Okaloosa County, FL Food Trucks & Mobile Vendors: Food Truck Permits (2026)

102, Florida Statutes, titled 'Mobile food dispensing vehicles; temporary commercial kitchens; preemption,' removes local licensing power over food trucks statewide, including in unincorporated Okaloosa County. Subsection (2)(a) says regulation of mobile food dispensing vehicles and temporary commercial kitchens 'involving licenses, registrations, permits, and fees is preempted to the state,' and that a county 'may not require a separate license, registration, or permit other than the license required under s. 241,' the state's mobile food dispensing vehicle license, 'or require the payment of any license, registration, or permit fee other than the fee required under s.

' Subsection (2)(b) lets a truck parked on the same premises as, and operated by, a separately licensed restaurant run during that restaurant's own hours of operation. The statute also covers 'temporary commercial kitchens,' portable towed or self-propelled kitchens used for takeout or delivery meals: under subsection (3)(a), one may run on a licensed restaurant's premises for up to 60 consecutive days to supplement kitchen capacity, with one 60-day extension available on request, or up to 120 days during a renovation, repair or rebuild, with further extensions at the state's discretion.

Subsection (3)(b) allows a temporary kitchen to operate near a disaster-damaged restaurant during a declared state of emergency, renewing its notice to the state every 90 days. Outside those situations, subsection (3)(c) limits a temporary kitchen to 30 consecutive days in one location and requires operators to notify the state division within 48 hours of starting. Subsection (4) preserves county authority to regulate food trucks on matters other than licenses, registrations, permits and fees, such as zoning location or parking; subsection (5) exempts port authorities, aviation authorities, airports and seaports from the whole section.