Credit is provided if the community maintains FEMA elevation certificates for new and substantially improved construction. To participate in the CRS, a community must maintain completed FEMA elevation certificates on all buildings constructed, substantially improved, or placed in the SFHA after its initial date of application for the CRS. The community must agree to use the certificate and make copies available to any inquirer. All discussions about elevation certificates also apply to FEMA's floodproofing certificate and the residential basement floodproofing certificate. Samples of the floodplain permits and corresponding elevation certificates are reviewed periodically by FEMA for verification. Elevation certificates are currently all tracked within MSD’s asset management system.

• Elevation Certificate Viewing – undefined URL (viewer into Hansen)
• Elevation Certificate Instructions and Forms - http://www.fema.gov/business/nfip/elvinst.shtm
• Surveyor’s Guide to Elevation Certificates - http://training.nfipstat.com/ecsurveyor/