Code Violation Reporting in Putnam County, FL (2026)

2 rules for unincorporated Putnam County, Florida.

Verified from official government sources

Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Putnam County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.

How to Report

In unincorporated Putnam County, a nuisance-abatement code violation, drug, prostitution, criminal street gang or stolen-property activity at a property, is filed with the sheriff's office. Sec. 26-7(a) lets both citizens and county code-enforcement staff file the complaint, and the enforcement officer who receives it must open a case and prosecute it before the county's special magistrate.

How to Report Code Violations, Putnam County

Some Restrictions

Putnam County Code §§ 26-1, 26-7(a)

Recurring public nuisance means the violation of a provision of this Code or an ordinance by a person who has been previously found through a special magistrate or any other quasi-judicial or judicial process to have violated, or who has admitted violating, the same provision within five years prior to the violation. S ... ec. ... 26-7. - Enforcement procedures. (a)An alleged violation of this ...

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Common Violations

Putnam County's code enforcement division most often cites the same handful of premises conditions: unaddressed health hazards, buildings left open at a door or window, and any condition meeting the code's public-nuisance definition, all listed as substandard-premises triggers under Sec. 8-187 of the county's Nonresidential Property Maintenance Code.

Putnam County Common Code Violations

Some Restrictions

Putnam County Code § 8-187(a)(4)-(6)

(4)Existence of any physical health hazard as determined by the county health officer or the manager of codes enforcement or as defined as such by statute or ordinance; and(5)Existence or maintenance of any building or structure which is open at a door or window, leaving the interior exposed to the elements or accessible to entrance by trespassers; and(6)Existence or maintenance of a public nui...

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