Code Violation Lists in Broward County, FL

A code violation list for Broward County, FL is a file of properties that a city or county code enforcement office has cited, with the owner name, property and mailing address, case number and violation description for each one. Investors, wholesalers, contractors and agents use it to reach owners who are under pressure to fix a building. ListCentral.US sells Broward code violation files from $0.14 per record, weekly or monthly, in CSV or Excel.

Broward County code violation lists at a glance

Coverage: Broward County, Florida only, one county per file. ListCentral.US covers 2,000+ US counties.
Source: municipal code enforcement notices, compiled and checked for usable property and mailing addresses.
Record fields: County Name, State, File Date, Case Number, Document Type, Owner Name, Property Address, Mailing Address, Violation Description, Parcel ID.
File format: CSV / Excel (.xlsx), deduplicated.
Refresh: data is updated daily; weekly files are refreshed by the close of Thursday; monthly files are also available.
Price: from $0.14 per record. You buy what you need, when you need it.
Free sample: get free samples of records, or open the code violations sample format.

What is inside a Broward County code violation file

Each row is one property cited by code enforcement during the filing period of that file. The current Broward product lists these columns:

County Name, State, File Date, Document Type - Broward and FL on every row, the date attached to the record, and the kind of notice it came from.
Case Number - the identifier the city or county uses, which you can quote when you check the case with the issuing agency.
Owner Name and Mailing Address - who to write to, and where. The mailing address often differs from the cited property.
Property Address and Parcel ID - where the problem is, and the key you use to match the record against the property appraiser, tax and recorded-document searches.
Violation Description - the stated problem, in the issuing office's words.

Phone numbers and email addresses are not included by default. Skip tracing can be added (Standard $0.10 per record, Premium $0.15 per record), and DNC scrubbing is available on request. A monthly file contains only the records added or updated in that month. It is not a full historical dataset for the county.

How code violations are created and enforced in Broward County, Florida

A code violation record starts with an inspector, not a court. Which inspector depends on where the property sits, and that is the first thing to understand in Broward.

Cities enforce most of Broward; the county covers a small unincorporated area

Broward is made up of 31 cities and communities, according to the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization's municipal profiles. Each municipality runs its own code enforcement or code compliance office for property inside its borders. Fort Lauderdale's Community Enhancement and Compliance division, for example, handles properties within Fort Lauderdale, and Pompano Beach runs a Code Compliance department of its own.

Broward County itself enforces only in the Broward Municipal Services District (BMSD), the county's unincorporated pockets. Broward County's 311 knowledge base states that properties outside the BMSD fall under the jurisdiction of city government and that the county's jurisdiction is limited to unincorporated areas. The page, last updated in 2022, named neighborhoods such as Boulevard Gardens, Broadview Park, Franklin Park, Hillsboro Pines, Hillsboro Ranches, Roosevelt Gardens and Washington Park. It also tells owners to confirm jurisdiction with the Broward County Property Appraiser.

The practical result: a county-wide search is really dozens of separate city systems plus one small county system.

Florida's Local Government Code Enforcement Boards Act (chapter 162)

The statewide framework is Part I of chapter 162, Florida Statutes. Key points for list users, from the statute text:

Boards or special magistrates. Under s. 162.03 a county or municipality may, at its option, create code enforcement boards by ordinance, and a special magistrate has the same status as a board under the chapter.
Notice and time to fix. Under s. 162.06 the code inspector notifies the violator and gives a reasonable time to correct the problem. If the violation continues past that date, the inspector asks the board for a hearing and written notice of the hearing goes to the violator. A repeat violation does not need a correction period first.
How notice is served. Section 162.12 allows certified mail to the address in the tax collector's or property appraiser's records, hand delivery, leaving notice at the residence or business, and, as options, publication or posting on the property. Posting can be used if certified mail is not signed for within 30 days.
Open hearings. Under s. 162.07 hearings are public, testimony is under oath and recorded, and the board issues written findings.
Fines. Under s. 162.09 a board can fine per day for each day the violation continues past the compliance date. The standard ceilings are $250 per day for a first violation and $500 per day for a repeat violation, and up to $5,000 per irreparable violation. A larger local government (population of 50,000 or more) may set higher limits by ordinance. The same section says a fine keeps accruing until the violator comes into compliance.
Liens. A certified copy of the order imposing a fine, or a fine plus repair costs, may be recorded in the public records, and from then on it is a lien against the land where the violation exists. After 3 months, if the lien is still unpaid, the board may authorize foreclosure or an action for a money judgment. The statute bars foreclosing such a lien on homestead property.
Appeal. Under s. 162.11 an aggrieved party can appeal a final administrative order to the circuit court, within 30 days of the order being executed.

