Rental Inspections in Florida (2026)

Broward County requires landlords in the unincorporated area to register every residential rental unit annually and…

Cocoa runs a citywide residential rental inspection program under Sec. 6-2007: inspections are either complaint-driven…

Hollywood requires a compliance inspection before a vacation rental license is issued and again before every annual…

New Port Richey inspects every residential rental property at least once every three years, cycling through three…

Unincorporated Pinellas County inspects every short-term rental before its first certificate of use and again every two…

Bay County Fire Services can inspect any certified short-term vacation rental's interior at its discretion. Owners who…

Boynton Beach ties both standard residential rentals and short-term rentals to a mandatory City inspection program…

The city commission can designate whole neighborhoods as conservation or rehabilitation areas, triggering uniform…

Every registered vacation rental in Davie must pass a life-safety inspection before its first certificate of compliance…

Deltona requires a passed inspection before any rental dwelling can be occupied by a new tenant, with re-inspection…

Fort Lauderdale's Minimum Housing Code lets city inspecting officers enter and examine any dwelling, hotel or rooming…

Fort Myers requires residential rental units to pass periodic inspections for building, fire, and property maintenance…

Miami issues a certificate of use for every building and reinspects it annually, apartment buildings included, to…

Miami-Dade's Minimum Housing Enforcement Officer inspects rental dwellings countywide on complaint or owner request…

Palm Coast requires every owner of residential rental property to register with the city under Sec. 17-39, and Sec…

Pompano Beach's Code Compliance Division, Building Inspections Division, and Fire Department can inspect any rental…

Tampa enforces Florida's statewide milestone inspection law locally: condo and co-op buildings three stories or taller…

Before West Palm Beach issues a rental license, the building official must inspect the unit against the Housing Code…

Daytona Beach runs a voluntary inspection program for residential rental properties under City Code section 26-296…

Doral does not run a citywide rental inspection registry. City Code § 5-62 lets the city council designate specific…

St. Petersburg no longer runs a citywide rental housing inspection program. An editor's note in the City Code confirms…

Broward inspects registered rental units in the unincorporated area only after receiving a minimum standards complaint…

Any person, including a tenant, can file a code violation complaint with the Code Enforcement Officer, who must…

Fort Lauderdale's Minimum Housing Code lets the city, as enforcing agency, inspect any dwelling, dwelling unit, hotel…

Fort Myers rental dwellings are inspected roughly every three years, but the city steps up the schedule when tenants or…

When a tenant flags a maintenance problem in Gainesville, the city's Property Maintenance Code lets an enforcement…

Gulfport's building official inspects dwelling units for fitness on his own initiative or after receiving a complaint…

In unincorporated Highlands County, tenants or any member of the public can ask the housing official to inspect a…

Tenants can trigger a Code Enforcement inspection of a rental in unincorporated Hillsborough County by filing a…

Homestead's code enforcement director can inspect any dwelling, rooming house or hotel unit to check for housing code…

Miami Beach City Code Sec. 58-363 lets any tenant or group of tenants file oral or written grievances with the…

Tenants can file a complaint with the County's Minimum Housing Enforcement Officer, who investigates housing premises…

Orange County created an Office of Tenant Services to receive, process, and investigate renter complaints under its…

Orlando code enforcement officers may enter any dwelling, apartment or other regulated property, after showing ID to…

St. Petersburg protects tenants who let City inspectors into a rental unit. City Code § 8-203(a)(1) bars owners from…

City Code § 19-109 lets Tampa's Department of Code Enforcement inspect any rental dwelling without a separate…