Petitioner: DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION, BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN
Respondent: DESIGN FOR REAL LIVING, LLC AND CARRIE A. KRAUS
Judges: JUNE C. MCKINNEY
Agency: Department of Business and Professional Regulation
Locations: Tallahassee, Florida
Filed: Aug. 26, 2014
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Monday, September 29, 2014.
Latest Update: Jun. 01, 2024
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FILED
Department of Business and Professional Regulation
STATE OF FLORIDA Deputy Ageney Clerk
i CLERK —Evetie Lawson-Practor
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULAT Dee 7/28/2014
File #
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
BOARD OF ARCHITECTURE
AND INTERIOR DESIGN,
Petitioner,
vs. CASE NO.: 2012-052089
DESIGN FOR REAL LIVING, LLC,
ANDD CARRIE A. KRAUS,
Respondents.
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ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
Petitioner, DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION,
("Petitioner"), files this Administrative Complaint before the Board of Architecture and Interior
Design against DESIGN FOR REAL me LLC and CARIE A. KRAUS, (“Respondents”),
and says:
1. Petitioner is the state agency charged with regulating the practice of architecture
and interior design pursuant to Section 20.165, Florida Statutes, and Chapters 455 and 481,
Florida Statutes.
2. The Department of Business and Professional Regulation has jurisdiction over the
unlicensed practice of architecture and interior design pursuant to Section 455.228(1), and
Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes.
3. Respondents’ last known] address is 14286-19 Beach Boulevard, #389,
Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250.
4, At all times material hereto! Respondents were not duly registered or certified to
engage in the practice of architecture pursuant to Chapter 481, Florida Statutes.
5. Respondents are offering architectural services on their web site.
6. Respondents’ are offering architectural services on its Linkedin page.
7. Respondents are offering these services through a business entity without a
certificate of authorization. .
8. Respondents are not licensed to practice architecture in the State of Florida and
therefore cannot offer or provide architectural services.
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9. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8)
as if fully set forth herein.
10. Section 481.223(1)(a), Florida Statutes, states that a person may not knowingly —
“practice architecture unless the person is an architect or a registered architect.”
11. Based upon the foregoing! Respondents have violated Section 481 .223(1)(a),
Florida Statutes, by practicing architecture, when they were not the holder of a valid license by
offering architectural services.
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12. Petitioner hereby realleges and incorporates paragraphs one (1) through eight (8)
as if fully set forth herein. [
13. Section 481.219(2), Floridal Statutes, requires a certificate of authorization for a
corporation, partnership, or fictitious name joffering architectural services.
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14. Based upon the foregoing, |the Respondent, Design for Real Living, LLC., has
violated Section 481.219(2), Florida Statutes, by offering architectural services without a
certificate of authorization.
WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests the Board enter an Order imposing an
administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 per count, assess costs associated with investigation and
prosecution, impose any or all penalties delineated within Section 455.227(2), Florida Statutes,
and/or any other relief that the Board is authorized to impose pursuant to Chapters 481 and 455,
Florida Statutes, and/or the rules poms thereunder.
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Signed this QQ! dayof Jyrl 7 _, 2014.
DAVID K. MINACCI
Smith, Thompson, Shaw,
Minacci & Colén, P.A.
3520 Thomasville Road, Fourth Floor
Tallahassee, Florida 32309
FL Bar No. 0056774
Ph: (850) 402-1570
Fax: (850) 241-0161
davidm@stslaw.com
PCP: July 14, 2014
Rodriguez
Shore
Costoya
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Docket for Case No: 14-004044