Cities add their own ordinances on top of this framework. Hollywood's code, for example, adopts alternative procedures under ss. 162.03, 162.21 and 162.23, so fine levels, hearing days and relief programs differ from city to city.

What a hearing looks like in Broward cities

Fort Lauderdale says its Special Magistrate is appointed by the City Commission, is a licensed Florida Bar attorney, and hears cases at 9:00 a.m. on designated dates each month, in the order respondents sign in. Pompano Beach describes its Special Magistrate process as quasi-judicial, with the city inspector and the property owner both presenting testimony and evidence, and states that fines imposed may be recorded as a lien against real property.

Hollywood posts its Special Magistrate agenda on the city website. The October 28, 2026 agenda we read lists many properties by address, code section and case number, and has a separate lien agenda for properties with unresolved violations. It does not list owner names, which is exactly the gap a prepared file closes: someone still has to match each address to an owner and a mailing address.

Where Broward code violation records live: free versus paid

Code enforcement records are public, and you can build your own list from them. What you pay with is time. The records sit in several places:

City hearing agendas and minutes (free). Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale and other cities publish Special Magistrate or Code Enforcement Board agendas, usually as PDFs. They show properties, case numbers and code sections, and some show more. They cover the hearing stage, so early notices that never reach a hearing are missed.
City case or permit portals (free to search, varies). Fort Lauderdale's permitting portal, LauderBuild, is one example, according to the city's own documents in search results. Each city chooses its own system, so a search habit that works in one city does not carry over to the next.
Broward County's enforcement case search (free, unincorporated areas). The county's public-records page, as shown in search results, points code enforcement searches to a separate county portal rather than to the Official Records search. It covers county jurisdiction only, not city cases. The county pages blocked our automated fetch, so check the portal directly.
Recorded liens (free to search, copies may cost). A code lien reaches the Official Records only when a certified copy of the order is recorded, as s. 162.09 allows. Broward's Official Records and the Clerk of Courts are the place to look for recorded orders.
City lien research (paid). Pompano Beach offers a Lien Research Request through its Building Division. The form we read (modified February 2024) says results cover liens or fines tied to code enforcement, nuisance abatement, unsafe structures, open permits and other special assessments, lists a fee of $110.00 per tax ID or folio number, and quotes 5 to 7 business days. Fees and turnaround change, so confirm them with the city.

Doing this across 31 municipalities means learning many websites, matching case numbers to owners through the property appraiser, and repeating it every week as new notices arrive. A prepared file turns that into one download with owner, mailing address and parcel in the same row. The public record stays the authority for any individual case.

Why code violations point to motivated sellers in Broward

A citation alone is not distress, since many notices close within days. What matters is how chapter 162 works when a problem is not fixed: the compliance date passes, the board can set a daily fine that keeps accruing until the owner complies, and a recorded order becomes a lien on the land. A growing fine can turn a quiet owner into a willing seller, particularly when the owner lives elsewhere, inherited the property, or cannot afford the repair.

Code violations also overlap with other distress events, such as a late mortgage or an estate. Many investors compare this list with pre-foreclosure lists, foreclosure lists, inherited property leads and divorce lists for the same county. If you want the Florida-specific background on liens that attach to property, read municipal lien lists in Florida, and for the pre-foreclosure filing that often follows, lis pendens leads in Florida.

