Filming & Production in Florida (2026)

Filming a Production on county-owned or county-controlled Specified Property in Broward requires a permit from the Film…

Coral Gables requires written city authorization before any commercial filming, photography, or other paid business…

Filming motion pictures or videotape for broadcast on Daytona Beach streets, sidewalks, parks, or other city property…

Any commercial motion picture, TV or video production in unincorporated Lake County needs a motion photography…

Filming or taking photos on publicly-owned or controlled property in Miami-Dade County requires a permit, issued by the…

Orange County requires a motion photography production permit from the county administrator before anyone advertises…

Pembroke Pines Code § 97.27 requires a permit from the Director of Recreation and Cultural Arts before anyone shoots…

Commercial filming on property in unincorporated Alachua County needs a temporary filming permit from the Growth…

Filming on any Brevard County-owned street, park, courthouse, or government center requires a production permit from…

Filming on any city-owned site, facility or right-of-way in Doral requires a permit from the city manager or a designee…

Producers filming on location in unincorporated Hillsborough County must file a sworn permit application 7 to 180 days…

Homestead taxes film production as its own local business tax classification under Sec. 16-40: code 79996, marked a new…

Any commercial filming, photography, or motion picture production on Jacksonville's public streets, parks, or…

Anyone shooting a commercial motion picture, TV, or video production in Kissimmee involving city property, equipment…

Miami requires a commercial photographic permit from the city manager before shooting stills, motion pictures, or TV…

Miami Beach requires a film and print production permit under City Code Sec. 12-1 before shooting on public property…

Anyone shooting a commercial motion picture, TV, video or film production in Orlando must get a production permit from…

Commercial filming and events facilitated by the St. Petersburg/Clearwater Convention & Visitors Bureau on county…

Shooting film or video anywhere in Tampa requires a location permit from the Tampa/Hillsborough Film Commission under…

Anyone shooting a commercial motion picture or still photography production on Titusville city property, or using city…

Before issuing an Orange County motion photography production permit, the county administrator must find the shoot…

A film production in unincorporated Alachua County must keep on-set sound within the county's general noise ordinance…

Broward County requires a filming permit once a handheld production creates noise that is frequent, habitual, or long…

Coral Gables ties commercial photography permits to noise compliance, letting the City Manager cap shoot hours and…

Daytona Beach treats commercial filming on city property as a regulated outdoor event, and City Code § 82-56(b)(10)…

Jacksonville requires a production permit for commercial filming on City property, and small student or hobbyist shoots…

A film or video shoot in unincorporated Lake County needs a production permit the moment it emits noise sufficient to…

Miami Beach can let a film or print production exceed the city's noise ordinance under City Code Sec. 12-1(9), but only…

Miami-Dade County waives its public-property film permit for crews under three people only if their noise isn't…

Film shoots in Tampa can't generate noise that breaks the city's noise code, per Sec. 27-282.17(8), which folds…

Filmmakers who want to close a public street or sidewalk in unincorporated Brevard must state the closure and its…

Filming on Broward County roads, rights-of-way, or other county property requires a Film Commissioner permit, and…

Coral Gables requires a City Manager's Office permit before any commercial photography or filming, and can condition it…

Commercial filming on Jacksonville streets or sidewalks needs a City production permit, and applicants must spell out…

A film shoot that needs to close or interrupt a public street in unincorporated Lake County must disclose that in its…

Filming on any Miami Beach public property, including streets, requires an advance film and print permit under City…

A film shoot that closes a public street, right-of-way, or sidewalk in unincorporated Alachua County loses its…

A film production that needs a Daytona Beach street closed must, at its own cost and at least 20 days ahead, notify…

A film production permit application in unincorporated Hillsborough County must disclose any need to close public…

A Kissimmee production permit application must spell out the necessity for closing any public street or sidewalk and…

A production that needs to close a public street or sidewalk in Orlando must disclose that in its Chapter 3 permit…

Filming a movie, TV show or documentary on a Port St. Lucie street, sidewalk or alley requires the same street closure…

St. Petersburg exempts film-production street closures from its standard temporary street-closing process. City Code §…

Closing a Tampa street or sidewalk for a film shoot takes more than the Film Commission permit. Sec. 27-282.17(4)…

Miami-Dade County waives its film and photo permit fee for students and faculty producing exclusively educational…

Student and faculty filming done exclusively for educational purposes is exempt from Alachua County's temporary filming…

A solo student filming a class project with one handheld camera on county-controlled property needs no permit, but any…

A student film shot for personal, non-commercial use in unincorporated Hillsborough County skips the county's…

Doral exempts students and faculty filming exclusively for educational purposes from the general film permit…

Students and faculty shooting video purely for class projects don't need Tampa's film production permit at all. Sec…