Collier County, FL Code Violation Reporting: How to Report (2026)

Sec. 2-2026 sets the county's standard reporting path: alleged violations of any code or ordinance may be filed with the Code Enforcement Department by citizens or by any administrative official responsible for enforcing county codes (subsection (1)). Once a Code Enforcement Officer believes a violation exists, the officer must give written notice specifying the alleged violation, the required corrective action, and a reasonable time period for correction (subsection (2)). If the violation is not corrected in time, the Secretary to the Enforcement Board or Special Magistrate must notify the violator of a hearing date, time and place (subsection (3)).

If the violation is corrected and then recurs, or is never corrected, the officer may issue a citation or schedule the case for hearing regardless of later correction (subsection (4)). Where the officer believes a violation poses a serious threat to public health, safety or welfare, or is irreparable, notice and correction-time requirements can be skipped entirely and a hearing requested immediately (subsection (5)); the same applies to a repeat violation (subsection (6)). A separate track exists for public nuisance complaints: under Sec. 2-2027, any employee, officer or resident may file a nuisance complaint, criminal-basis complaints go to the Sheriff's Office and non-criminal ones to Code Enforcement, and more than two complaints on the same premises within six months triggers a formal written notice to the property owner with 14 days to respond.

Sellers of property under active enforcement must disclose the pending case in writing to a buyer and file notice of the transfer with the department within five days, or face a rebuttable presumption of fraud (subsection (7)).