Who buys Broward code violation lists and how they use them

Wholesalers and cash buyers look for owners with a documented reason to sell. Fix-and-flip investors want repair scopes already described in the violation. Contractors and roofers reach owners who have a deadline to correct a stated problem. Listing agents introduce themselves to owners who may prefer a market sale to carrying fines.

A simple workflow

Download the Broward file for the period you need and open it in Excel or your CRM.
Match the Parcel ID against the property appraiser and your recorded-document searches for ownership, taxes and any recorded liens.
Add phone and email through skip tracing if you plan to call or text, and ask about DNC scrubbing before you dial.
Send a short, respectful letter first, and track responses by Case Number so you never contact the same owner twice.

How to prioritise using the fields in the file

Mailing Address different from Property Address: the owner may not live there, which often means less attachment and more difficulty managing repairs.
Violation Description: sort for problems that match your business.
File Date: recent records mean the owner is still deciding what to do; older repeated records may indicate a stuck case.
Repeat Owner Name or Parcel ID: an owner on several records has a bigger management problem.

Code violation list pricing in Broward County

Code violation records are priced per record, from $0.14 per record. The price of a file is the number of records multiplied by the per-record rate. The rate you pay depends on how you buy: a weekly or monthly subscription, a bundle of several counties or list types, a larger volume, or a discount code can all bring the price down to the "from" rate. Weekly and monthly files both exist.

These are recent Broward County, FL listings, shown as dated examples. They are not a guarantee of future volume or price, so check the code violations collection or the Broward County files and current prices for the current listings.

Period (2026)	File type	Records	Listed price
August 24-30	Weekly	182	$36.40
August 17-23	Weekly	137	$27.40
August	Monthly	760	$152.00
July	Monthly	Not shown	$281.80

Worked example (illustration, not market data): a file of 500 records at the "from" rate of $0.14 per record costs 500 x $0.14 = $70.00. A file of 1,000 records at the same rate costs $140.00. Compare the listed price against the record count before you buy.

A weekly or monthly subscription is available for ongoing work; see the code violations collection. Skip tracing is an optional add-on at $0.10 per record (Standard) or $0.15 per record (Premium), and DNC scrubbing is available on request. To check the layout before you buy, use the free sample page.

Compliance and respectful outreach

This section is general information, not legal advice. Public records can be used for marketing, but how you contact people is regulated.

Calls and texts: federal Do Not Call rules and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) apply to phone and text outreach. Scrub numbers against the national Do Not Call registry and keep your own internal do-not-contact list. Florida and some other states have additional telemarketing rules, so check the ones that apply to you.
Mail: mail is the lowest-friction first touch. Keep claims plain and do not imply you are the city or a court.
Tone: the owner is already dealing with a notice. Lead with an offer to help, not with the citation.
Fair housing: select and contact owners on the property and its condition, never on protected characteristics.

Common mistakes with code violation leads

Treating every citation as distress. Many cases close quickly, so qualify before you spend on mail or skip tracing.
Skipping the status check. A case in your file may be closed by the time you write, so confirm with the issuing city.
Mailing only the property address. The owner often lives elsewhere.
Assuming a lien exists. A fine becomes a lien on the land only when a certified order is recorded in the public records. Search recorded documents before you quote one.
Using the citation as leverage. It reads like a threat and hurts response.

How doing it yourself, buying a prepared file and using a national platform compare

	Public records DIY	ListCentral.US prepared file	National subscription platforms
Cost	Free records, but your time and any city lien-research fees	Per record, from $0.14 per record	Recurring subscription; check each vendor's current pricing
Coverage	One city system at a time, plus the county for unincorporated areas	One Broward County file with the supported fields in one layout	Broad national database you filter yourself
Owner and mailing data	You match each case to the property appraiser by hand	Owner Name, Mailing Address and Parcel ID in the same row	Varies by platform and filter
Commitment	None	Buy what you need, when you need it; subscription optional	Usually an ongoing account
Best for	Checking a single property	Working Broward County at volume, fast	Researching many markets in one tool

Frequently asked questions about Broward County code violation lists

How much does a code violation list cost in Broward County, FL?

