Daytona Beach, FL Rental Inspections: Inspection Programs (2026)

Section 26-296 of the rental registration article, re-enacted by Ordinance No. 2024-443 on December 4, 2024, lets an owner opt into inspection when filing or renewing the registration required under section 26-294. Beginning in the initial year of registration and every other year after that, if the owner checks the voluntary inspection box, the city inspects the residential rental property and its units for compliance with the Land Development Code, including the Florida Building Code and the International Property Maintenance Code, and gives the owner written notice of any defects that must be corrected.

The city has 30 days after registration to contact the owner and schedule the inspection, and the inspection itself must occur within 90 days after that contact, though the city may extend either deadline at the owner's request. Once an inspection finds violations, the owner has 30 calendar days to fix them, or a longer period if the code inspector authorizes one. If a registered unit passes inspection within the authorized period, the inspection fee for that unit is waived the following year.

Opting in is never mandatory: section 26-296(d) states that agreeing to inspection is not a condition of registering, and if a requested inspection never takes place for any reason the sole consequence is that the registration fee the owner deferred under section 26-295(d)(1) becomes due. The city also cannot use this program to force entry: section 26-296(e) requires either the consent of whoever lawfully possesses and controls the unit, including a tenant in occupancy, or a court-issued inspection warrant obtained under state law before any inspection occurs.