Code Violation Reporting in Florida (2026)

Brevard County requires anyone reporting a suspected code violation to give their name and address: anonymous…

Cape Coral's Code Enforcement Division will not open a case from an anonymous tip. Under Code of Ordinances § 2-99…

Charlotte County code enforcement officers cannot write a citation on a hunch. Sec. 1-1-15(e)(1)a. requires a personal…

Anyone can file an alleged code violation with the Collier County Code Enforcement Department under Sec. 2-2026. The…

In unincorporated Columbia County, code enforcement officers are designated by the county coordinator, and the…

Coral Gables residents can report a suspected zoning or code violation by filing a complaint directly with the Code…

A Fort Lauderdale code inspector who finds a Code violation must give written notice and a correction window before…

Residents, employees and officers of Fort Myers or Lee County can file a written nuisance complaint with the city…

Unincorporated Franklin County enforces its Code of Laws and Ordinances through the special magistrate system created…

A Gulfport code inspector who finds a violation gives written notice and a reasonable time to fix it under Code Section…

Hillsborough County Code Inspectors cannot act on anonymous tips. Anyone reporting a suspected code violation must give…

Filing a code complaint in unincorporated Lake County requires giving your name and address to the Code Enforcement…

Any affected person, meaning a Lauderhill resident, city employee or officer, or a business owner or operator within…

Lee County's Code Enforcement Officers cannot open a case on an anonymous tip. Section 2-430(c)(2) of the Land…

A County Code Inspector who finds a violation sets a correction deadline based on severity and practicality, then…

In unincorporated Nassau County you cannot report a code violation anonymously. County Code § 1-58(b) requires anyone…

Anyone can file a complaint about a suspected North Port zoning or land-development violation; Development Services…

In the City of Ocala, a code inspector must formally investigate and initiate every code enforcement case under City…

Any resident can report a suspected code violation directly to the City of Palm Beach Gardens Code Enforcement Division…

Pasco County requires a formal written petition to open a public nuisance case, not a phone tip. Under Code § 42-29, at…

Port Orange enforces its codes through code compliance inspectors, the only officials City Code § 2-212 authorizes to…

Port St. Lucie routes code complaints through the Code Compliance Division of the Neighborhood Services Department. A…

In unincorporated Putnam County, a nuisance-abatement code violation, drug, prostitution, criminal street gang or…

Sarasota County residents report suspected Unified Development Code violations, zoning breaches or nonconforming uses…

Anyone can report a suspected Land Development Code violation to City staff under LDC Section 10.3.B. City staff record…

Gainesville's code doesn't set up a resident hotline for tips; instead, City Code Section 2-337 defines who counts as a…

Okaloosa County's code enforcement division investigates a complaint only after it comes in through the county's…

The City of Sarasota's code compliance official opens a case after finding, or being told about, a suspected violation…

In the City of Tamarac, a resident who wants to report a noise disturbance must sign a sworn statement detailing the…

Anyone can report a suspected code violation to Walton County's Code Enforcement in unincorporated Walton County, but…

When a Broward County code inspector finds a violation in unincorporated Broward, the inspector must set a correction…

Before Charlotte County code enforcement issues a citation, Sec. 1-1-15(e)(1)b. gives the property owner written notice…

When a property in the City of Coconut Creek, Florida violates the lot clearing article, Code § 14-44 requires one…

Once a code enforcement officer notifies a violator in unincorporated Columbia County, the person gets a correction…

When a Flagler County code enforcement officer issues a warning notice of violation in the unincorporated county, the…

Once Lake County's Code Enforcement Manager confirms a violation, the property owner gets written notice and a…

In the City of Margate, an overgrowth or debris violation gets a certified-mail notice giving the owner ten days after…

Miami-Dade code inspectors don't work off a fixed clock. Section 8CC-3(d) has them weigh severity, danger, and ease of…

Once a City of Ocala code enforcement officer issues notice of a violation eligible for citation, § 2-462(c) caps the…

Before Okaloosa County issues a code enforcement citation, the officer must give the violator a set correction window…

Once Orlando's code officer cites a property for a violation, the owner gets a fixed window to fix it before the case…

