Florida Pest Control Record Keeping: Rules 5E-14.142 and 5E-14.106

General records and contracts: two years

Under Rule 5E-14.142, records of a licensee’s pest control activities, including contracts, are kept at the licensed business location, or the exact Florida address listed on the business license application, for at least two years. Electronic records must be provided to the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) on request.

Restricted-use pesticide records

Routine operational records for restricted-use pesticides must include the following and be kept for at least two years. Fumigation records also need the identification number of each fumigant cylinder.

• Product brand or name
• Amount applied
• Use or purpose
• Date of application
• Place of application

New-construction termite pretreatments: three years

Rule 5E-14.106 requires records for each preventive subterranean termite treatment in new construction to be kept for at least three years. A copy of the registered label must also be in the vehicle used for the application.

• Date of treatment and property address
• Total square footage of the structure treated
• Pesticide used, percent concentration, and total volume applied
• Total area treated and number of sites treated
• Records of all termiticides purchased, obtained, or available for use

General-use pesticides

Rule 5E-14.142 does not list separate fields for every general-use application, but those applications are still part of the activity records you must keep. Saving the same core fields for every application (customer, address, date, product and EPA number, amount, target pest, areas treated, and applicator) keeps your records consistent and easy to search.

How WildPipe helps

WildPipe’s pesticide records save the product, EPA registration number, amount, rate, area treated, target pest, method, weather, and the licensed applicator and supervisor at the stop, and you can require the record before a visit can close. Saved records are sealed, corrections become dated amendments, and you can search and export them for an inspector. The field app also works without signal, so the record is made on site instead of typed up later.

This guide summarizes published rules as of October 2026. It is not legal advice. Rules are amended, and your license category, the products you use, and local requirements can add more. Confirm the current rule with your state agency before relying on it.