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Flood Certification
Updated
January 19, 2023
A flood certification, also known as a flood cert in real estate, is a document that declares the flood zone status of a piece of natural land. Flood maps from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are studied using the property's address or geographic coordinates. Based on the property's location on the map, a flood certification provider can then certify if it is in a flood zone.