Code violation records from ListCentral.US start at $0.14 per record. A file's price is its record count times the per-record rate. Recent listings include 182 records for $36.40 (Aug 24-30), 137 records for $27.40 (Aug 17-23) and 760 records for $152.00 (August monthly). Check the code violations collection for current prices.

What is a Broward County code violation list?

It is a file of properties cited by code enforcement in Broward County, Florida. Each row includes case number, document type, owner name, property address, mailing address, violation description and parcel ID. Investors, contractors and agents use it to find owners who must fix a property or face fines.

Who enforces code violations in Broward County?

Mostly the cities. Broward County says properties outside the Broward Municipal Services District fall under city government, and the county's own code enforcement is limited to unincorporated areas. Each municipality runs its own office, so a county-wide list combines many separate city sources.

How does Florida code enforcement work from notice to lien?

Under chapter 162, Florida Statutes, an inspector notifies the owner and allows a reasonable time to fix the problem. If it continues, a board or special magistrate holds a public hearing and can set a daily fine. A certified copy of the order can be recorded and becomes a lien on the land.

How big can code enforcement fines be in Florida?

Section 162.09 sets standard ceilings of $250 per day for a first violation and $500 per day for a repeat violation, up to $5,000 for an irreparable violation. Larger local governments may set higher limits by ordinance. Fines keep accruing until the violator complies, so check the city's actual order.

Is it legal to buy and use a code violation list?

Code enforcement records are public records, and using them to find property owners is a common practice. How you contact people is regulated: follow Do Not Call and TCPA rules for calls and texts, state telemarketing rules, and fair housing principles. This is general information, not legal advice.

What fields are included in the file?

County Name, State, File Date, Case Number, Document Type, Owner Name, Property Address, Mailing Address, Violation Description and Parcel ID. Phone numbers and emails are not included by default. Skip tracing can be added at $0.10 per record (Standard) or $0.15 per record (Premium).

How often is the Broward code violation data updated?

ListCentral.US data is updated daily. Weekly files are refreshed by the close of Thursday, and monthly files are also available. A monthly file holds the records added or updated in that month; it is not a full historical dataset for Broward County.

Can I get a free sample before buying?

Yes. Use the free sample page or open the code violations sample data format to see the column layout. You can also browse all formats on the data formats page. Check the sample first so you know the fields fit your campaign and your CRM import.

Does a code violation always mean there is a lien on the property?

No. A violation is a notice. Under s. 162.09 a fine becomes a lien on the land only when a certified copy of the order imposing it is recorded in the public records. Check recorded documents and the city's records to see whether a lien exists on a specific property.

Are code violation leads good for wholesalers and investors?

They can be, when you qualify them. A violation that is not fixed can bring daily fines and a lien, which may make a sale more attractive to the owner. Many cases close quickly, so use fields like mailing address, violation description and file date to prioritise.

Is there a subscription for Broward code violation records?

A weekly or monthly subscription is available if you work the county continuously, in addition to one-time files for a single week or month. Visit the code violations collection for the current options. Buying one period first is a fair way to test the county.

Related Broward County resources

Ready to work Broward County? Browse the code violation lists for the current weekly and monthly files, or request a free sample first. Buy what you need, when you need it.

Sources

Florida Legislature, Online Sunshine: Chapter 162, Florida Statutes, County or Municipal Code Enforcement (ss. 162.03, 162.06, 162.07, 162.09, 162.11, 162.12).
Florida Senate: Section 162.09, Administrative fines; costs of repair; liens.
Broward County 311 Knowledge Base: How do I contact my Broward Municipal Service District code enforcement officer?
Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization: Municipal profiles.
City of Hollywood: Special Magistrate agenda, October 28, 2026.
City of Fort Lauderdale: Community Enhancement and Compliance Hearings.
City of Pompano Beach: Lien Research Request and Citizen's Guide to Code Compliance.
City of Parkland: Special Magistrate Hearings.

General information only; not legal advice. Check each city's current ordinances, fees and procedures with the issuing office.

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