Once code enforcement officers document a violation, Palm Beach Gardens runs two clocks: a discretionary reasonable…

Port Orange gives most code violators a reasonable correction period before a case moves forward, capped at 30 days…

City of Sarasota code compliance officials set the deadline to fix a violation case by case, weighing fairness…

Tampa gives most code violators up to 21 calendar days to fix a cited problem before a hearing is scheduled, but…

Before a Walton County Code Enforcement Officer can write a citation for a property violation in unincorporated Walton…

Once Gainesville's code enforcement board schedules a hearing, City Code Sections 2-385, 2-387, and 2-389 set the…

In the City of Bonita Springs, Florida, the property maintenance code in Chapter 10 defines the everyday violations…

In the City of Bradenton, Florida, a code enforcement officer can write a civil citation for any violation on the…

Broward County code inspectors cite common violations, from unscreened pools to illegal signs, under a set fine…

Section 2-104 of the Cape Coral Code lists the exact civil penalty for every code violation the City's code enforcement…

Citrus County code compliance officers issue civil citations under a five-class penalty schedule running $50 to $500…

In the City of Coconut Creek, Florida, Section 14-42 makes it a violation for an owner, occupant or tenant to permit…

Collier County fines uncontested code citations on a rising scale under Sec. 2-2044: $105.00 for a first offense…

In unincorporated Columbia County, a special magistrate created under Code § 2-345 hears five broad classes of…

Anyone can report a suspected zoning or property-maintenance violation to a Code Enforcement Officer, who must…

Daytona Beach's Land Development Code lists specific acts that count as Code violations, from unpermitted development…

The most commonly reported code violations on Flagler County's Sec. 22-31 nuisance list are overgrown nuisance weeds…

Fort Lauderdale's code enforcement law classifies violations as repeat or chronic, doubling penalties each time and…

Fort Myers code inspectors document violations and set a correction deadline; uncorrected cases go to the city's Code…

Gulfport's nuisance ordinance, Code Section 12-2, lists the conditions code enforcement most often cites: trash and…

Homestead's code compliance department fines most Code violations, from unpermitted fences to overgrown lots, at $500…

Jacksonville's Property Safety and Maintenance Code declares 14 listed conditions public nuisances, including…

The City of Lauderhill fines its most common code violations on an escalating scale under City Code Sec. 7½-3: a dog…

In the City of Margate, Section 33-29 defines a nuisance as any condition of premises or building exteriors detrimental…

Miami-Dade County cites common Code violations, noise, unlicensed business activity, litter, animal offenses, as civil…

Monroe County Code Compliance enforces land development, zoning, building, waste disposal, sign, and occupational…

Nassau County's Unsafe Building Abatement Code spells out the exact property conditions that count as unlawful…

Ocala's code enforcement officers can bypass a board hearing and issue a direct citation for specific Code violations…

Okaloosa County's code enforcement fee schedule sets flat civil penalties for the violations residents report most…

Orange County's Schedule A lists the most-cited code violations enforceable by citation, from property maintenance and…

The city's uniform citation schedule, Schedule 'A' following Code § 2-267, ranks the violations code enforcement…

Port Orange sorts every code violation into three penalty classes under City Code § 2-224. A first-offense Class I…

Putnam County's code enforcement division most often cites the same handful of premises conditions: unaddressed health…

The City of Sanford's code enforcement schedule sorts common violations, like overgrown lots and scattered refuse, into…

The City of Sarasota's code compliance magistrate hears alleged violations across two dozen code chapters: from animal…

Sumter County Code § 6-104 lists the conditions residents can report as prima facie nuisances in the unincorporated…

Tallahassee's general nuisance ordinance makes it unlawful to let trash, litter, debris or noxious matter accumulate on…

In the City of Tamarac, code enforcement officers under the Community Development Department cite violations such as…

Tampa's code enforcement catch-all, Sec. 19-47, lets the city cite any property for conditions that are offensive or…

Walton County's Land Development Code defines the property conditions its Code Enforcement Officers most often cite in…

In the Village of Wellington, Code Compliance Officers cite common violations, property maintenance, noise, water…

West Palm Beach enforces its code through a four-class civil penalty schedule set by City Code § 26-65: Class I fines…