Recertifications
Due to reduced funding to the CRS Program, FEMA will not be requiring the annual Recertification submittal for 3rd and 4th Quarters of 2025 and 1st Quarter of 2026 Recertification communities. You are considered to remain in good standing in the CRS Program as long as you continue to meet the CRS Program prerequisites and implement your credited Activities.
If you’ve had amendments to ordinances that directly affect CRS credit or changes to other Program activities you need to disclose or have begun implementing additional Activities creditable under the CRS Program and would like to modify your CRS Class, please contact your CRS Specialist directly.
Annual CC Review
“CC” stands for Construction Certificate. CCs include finished construction Elevation Certificates, Floodproofing Certificates, V Zone Certificates and Engineered Opening Certificates. Each year, a participating CRS community must submit a Permit List and their CCs at their recertification date. As of June 2025, we are requiring the submittal of the Permit List and CCs only during the year a community undergoes its cycle verification. Since recertifications are not required at this time, CCs will not be submitted through the Recertification process. If you are not undergoing a cycle verification in a given year, please continue to keep a Permit List and all CCs since the last time you submitted to CRS because they will be asked for during the year of your next cycle verification.
| Required Documentation Due Dates | |||
| February 1 | May 1 | August 1 | October 15 |
| Alaska | Colorado | Arkansas | Alabama |
| Connecticut | Delaware | California | Arizona |
| FL: Miami-Dade County | FL: All Others | Idaho | Georgia |
| FL: Monroe County | Kentucky | Louisiana | Hawaii |
| Illinois | Massachusetts | Montana | Maryland |
| Indiana | Missouri | North Carolina | Nevada |
| Iowa | Nebraska | South Carolina | New Jersey |
| Kansas | Puerto Rico | Utah | New Mexico |
| Maine | West Virginia | Virginia | Oklahoma |
| Michigan | Wyoming | Oregon | |
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| Documentation Notifications Distributed to Communities | |||
| December 15 | March 15 | June 15 | September 1 |
How Do I Know if I Need to Submit My Annual CCs?
Communities will receive an email 45 days in advance of the due date to remind them their annual CCs will be due. Communities are required to submit CCs during the calendar year of their visit.
What’s The Reporting Period for Annual CCs?
The reporting period is typically from the previous year’s submittal date to the current year’s submittal date.
We use the same date each year as the reporting date so it’s easy for everyone to keep track of. A community should pick a date up to two weeks before their due date and submit all materials up until then.
How Do I Submit Construction Certificates?
- If you have no CCs, (ECs, Floodproofing Certificates, V Zone Certificates or Engineered Opening Certificates) for your reporting period, please indicate this in an email to ISO.
- If you have fewer than 10 CCs for your reporting period, please submit your permit list and all CCs.
- If you have more than 10 CCs for your reporting period, please submit only your permit list. We will then select a random sample of 10 addresses that you will be required to submit CCs for immediately upon your receipt of our request.
You must collect and retain all required V-Zone Certificates and Engineered Opening Certificates with your ECs or Floodproofing Certificates. All these certificates need to be reviewed if they are applicable.
If a property has been removed from the SFHA via a LOMA or LOMR, please note this in the “Comments” section of the Permit List and include a copy of the LOMA/LOMR with the CC.
How Do I Review and Correct CCs Before Submission?
The CRS has an EC Checklist that highlights every field on an Elevation Certificate that we review for CRS purposes.
- Elevation Certificate Checklist:
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