18.6 Electronic signatures and records. Electronic signatures, acceptances, and records under this Agreement are binding under the Florida Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, section 668.50, Florida Statutes. Acceptance through myFCC, including a drawn or typed signature and an accept action on a Project Quote or Price List Amendment, is Client's signature.

18.7 Relationship. FCC is an independent contractor. This Agreement creates no partnership, joint venture, or agency. It has no third-party beneficiaries; a fee owner who is not the Client is not a beneficiary of it.

18.8 Interpretation. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and the rest of the Agreement remains in effect. A party's failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. Headings are for convenience. "Including" means "including without limitation." The Agreement may be accepted electronically and in counterparts.

18.9 Authority. Each person who accepts this Agreement, a Project Quote, or a Price List Amendment for Client represents that they are authorized to do so.