Cocoa, FL Rental Property Rules: Rental Registration (2026)

Sec. 6-2004 requires every property owner renting residential real estate in Cocoa to register a local agent with the city, on a form the city supplies, for each rental building or dwelling unit owned. The form has to carry the agent's current cell or land line phone number, current local street address and current email address, and the property owner and the local agent are jointly and severally responsible for keeping that information accurate; knowingly providing false information is separately prohibited. Any change to the registered information must be reported to the city in writing within ten business days.

The local agent does not have to live in Cocoa itself, but the agent's registered street address and land line must sit within Brevard, Indian River, Orange, Osceola, Seminole or Volusia county, keeping the point of contact within reasonable driving distance of the property. An owner is allowed to act as their own local agent as long as they meet those same requirements. The agent becomes the city's primary point of contact and is authorized to act for the owner in complying with the rental standards article, including receiving inspection notices under Sec.

6-2007. Before the city cites an owner outright for failing to register, Sec. 6-2004(d) requires at least three separate written notices of the registration requirement; that threshold drops to one notice if the owner is already registered for a different building or unit in the city.