Easily Report Code Violations Anonymously in Miami, FL

Miami runs dense and old in equal measure. Little Havana and Allapattah carry rental stock that’s been worked hard for decades, the single-family streets of Coconut Grove and Coral Way sit beside lots that go unmaintained, and the short-term rental trade keeps turning quiet blocks into something else. The wear shows. You’ll find the house split into more units than the permit allows, the derelict structure nobody secures, the construction that never pulled a permit.

The violations are real. The reason neighbors stay quiet is also real. In Miami the person you’d report is often a few doors down, the landlord who holds your lease, or the investor who owns half the block. Reporting can start a feud that outlasts the violation.

Florida SB 60 (2021) raised the cost of speaking up. The law ended anonymous code complaints statewide. File a complaint yourself and your name and address go on the record, public under Chapter 119. The owner you reported can request it and read your name. SNITCH files as the complainant of record instead, so a public-records request on the complaint returns SNITCH’s information, not yours.

Start your filing — submit the address and photos here.

What Counts as a Code Violation in Miami

If you’re not sure whether what you’re seeing is fileable, these are the common ones across Miami’s neighborhoods. Check the City of Miami code of ordinances for the exact chapter before you assume:

• Illegal unit conversions and overcrowding — single-family homes carved into more units than zoning allows, common in the older stock of Little Havana and Allapattah.
• Illegal short-term rentals — properties run against the city’s vacation-rental and zoning rules.
• Property upkeep and nuisance — overgrown lots, junk and debris, derelict or unsecured structures, under the nuisance and property-maintenance chapters.
• Unpermitted construction — additions, conversions, roofing, and electrical work done without a permit, handled through the city’s building division.
• Illegal dumping — construction or household waste dropped on a vacant lot, swale, or alley.

If the condition isn’t covered by an ordinance, SNITCH tells you before you pay. A real condition or nothing.

Why People Here Don’t File

Miami’s density is the problem. In the rental neighborhoods, a tenant who reports a landlord’s unpermitted conversion worries the lease won’t renew in an expensive market. In a condo building, an owner who reports the board risks a fight with the people who control assessments and lien power. The neighbor running an illegal short-term rental treats it as a business and pushes back.

SB 60 means none of those people are filing into a void. Their name lands on a public record the other side can pull. That is the wall SNITCH was built to get around legally.

How SNITCH Works

The process runs in one order, and verification comes before payment on purpose.

1. You submit the address, photos, and a brief explainer of what you’re seeing.
2. SNITCH confirms the condition is a fileable violation and that the City of Miami will accept a filing made on your behalf. If it won’t work, you hear that before any charge.
3. You order, pay the filing fee (starting from $299), and submit your intake.
4. SNITCH files as the complainant of record, then tracks the complaint and tells you when to follow up or escalate.

How Long It Takes and What to Expect

Start with the part that protects you: not every Florida municipality accepts a complaint filed by an agent, because cities read the SB 60 rules differently. So SNITCH takes your data first, confirms Miami will accept the filing, and only then takes payment, starting from $299. If it won’t be accepted, you hear that before any charge, so there’s no payment to refund and no surprise.

Once it’s filed, the city logs the complaint and assigns it for inspection on its own schedule. Timelines after that point are set by the City of Miami, not by SNITCH, and they vary with the department’s backlog and the type of violation. You get confirmation the complaint was filed, and SNITCH tracks the follow-up and tells you when to request a status update or push for escalation.

What Anonymity Actually Means Here

Be clear-eyed about this. Under SB 60, every code complaint filed directly carries a named complainant, and under Chapter 119 that name is public. SNITCH doesn’t break that law. SNITCH satisfies it by putting its own name on the filing as the complainant of record. A public-records request on your complaint returns The Z Production Group, Inc., not you.

What this does not do is erase you from every record. If you’ve already emailed or called the city yourself about the same property, that’s a separate public record SNITCH doesn’t control. Where Miami treats SNITCH only as a point of contact rather than the complainant, SNITCH tells you that before filing. The honest version holds up under a records request, which is the only version worth paying for.

Filing in Miami

Miami is part of SNITCH’s South Florida service area, which also covers Miami-Dade, Broward, and the surrounding cities.

FAQ

Are code complaints anonymous in Miami?
Not when you file them yourself. Florida SB 60 (2021) requires a named complainant, and Chapter 119 makes that name public. SNITCH files as the complainant of record so a public-records request returns SNITCH’s information instead of yours.

What does SNITCH charge?
Filings start from $299. SNITCH verifies the complaint is fileable in your jurisdiction before you pay anything.

Will SNITCH file any complaint?
No. SNITCH declines retaliatory, fabricated, or grudge complaints. There has to be a real, documentable condition.

To start, send the property address, a few photos, and a short description of the violation. Get started here.