Miramar, FL Animal Ordinances: Exotic Pets (2026)

Section 6-10(a) makes it unlawful for anyone to own or harbor a wild animal as a pet without the appropriate state permits required under the Florida Administrative Code, Title 68, and Chapter 372 of the Florida Statutes. The chapter's definitions section ties "wild animal" to whatever the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission classifies as wildlife under those same state authorities, so the local rule rides directly on the state's licensing and classification scheme rather than setting an independent city list of prohibited species. Section 6-10(b) exempts zoological parks and performing-animal exhibitions or circuses that use wild animals in their performances or exhibitions from this section, so a licensed traveling show or zoo operating in the city is not treated as an unlawful private owner.

Because the standard is tied to state permitting, an animal that Florida classifies as wildlife but for which the owner holds a valid Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission permit is not in violation of the city code, while an unpermitted wild animal kept purely as a household pet is.